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An investor can reduce portfolio risk simply by holding instruments which are not perfectly correlated. In other words, investors can reduce their exposure to individual asset risk by holding a diversified portfolio of assets. Diversification will allow for the same portfolio return with reduced risk.

About correlation table

Correlation table is a two-dimensional matrix that shows correlation coefficient between pairs of securities. The cells in the table are color-coded to highlight significantly positive and negative relationships.

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Correlation cloud is a flat representation of correlation coefficients between pairs of securities. The links in the cloud are color-coded to highlight significantly positive and negative relationships.

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Correlation Matchups

    

High positive correlations

TIVO   + 0.62   DIS
TWX   + 0.53   DIS
CVC   + 0.46   TWX
CVC   + 0.42   DTV
CBS   + 0.41   DIS
TIVO   + 0.38   TWX
DISH   + 0.37   CBS
TIVO   + 0.31   CBS
DISH   + 0.28   DIS
CBS   + 0.26   TWX
TWX   + 0.25   CMCSA
CVC   + 0.25   DIS
DISH   + 0.25   TWX
DTV   + 0.2   TWX

Insignificant Correlation

TIVO   - 0.05   CMCSA
CVC   - 0.07   TIVO
DIS   - 0.12   CMCSA
DISH   - 0.14   DTV
TIVO   - 0.16   DTV
DISH   - 0.21   CMCSA
CBS   + 0.01   DTV
CBS   + 0.05   CMCSA
TIVO   + 0.12   DISH
DTV   + 0.12   CMCSA
CVC   + 0.16   DISH
CVC   + 0.16   CMCSA
CVC   + 0.18   CBS

High negative correlations

DTV   - 0.31   DIS
DISH   - 0.21   CMCSA
TIVO   - 0.16   DTV
DISH   - 0.14   DTV
DIS   - 0.12   CMCSA
CVC   - 0.07   TIVO
TIVO   - 0.05   CMCSA
    
       

Why correlation coefficient is important?

If all the assets of a portfolio have a correlation of 1, i.e., perfect correlation, the portfolio volatility (standard deviation) will be equal to the weighted sum of the individual asset volatilities. Hence the portfolio variance will be equal to the square of the total weighted sum of the individual asset volatilities. If all the assets have a correlation of 0, i.e., perfectly uncorrelated, the portfolio variance is the sum of the individual asset weights squared times the individual asset variance (and volatility is the square root of this sum). If correlation is less than zero, i.e., the assets are inversely correlated, the portfolio variance and hence volatility will be less than if the correlation is 0. Learn more...


References

Modern Portfolio Theory From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Learn About Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT)
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Treynor, J. L. (1962). "Toward a Theory of Market Value of Risky Assets." Unpublished manuscript.

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