Citadel

Interview Question

Quant Researcher Interview
Citadel

There are three random variables, X, Y, and Z. The three correlations between the variables are equal, i.e., ρ = Corr(X, Y) = Corr(Y, Z) = Corr(Z, X). What is the tightest possible bound you can give for ρ? How about the general case for n random variables?

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