Correlation Coefficients Among Asset Classes
from The Intelligent Asset Allocator
Using data from 1973 to 1994 the correlations for the annual returns are:

  S&P USSM EAFE HIYI LTGC IB TBILL GOLD NATR REIT 1YR UKSM JPSM
S&P 1                        
USSM 0.74 1                      
EAFE 0.56 0.37 1                    
HIYI 0.59 0.55 0.34 1                  
LTGC 0.55 0.31 0.23 0.74 1                
IB 0.08 0.02 0.53 0.29 0.24 1              
TBILL 0.02 -0.02 -0.18 -0.13 0.12 -0.36 1            
GOLD 0.2 0.22 0.21 -0.03 -0.01 0.02 0.18 1          
NATR 0.68 0.58 0.42 0.07 -0.06 -0.06 0.02 0.59 1        
REIT 0.7 0.88 0.41 0.63 0.4 0.05 -0.04 0.36 0.55 1      
1YR 0.08 0.07 -0.18 0.14 0.41 -0.23 0.9 0.05 -0.13 0.03 1    
UKSM 0.33 0.4 0.66 0.22 0.03 0.62 -0.19 0.27 0.3 0.35 -0.25 1  
JPSM 0.26 0.11 0.72 0.03 -0.06 0.53 -0.2 0 0.24 0.14 -0.28 0.45 1

Legend:
S&P=S&P500 index
USSM=US small stocks
EAFE=large foreign stocks
HIYI=high yield"junk"corporate bonds
LTGC=long term high quality government/corporate bonds
IB= international bonds
TBILL=t-bills
GOLD= precious metals stocks
NATR= natural resources stocks
REIT=equity real estate investment trusts
1YR= 1 year corporate bonds
UKSM= United Kingcom small stocks
JPSM= Japanese small stocks

 

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