Learn why correlation—not allocation—is the key to diversification, and how ETFs can help build portfolios with assets that truly move differently.

A correlation tells you how two financial variables move together. Financial variables can be assets like stock prices, and bond yields or economic indicators like interest rates. The direction in ...

The fascinating aspect to the latest price move in gold is that it’s occurring with positive correlation to the S&P 500, as opposed to the negative correlation that gold had with equities for the last ...