Madison Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Madison Mid Cap and Dws Global Macro is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Madison Mid 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 Mid Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Madison Mid Cap and DJI is 0.75 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Mid 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 Madison Mid 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Madison Mutual Fund

  1.0MMCRX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  0.84MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.84MSCRX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.84MASMX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.72MENAX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.72MENIX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.72MENRX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  1.0MERAX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0GTSGX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81VIMAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84VIMSX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81VMCPX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81VMCIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.77VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.77VEMPX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.77VIEIX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.78VEXMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr

Moving against Madison Mutual Fund

  0.41GTFHX Madison Tax FreePairCorr
  0.35VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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