Northern Stock Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Stock Index and Northern Small Cap is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Northern Stock 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 Stock Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Stock Index and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Stock Index 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 Stock 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 Northern Mutual Fund

  0.68NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.63NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.67NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.95NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.66BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.65NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.66NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.64NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.65NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.66NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.65NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.65NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.62NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.67NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.67NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.61NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.64NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  1.0VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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