Nicholas Fund Correlations

NICSX Fund  USD 101.38  0.46  0.46%   
The current 90-days correlation between Nicholas Fund and Growth Fund Of is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Nicholas Fund 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.

Nicholas Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Nicholas Fund Inc and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Nicholas Fund Inc 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 Nicholas Fund Inc. 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 state.

Moving together with Nicholas Mutual Fund

  0.76NSEIX Nicholas Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.96NCLEX Nicholas EditionPairCorr
  0.97NCTWX Nicholas IiPairCorr
  0.96NNLEX Nicholas EditionPairCorr
  0.97NNTWX Nicholas IiPairCorr
  0.91FAFGX American FundsPairCorr
  0.91FFAFX American FundsPairCorr
  0.95GFACX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95GFAFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95AGTHX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95CGFFX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95CGFCX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95CGFAX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95CGFEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.95RGAEX Growth FundPairCorr
  0.91ASG Liberty All StarPairCorr
  0.91CII Blackrock EnhancedPairCorr
  0.92ETV Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.92CLM Cornerstone StrategicPairCorr
  0.92CRF Cornerstone StrategicPairCorr
  0.95USA Liberty All StarPairCorr
  0.91ETY Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.77NFJ Virtus Dividend InterestPairCorr
  0.83FFRHX Fidelity Advisor FloatingPairCorr
  0.84NUSAX Nationwide GovernmentPairCorr
  0.98PRWAX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.92FLCNX Fidelity ContrafundPairCorr
  0.77AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.87FCNTX Fidelity ContrafundPairCorr
  0.89RFEBX American Funds FundaPairCorr
  0.95BPIRX Boston Partners LongshortPairCorr
  0.97VLISX Vanguard Large CapPairCorr
  0.91VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.89TWQZX Transamerica Large CapPairCorr
  0.93ABVCX Ab Value FundPairCorr

Moving against Nicholas Mutual Fund

  0.38IFN India ClosedPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Nicholas Mutual Fund performing well and Nicholas Fund 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 Nicholas Fund'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
GFAFX  0.65  0.02  0.01  0.14  0.86 
 1.34 
 4.42 
444859BR2  1.35 (0.09) 0.00 (0.14) 0.00 
 5.93 
 16.62 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
BRRAY  1.27 (0.13) 0.00  0.01  0.00 
 0.00 
 34.02 
MSTSX  0.49 (0.04)(0.13) 0.06  0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
LBHIX  0.11  0.01 (0.42) 0.38  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
ABHYX  0.17  0.00 (0.24) 0.19  0.25 
 0.34 
 1.91 
SCAXF  0.70 (0.41) 0.00 (0.98) 0.00 
 0.00 
 23.47 
VIASP  0.74  0.07 (0.04)(2.04) 1.13 
 2.28 
 7.18 
AAEVX  0.48  0.05 (0.10)(2.13) 0.54 
 0.93 
 2.76