Table 5

Correlation matrix for Latin American artistic styles, S&P 500 and US 10-year government bonds (USD real returns)

Abstract-geometricAbstract-informalConceptualCostumbrismoCubismFigurativeMuralismLandscapeSurrealismNineteenth centuryAvant gardeS&P 500US Bonds
Abs.-geometric1.00−0.04−0.26−0.090.19−0.200.08−0.030.340.24−0.080.06−0.17
Abs.-informal 1.00−0.090.090.120.310.380.280.110.280.04−0.110.07
Conceptual  1.000.050.020.550.450.07−0.010.37−0.04−0.32−0.12
Costumbrismo   1.000.150.11−0.010.17−0.18−0.20−0.020.010.05
Cubism    1.000.120.050.160.04−0.04−0.36−0.31−0.39
Figurative     1.000.510.40−0.080.250.06−0.080.13
Muralism      1.000.440.400.35−0.12−0.13−0.07
Landscape       1.000.180.290.160.05−0.03
Surrealism        1.000.310.010.02−0.01
Nineteenth Century         1.000.320.110.00
Avant Garde          1.000.030.12
S&P 500           1.000.49
US Bonds            1.00

Note(s): All the return correlations are for the period 1971–2014, except for the cases of conceptual art (1996–2014) and cubism (1981–2014)

Source(s): Bloomberg and own calculations

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