Observations

How many matched returns a statistic was computed from.

How to read it

The fewer there are, the less a correlation can be trusted: with 30, a 95% interval around a correlation of zero runs from about −0.36 to +0.36.

In Kereon

Charts · Correlation. The periods both instruments have a close inside the lookback. A pair with fewer than 15 is left blank; with fewer than 30 the page says how wide its interval is.

Also called: observations.

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