Northern Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Mid Cap and Northern Small Cap is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Northern Mid 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.

Northern Mid Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Mid Cap and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Mid Cap 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 Northern Mid Cap. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.64NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.66NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.97NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.98NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.95NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.94NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.77NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.98NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.69NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.83BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.97BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.99NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.92NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.98NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.98NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.92NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.88SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.79NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.92NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.99NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.99NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.88NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.91NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.95NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.9NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.94NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.97NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.88NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.96NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.99VIMAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.41GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Northern Mutual Fund performing well and Northern Mid 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 Northern Mid'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.