The National Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between National Tax and The Missouri Tax Free is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of The National 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.

The National Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between The National Tax Free and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The National Tax Free and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The National Tax Free. 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 The Mutual Fund

  0.99KTXIX Kansas TaxPairCorr
  0.82CFBNX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.99CFMOX Missouri TaxPairCorr
  0.69CFSTX Short TermPairCorr
  1.0VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  1.0VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.98AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  1.0FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.96MDNLX Blackrock NationalPairCorr
  0.93MFNLX Blackrock Natl MuniPairCorr
  0.66TRGPX Tiaa-cref Mid-capPairCorr
  0.74AHYRX High Yield FundPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between The Mutual Fund performing well and The National 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 The National'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.