Northern Small Correlations

NOSGX Fund  USD 10.83  0.12  1.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and Aberdeen Income Credit is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Northern Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Small 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 Northern Small 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 price.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.86NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.79NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.71NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.65NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.89NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.88NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.84NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.97NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.75NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.89NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.86BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.99NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.71NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.82NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.83NSITX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.81NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.94NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.84SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.85NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.85NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.85NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.65NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.8NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.75NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.86VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.66ERH Allspring Utilities AndPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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