Madison Dividend Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Madison Dividend Income and Prudential Emerging Markets is -0.05 (i.e., Good 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

Weak diversification

The correlation between Madison Dividend Income and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak 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

  0.73BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  1.0MADRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  1.0BHBFX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.73MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.85MDMIX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.64MENAX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.78MENIX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.78MENRX Madison Ered CallPairCorr

Moving against Madison Mutual Fund

  0.43MENYX Madison Ered Call Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.42AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.42WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.41AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.38RLNCX International DevelopedPairCorr
  0.35NHS Neuberger Berman High Normal TradingPairCorr
  0.34AMFCX American MutualPairCorr

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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.