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In the context of 'Pairs Trading', what is the fundamental requirement for the relationship between two stock prices?

  1. They must belong to the same sector and have identical dividend yields.
  2. They must have a correlation coefficient of exactly +1.0 over the last year.
  3. One stock must be a 'lead' indicator and the other a 'lag' indicator with a fixed time delay.
  4. They must be cointegrated, meaning a linear combination of their prices is a stationary process.

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