The US currency is one of the most influential factors behind the price of gold silver and other precious metals. When the dollar rises the latter usually fall in value; when the dollar declines precious metals usually go up.   While the shape of correlation seldom changes the strength of it is quite often subject to fluctuations. That’s why it should be constantly monitored and this is precisely the reason behind our proprietary tool Correlation Matrix which is intended to gauge both current and historical correlations between precious metals and other assets such as stocks and currencies. Knowing current ...