Northern Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and American Beacon Large is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Northern Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Small 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 Small 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 price.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.7NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.66NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.96NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.96NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.91NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.75NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.96NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.86BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.96BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.99NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.93NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.94NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.94NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.92NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.89SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.77NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.92NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.96NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.96NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.89NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.88NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.94NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.87NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.91NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.96NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.84NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.94NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.99VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.39XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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