Tether Gold (XAUT) is 12254.2× the size of Alibaba Group Holding (Backpack Securities) (BABA) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.19 across 31 shared trading days). BABA has been the more volatile of the two, at 164% annualised against XAUT's 24%.
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0.19over 31 shared trading days
Measured on daily returns rather than on prices. Two assets that both simply trend upward score near 1.0 on raw prices whether or not they move together, so returns are what answer the question people mean by correlation.
| Metric | BABA | XAUT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -38.1% | -19.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.02 | -0.20 |
Relative strength over 90 days: BABA outperformed XAUT by 4.5% — measured on the BABA/XAUT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.