FRED Energy (FRED) and Powerledger (POWR) compared side by side. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.16 across 31 shared trading days). FRED has been the more volatile of the two, at 154% annualised against POWR's 70%.
FREDPOWR
-0.16over 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 | FRED | POWR |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -18.4% | -76.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.17 | 0.58 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +75.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -33.8% |
Relative strength over 90 days: POWR outperformed FRED by 7.1% — measured on the FRED/POWR ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.