Northern Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and Northern Bond Index is 0.17 (i.e., Average 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good 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 industry.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.69NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.98NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.72NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.99NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.95NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.94NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.9NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.99NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.71NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.99NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.99NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.86BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.98BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  1.0NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  1.0NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.98NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.98NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.94NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.91SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.74NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.94NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.99NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.99NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.91NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.92NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.96NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.91NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.95NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.98NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.88NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.97NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.97VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.4GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NOBOX  0.26  0.01 (0.33)(1.37) 0.26 
 0.55 
 1.43 
NOCBX  0.24  0.02 (0.35)(11.30) 0.22 
 0.46 
 1.38 
NOAZX  0.14 (0.01)(0.62) 0.00  0.12 
 0.32 
 0.97 
NOEMX  0.50  0.25  0.19  89.00  0.00 
 1.71 
 4.12 
NOFIX  0.25  0.03 (0.32)(1.65) 0.21 
 0.46 
 1.38 
NOIEX  0.63  0.25  0.11 (3.40) 0.51 
 1.96 
 5.08 
NOIGX  0.51  0.20  0.08 (3.01) 0.29 
 1.21 
 2.99 
NOINX  0.55  0.18  0.05 (3.13) 0.44 
 1.36 
 3.24 
NOITX  0.11  0.02 (0.69)(0.57) 0.00 
 0.21 
 0.95 
NOMIX  0.76  0.24  0.08 (1.28) 0.76 
 2.11 
 6.15