SPDR Gold Correlations

GLD Etf  USD 477.48  4.06  0.86%   
The current 90-days correlation between SPDR Gold Shares and iShares Core MSCI is 0.44 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of SPDR Gold is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak.

SPDR Gold Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between SPDR Gold Shares and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding SPDR Gold Shares and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in SPDR Gold Shares. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in board of governors.

Moving together with SPDR Etf

  1.0IAU iShares Gold Trust Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.61GLDM SPDR Gold MiniPairCorr
  0.61SGOL abrdn Physical GoldPairCorr
  0.66USO United States OilPairCorr
  0.81SIVR abrdn Physical SilverPairCorr
  1.0IAUM iShares Gold TrustPairCorr
  0.79FNGD MicroSectors FANG Index Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.9EMIF iShares Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64GCAL Goldman Sachs ETFPairCorr
  0.95CCNR CoreCommodity NaturalPairCorr
  0.92FIEE FiEE Inc Symbol ChangePairCorr
  0.87QLV FlexShares Quality LowPairCorr

Moving against SPDR Etf

  0.57IND Xtrackers Nifty 500PairCorr
  0.38VXX iPath Series BPairCorr
  0.61ENTR EntrepreneurSharesPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

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High negative correlations

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SPDR Gold Competition Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between SPDR Etf performing well and SPDR Gold ETF doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze SPDR Gold's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
META  1.53  0.21  0.03 (0.41) 1.51 
 3.43 
 13.69 
MSFT  1.31 (0.30) 0.00 (0.57) 0.00 
 2.19 
 13.28 
UBER  1.56 (0.22) 0.00 (0.27) 0.00 
 2.70 
 11.09 
F  1.25  0.14  0.11  0.26  0.96 
 3.61 
 7.50 
T  1.04  0.14  0.02 (1.11) 0.99 
 3.87 
 7.44 
A  1.26 (0.24) 0.00 (0.95) 0.00 
 2.90 
 7.85 
CRM  1.78 (0.29) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 3.66 
 12.37 
JPM  1.24 (0.13)(0.03) 0.03  1.76 
 2.34 
 8.17 
MRK  1.26  0.28  0.17  0.52  1.11 
 2.81 
 8.74 
XOM  1.29  0.36  0.18  3.96  1.09 
 2.90 
 6.83