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Correlation & Portfolio Risk

Intro

Correlation affects how risks add up—multiple positions in correlated assets increase portfolio risk.

Step-by-step

  1. Compute simple pairwise correlation for your watchlist.
  2. Limit position sizes for correlated clusters.

GOLD example

Gold often moves inversely to the USD—watch USD exposure when holding XAU/USD positions to avoid unwanted concentration.

Author: Rahul Mehra