Pudgy Penguins (PENGU) is 616.0× the size of MEMDEX100 (MEMDEX) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.09 across 39 shared trading days). MEMDEX has been the more volatile of the two, at 149% annualised against PENGU's 104%.
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0.09over 39 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 | MEMDEX | PENGU |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -58.3% | -82.4% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.37 | 0.13 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +74.9% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -55.1% |
Relative strength over 90 days: PENGU outperformed MEMDEX by 45.4% — measured on the MEMDEX/PENGU ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.