Northern Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and Jhancock Real Estate is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap 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 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.61NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.62NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.89NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.87NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  1.0NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.61NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.65NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.7NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.62NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.65NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.84NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.64NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.97VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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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.