The last ten years have shown a negative correlation between risk assets, and equities in particular, and the greenback.
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One reason it might matter to Americans is that there seems to be a negative correlation between deficits, debt and job creation.
First, we know that to reduce risk you need to combine assets that have a low positive correlation or, ideally, a negative correlation with other assets.
There was still a negative correlation between the size of the national debt and GDP growth, but there was no implied causal relationship or sudden change at 90 percent.
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The more I analyzed my game, the more apparent it became that there was a negative correlation between how hard I swung and how far I hit the ball.
An analysis comparing Wal-Mart Stores' (nyse: WMT - news - people ) same-store sales growth to consumer spending data dating back to January 2004, compiled by the Bureau of Economic Analysis, actually shows a negative correlation between the two.
This means that the data which shows a negative correlation between stock performance and GDP, has less data in it, and its negative correlation is only roughly 24%, while the analysis which shows a positive correlation between stock returns and GDP has a correlation of 66%.
Omega-3s are found in oily fish such as salmon, as well as in walnuts and kiwi fruit, and there is a strong negative correlation between the extent to which a country consumes fish and its levels of clinical depression.
As you can see, there is a noticeable negative correlation, that is, increased flows of foreign aid are associated with somewhat lower economic growth.
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Second, there is a strong negative correlation between the two.
This negative correlation is a powerful force in predicting oil prices, Holmes feels.
But if anything the correlation between state spending and obesity is negative: the less a government spends the fatter its people are likely to be.
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Using the data from 1913 through the end of 2011, the correlation between the maximum marginal income tax bracket and total Federal receipts is a negative 0.50.
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