The two ratings do not affect one another.
To me this looks like some sort of glitch..
After losing this game your rating increased 16 points. http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=14546123 Slightly abnormal. But after winning the game after (your most recent one) your rating dropped some 500 points. http://www.chess.com/echess/game.html?id=14546118 I'm sure the staff will correct this for you.
Hey, I just have a quick question. Are live chess games being lumped in with correspondence games now to create my rating? I'm looking at my recent games on my online chess and I just experienced a drop from 1655 to 1195. I only completed one correspondence game in that time period, which I won. Recently, I have been playing a lot of blitz and losing the majority of my games. I always thought I received different ratings for my blitz and correspondence games. Has this changed? Thanks.