Tether Gold (XAUT) is 69590.4× the size of Johnson & Johnson (Backpack Securities) (JNJ) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely in opposite directions (correlation -0.28 across 31 shared trading days). JNJ has been the more volatile of the two, at 35% annualised against XAUT's 24%.
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-0.28over 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 | JNJ | XAUT |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -6.3% | -19.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.10 | -0.20 |
Relative strength over 90 days: JNJ outperformed XAUT by 12.3% — measured on the JNJ/XAUT ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.