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A fund with significant smoothing (AR(1) = 0.5) has a reported correlation of 0.3 with the S&P 500. A lag-adjusted beta regression reveals that the fund also has a correlation of 0.3 with the S&P 500 *lagged* by one month.

What is a more accurate estimate of the fund's economic correlation?

  1. 0.3, because correlations cannot be summed like betas.
  2. 0.15, the average of the two correlations.
  3. Higher than 0.3, as the true exposure is spread across current and prior market moves.
  4. 0.0, because the positive correlation with the lag implies the current correlation is an error.

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