Kinesis Gold (KAU) is 44.8× the size of Brickken (BKN) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 44 shared trading days). BKN has been the more volatile of the two, at 137% annualised against KAU's 33%.
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0.22over 44 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 | BKN | KAU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -80.6% | -18.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.09 | -0.32 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | +157.7% | — |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | -46.9% | — |
Relative strength over 90 days: BKN outperformed KAU by 50.0% — measured on the BKN/KAU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.