Northern Small Correlations

NSGRX Fund  USD 25.44  0.33  1.28%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and Aqr Diversified Arbitrage is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.7NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.65NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.97NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.99NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.95NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.94NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.99NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.78NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.99NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.99NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.87BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.99BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  1.0NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  1.0NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.91NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.98NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.98NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.92NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.9SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.89NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.99NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.99NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.9NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.91NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.97NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.91NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.96NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.98NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.9NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.97NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  1.0VSMAX 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.