Monday, July 7, 2008

Correlation Matrix

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The above image is a correlation matrix of commodities from magazines showing that comodities are indeed a useful asset class in putting together a diversified portfolio. A correlation matrix is a matrix that gives the correlations between all pairs of sets of data.

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