Nationwide Fund Correlations

MUIFX Fund  USD 31.02  0.09  0.29%   
The current 90-days correlation between Nationwide Fund Inst and Goldman Sachs Clean is 0.37 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Nationwide Fund is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Nationwide Fund Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Nationwide Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nationwide Fund Institutional and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Correlation Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Nationwide Fund Institutional. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in census.

Moving together with NATIONWIDE Mutual Fund

  0.91GGEIX Nationwide Global EquityPairCorr
  0.91NWABX Nationwide Fund6PairCorr
  0.99NWHOX Nationwide BailardPairCorr
  0.97NWHYX Nationwide Geneva MidPairCorr
  0.88NWHZX Nationwide Geneva SmallPairCorr
  0.92GMDRX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.84GRMSX Nationwide Sp 500PairCorr
  0.91VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.91VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.91VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.99VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.99VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.76PIEFX Pnc Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.75CIISX Causeway InternationalPairCorr
  0.61RLNCX International DevelopedPairCorr

Moving against NATIONWIDE Mutual Fund

  0.43NWXNX Nationwide InflationPairCorr
  0.36NUSAX Nationwide GovernmentPairCorr
  0.36NWJVX Nationwide Highmark ShortPairCorr
  0.93RYCWX Inverse Dow 2xPairCorr
  0.46FDPSX Falling Dollar ProfundPairCorr
  0.36FPPQX Mfs Prudent InvestorPairCorr
  0.35PAMSX Pimco Short AssetPairCorr
  0.54TBFIX Thrivent Government BondPairCorr
  0.49MASNX Litman Gregory MastersPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between NATIONWIDE Mutual Fund performing well and Nationwide Fund Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Nationwide Fund's multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.