Northern Tax-exempt Correlations

NOTEX Fund  USD 9.65  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Tax Exempt and Qs Large Cap is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Northern Tax-exempt 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 Tax-exempt Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Northern Tax Exempt Fund and DJI is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Tax Exempt Fund 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 Tax Exempt Fund. 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 income.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.85VWLTX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.68VWAHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.68VWALX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.79FSMUX Strategic AdvisersPairCorr
  0.84VWLUX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.73FAFTX Franklin Federal TaxPairCorr
  0.63FFTQX Franklin Federal TaxPairCorr
  0.64FKTIX Franklin Federal TaxPairCorr
  0.8FRFTX Franklin Federal TaxPairCorr
  0.64FFQAX Franklin Federal TaxPairCorr
  0.74GABFX Gmo Asset AllocationPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.43GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.34GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.52FSRBX Banking Portfolio BankingPairCorr
  0.47WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.46KMKNX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.46LGPIX Large Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.45WCEYX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.45AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.45SDGTX Deutsche Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.42WCPSX Mobile TelecommunicatioPairCorr
  0.38VFMFX Vanguard MultifactorPairCorr
  0.38TEGYX Mid Cap GrowthPairCorr
  0.37TRLCX Tiaa-cref Large-capPairCorr
  0.34NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.34VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

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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 Northern Mutual Fund performing well and Northern Tax-exempt 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 Tax-exempt'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.