PAX Gold (PAXG) is 438305895.5× the size of Silver rStock (SLVR) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move barely together (correlation 0.22 across 31 shared trading days). SLVR has been the more volatile of the two, at 1323% annualised against PAXG's 29%.
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0.22over 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 | SLVR | PAXG |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -89.0% | -29.6% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.00 | -0.20 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +27.0% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -16.0% |
Relative strength over 90 days: SLVR outperformed PAXG by 1.5% — measured on the SLVR/PAXG ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.