In finance and investing the correlation coefficient is used to calculate a statistical measurement of how strong movements in two markets are historically in relation to one each other. The ...

Almost every day you can find in media commentary that XYZ is causing stocks to fall (or rise). Such definitive statements are common—but what’s almost always missing is statistical proof. And if you ...

In the first case, there is a strong upward-sloping relationship between X and Y; in the second case, no apparent relationship; in the third case, a strong downward-sloping relationship. Note the ...

With the explosion of interest in Big Data everyone in every department is looking for actionable intelligence. That’s great but there’s a downside: Trying to explain to, say, your VP of sales that ...

Bitcoin's correlation with the Nasdaq 100 hit a 3-year high, while its link to gold dropped near zero, weakening its hedge ...

In finance and investing the correlation coefficient is used to calculate a statistical measurement of how strong movements in two markets are historically in relation to one each other. The ...