Official Trump (TRUMP) is 39.1× the size of Stairway to gold (GOLD) by market capitalisation. Their daily returns move loosely together (correlation 0.36 across 41 shared trading days). GOLD has been the more volatile of the two, at 218% annualised against TRUMP's 96%.
GOLDTRUMP
0.36over 41 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 | GOLD | TRUMP |
|---|---|---|
| Max drawdown (400d) | -23.4% | -84.3% |
| Risk-adjusted return (90d) | 0.31 | 0.07 |
| Best 30 days (past year) | — | +87.1% |
| Worst 30 days (past year) | — | -42.0% |
Relative strength over 90 days: GOLD outperformed TRUMP by 183.0% — measured on the GOLD/TRUMP ratio, so it holds regardless of market direction.