Kinesis Silver (KAG) is 38.7× the size of GoldZip Gold (XGZ) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.20 across 44 shared trading days). KAG has been the more volatile of the two, at 200% annualised against XGZ's 34%.
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0.20over 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 | XGZ | KAG |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -28.0% | -36.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.18 | -0.12 |
Relative strength over 90 days: XGZ outperformed KAG by 17.5% — measured on the XGZ/KAG ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.