Leslie Kramer is a writer for Institutional Investor, correspondent for CNBC, journalist for Investopedia, and managing editor for Markets Group. Correlation measures the linear relationship between ...

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Correlation measures the linear relationship between two variables. It gives an indication of the strength of the relationship by measuring and relating the variance of each. Correlation answers the ...