Northern High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern High Yield and Northern Emerging Markets is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Northern High 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 High Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Northern High Yield and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern High Yield 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 High Yield. 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 Northern Mutual Fund

  0.64NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.81NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.7NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.65NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.76NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.79BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.81NSITX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.77NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.67NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.62NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.82NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.82NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.62NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.82NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.4NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.64GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.31NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Northern Mutual Fund performing well and Northern High 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 High'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.