Northern Stock Correlations

NOSIX Fund  USD 69.05  1.34  1.98%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Stock Index and Columbia Trarian Core is 0.6 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Northern Stock 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 Stock Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Northern Stock Index and DJI is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Stock Index 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 Stock Index. 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

  0.94NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.95NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.9NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.93NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.83SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.92NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.85NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.92NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.96VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.95VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.96VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.96VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.96VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.95VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.95VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.8PFN Pimco Income StrategyPairCorr
  0.61CIF Mfs Intermediate HighPairCorr
  0.89AABTX American Funds 2015PairCorr
  0.9SZCCX Deutsche Small CapPairCorr
  0.85RSPMX Victory Rs PartnersPairCorr
  0.74WARAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.88JVTAX Janus VenturePairCorr
  0.93MFFPX Mfs Lifetime 2050PairCorr
  0.95TRRMX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76PCRIX CommodityrealreturnPairCorr
  0.78AIDYX Diversified MunicipalPairCorr
  0.72KSMUX Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.93BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.75ACCWX Invesco Porate BondPairCorr
  0.93LAGIX Ladenburg AggressivePairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.63XNBHX Neuberger Berman IntPairCorr
  0.43XNXJX Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.41NXJ Nuveen New JerseyPairCorr
  0.37XDSMX Dreyfus StrategicPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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