Nationwide Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Nationwide Bond Index and Blackrock Science Technology is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Nationwide Bond 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 Bond Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Nationwide Bond Index and DJI is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nationwide Bond Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Nationwide Bond Index. 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 Nationwide Mutual Fund

  0.62GCFRX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.63GIMCX Nationwide InvestorPairCorr
  0.86NWCPX Nationwide E PlusPairCorr
  0.7NWEAX Nationwide DestinationPairCorr
  0.67NWESX Nationwide DestinationPairCorr
  0.86NWJGX Nationwide Highmark BondPairCorr
  0.83NWJIX Nationwide Highmark BondPairCorr
  0.64NWIIX Nationwide DestinationPairCorr
  0.73NWXNX Nationwide InflationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nationwide Mutual Fund performing well and Nationwide Bond 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 Bond'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.