National Debt Fund (DEBT) and GREEN MORNING (GM) compared side by side. Their daily returns move loosely in opposite directions (correlation -0.52 across 24 shared trading days). GM has been the more volatile of the two, at 542588% annualised against DEBT's 173%.
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-0.52over 24 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 | DEBT | GM |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -57.9% | -100.0% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | -0.31 | 0.00 |
Relative strength over 90 days: GM outperformed DEBT by 99.8% — measured on the DEBT/GM ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.