Pump.fun (PUMP) is 969.9× the size of Central African Republic Meme (CAR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.56 across 40 shared trading days). PUMP has been the more volatile of the two, at 127% annualised against CAR's 108%.
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0.56over 40 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 | CAR | PUMP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -38.5% | -83.1% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.35 | 0.55 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +185.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -43.2% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PUMP outperformed CAR by 35.7% — measured on the CAR/PUMP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.