Northern Income Correlations

NOIEX Fund  USD 17.00  0.11  0.65%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Income Equity and Northern High Yield is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Northern Income 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 Income Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Northern Income Equity and DJI is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Income Equity 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 Income Equity. 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 income.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.67NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.72NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.99NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.98NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.67NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.98NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.95BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.98NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.91NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.98NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.96NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.96NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.64NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.62NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.99NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.99NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.78NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.85NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.61NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.88NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.84NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.67NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.89VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.89DOXGX Dodge Cox StockPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.69NSIUX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.52NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr
  0.38BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.35SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.35NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr

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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 Income 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 Income'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.