Correlation Between Sugar and Micro Gold

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Can any of the company-specific risk be diversified away by investing in both Sugar and Micro Gold at the same time? Although using a correlation coefficient on its own may not help to predict future stock returns, this module helps to understand the diversifiable risk of combining Sugar and Micro Gold into the same portfolio, which is an essential part of the fundamental portfolio management process.
By analyzing existing cross correlation between Sugar and Micro Gold Futures, you can compare the effects of market volatilities on Sugar and Micro Gold and check how they will diversify away market risk if combined in the same portfolio for a given time horizon. You can also utilize pair trading strategies of matching a long position in Sugar with a short position of Micro Gold. Check out your portfolio center. Please also check ongoing floating volatility patterns of Sugar and Micro Gold.

Diversification Opportunities for Sugar and Micro Gold

0.09
  Correlation Coefficient

Significant diversification

The 3 months correlation between Sugar and Micro is 0.09. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Sugar and Micro Gold Futures in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed. The correlation between historical prices or returns on Micro Gold Futures and Sugar is a relative statistical measure of the degree to which these equity instruments tend to move together. The correlation coefficient measures the extent to which returns on Sugar are associated (or correlated) with Micro Gold. Values of the correlation coefficient range from -1 to +1, where. The correlation of zero (0) is possible when the price movement of Micro Gold Futures has no effect on the direction of Sugar i.e., Sugar and Micro Gold go up and down completely randomly.

Pair Corralation between Sugar and Micro Gold

Assuming the 90 days horizon Sugar is expected to generate 1.12 times more return on investment than Micro Gold. However, Sugar is 1.12 times more volatile than Micro Gold Futures. It trades about 0.45 of its potential returns per unit of risk. Micro Gold Futures is currently generating about 0.4 per unit of risk. If you would invest  1,917  in Sugar on November 27, 2024 and sell it today you would earn a total of  192.00  from holding Sugar or generate 10.02% return on investment over 90 days.
Time Period3 Months [change]
DirectionMoves Together 
StrengthInsignificant
Accuracy100.0%
ValuesDaily Returns

Sugar  vs.  Micro Gold Futures

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Sugar 

Risk-Adjusted Performance

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Over the last 90 days Sugar has generated negative risk-adjusted returns adding no value to investors with long positions. In spite of fairly strong basic indicators, Sugar is not utilizing all of its potentials. The latest stock price disturbance, may contribute to short-term losses for the investors.
Micro Gold Futures 

Risk-Adjusted Performance

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Compared to the overall equity markets, risk-adjusted returns on investments in Micro Gold Futures are ranked lower than 14 (%) of all global equities and portfolios over the last 90 days. In spite of rather unsteady fundamental indicators, Micro Gold may actually be approaching a critical reversion point that can send shares even higher in March 2025.

Sugar and Micro Gold Volatility Contrast

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Pair Trading with Sugar and Micro Gold

The main advantage of trading using opposite Sugar and Micro Gold positions is that it hedges away some unsystematic risk. Because of two separate transactions, even if Sugar position performs unexpectedly, Micro Gold can make up some of the losses. Pair trading also minimizes risk from directional movements in the market. For example, if an entire industry or sector drops because of unexpected headlines, the short position in Micro Gold will offset losses from the drop in Micro Gold's long position.
The idea behind Sugar and Micro Gold Futures pairs trading is to make the combined position market-neutral, meaning the overall market's direction will not affect its win or loss (or potential downside or upside). This can be achieved by designing a pairs trade with two highly correlated stocks or equities that operate in a similar space or sector, making it possible to obtain profits through simple and relatively low-risk investment.
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Note that this page's information should be used as a complementary analysis to find the right mix of equity instruments to add to your existing portfolios or create a brand new portfolio. You can also try the Companies Directory module to evaluate performance of over 100,000 Stocks, Funds, and ETFs against different fundamentals.

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