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Writer's pictureKash Chandran

Three Stocks with Pairwise Correlations ρ: What Values can ρ Take?

Updated: Feb 28



Problem:


Three stocks have pairwise correlations that are all the same, ρ. What is the range of ρ?

 

Solution:


Let X=(X1,X2,X3) be the vector of stock returns in question. Let,




with



Treating Y as column vector, Finally, let,








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