This negative correlation is a powerful force in predicting oil prices, Holmes feels.
The last ten years have shown a negative correlation between risk assets, and equities in particular, and the greenback.
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Negative correlation occurs when one variable moves above its moving average while the second moves below its moving average.
One reason it might matter to Americans is that there seems to be a negative correlation between deficits, debt and job creation.
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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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.
That being said, there is some negative correlation evidence in the data that shows pessimistically low sentiment among market experts is often followed by higher stock prices.
Second, there is a strong negative correlation between the two.
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.
He argues that the negative correlation between the greenback and corporate earnings is clear, but the far stronger relationship is between profits and unit sales growth, which is more closely-tied to economic output.
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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.
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%.
Likewise, real economic growth has no observable correlation with growth in the monetary base (the correlation is actually slightly negative but insignificant).
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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The correlation range runs from positive 1.0 to negative 1.0.
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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