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Prices and Quantity for Whale Oil and Whale Bone

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
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Categories : All, Angry Bear, Commodities, Correlations, Uncategorized, whale oil
by Mike KimelPrices and Quantity for Whale Oil and Whale BoneCross posted at the Presimetrics blog.The following graph shows the price and quantity of Sperm whale oil (which is actually more of a wax).Figure 1The positive correlation is a bit ...Read More »

Prices and Quantity for Whale Oil and Whale Bone

{ Posted on Feb 02 2011 by Dan Crawford (Rdan) }
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Categories : All, Angry Bear, Commodities, Correlations, Uncategorized
by Mike KimelPrices and Quantity for Whale Oil and Whale BoneCross posted at the Presimetrics blog.The following graph shows the price and quantity of Sperm whale oil (which is actually more of a wax).Figure 1The positive correlation is a bit ...Read More »

October correlation of car makers

{ Posted on Oct 20 2009 by Ellen }
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Categories : All, Correlations
The recovery of the Auto Sector continues due to a somewhat sustained improvement in demand, aided by the U.S. Department of Transportation CASH FOR CLUNKERS PAYOUT program. It is questionable that the recovery is due to improving economic factors such ...Read More »

Importance of risk-adjusted return

{ Posted on Oct 12 2009 by Ellen }
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Categories : Correlations
Before comparing or considering investments, it is better to perform a risk-adjusted return calculation that will adjust the returns according to how risky the investments are. The riskier they are, the more the returns ...Read More »

Why watching correlation movement is important?

{ Posted on Oct 12 2009 by Ellen }
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The concept of diversification is tightly coupled with the notion of correlation between securities that make up portfolio. The correlation coefficient is a statistical measurement between negative one and positive one that measures the degree to which the various assets ...Read More »