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correlation definition - finance
A statistical concept that shows the tendency of two or more variables to change their values at the same time, either in the same direction (positive correlation) or opposite directions (negative correlation).

Webster's New World Finance and Investment Dictionary Copyright © 2003 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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