Madison Dividend Correlations

MADAX Fund  USD 26.80  0.07  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Madison Dividend Income and Madison Small Cap is 0.45 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Madison Dividend 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.

Madison Dividend Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Madison Dividend Income and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Dividend Income 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 Madison Dividend Income. 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 nation.

Moving together with Madison Mutual Fund

  0.88MMDAX Madison Moderate AllPairCorr
  0.77MNVAX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.8MNVRX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.81BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  0.9MADRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.89MAGSX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  0.98BHBFX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.82MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.82MSCRX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.82MASMX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.83MBORX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.8MBOYX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.93MCNAX Madison ConservativePairCorr
  0.82MDCIX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.9MDMIX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.96MENAX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.96MENIX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.96MENRX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.89MENYX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.82MERAX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81MIIRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.8MIIBX Madison High QualityPairCorr
  0.73MINVX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.8MIVIX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.95GTFHX Madison Tax FreePairCorr
  0.77GTSGX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.83AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.82WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.8WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.75FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.75FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.81DODGX Dodge Stock FundPairCorr
  0.92AMFFX American MutualPairCorr

Moving against Madison Mutual Fund

  0.88UIPIX Ultrashort Mid CapPairCorr
  0.85CESGX Coho Relative ValuePairCorr
  0.67TCSUX Cleartrack 2020 ClassPairCorr
  0.65TCTGX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr
  0.64TDKTX Cleartrack 2015 ClassPairCorr
  0.64TCTJX Transamerica CleartrackPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Madison Mutual Fund performing well and Madison Dividend 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 Madison Dividend'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.