PriceSmart Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between PriceSmart and Dollarama is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of PriceSmart 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. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

PriceSmart Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between PriceSmart and DJI is 0.18 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding PriceSmart and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between PriceSmart Stock performing well and PriceSmart Company 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 PriceSmart'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.

PriceSmart Corporate Executives

Elected by the shareholders, the PriceSmart's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: PriceSmart inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of PriceSmart. The board's role is to monitor PriceSmart's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. PriceSmart's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, PriceSmart's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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