Northern Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Emerging Markets and Gmo Emerging Markets is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Northern Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets. 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 population.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.66NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.77NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.9NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.75NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.73NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.63NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.62NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.8BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.69NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.69NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.69NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.84NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.79NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.72NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.72NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.87NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.78NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.95NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.85NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.85NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.93NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.89VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.89VEIEX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.31NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr

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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 Northern Mutual Fund performing well and Northern Emerging 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 Emerging'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.