Northern Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and Northern Mid Cap is 0.78 (i.e., Poor 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Northern Small Cap 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 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.74NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.83NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.68NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.92NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.89NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.8NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.93NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.93NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.71NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.85NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.82NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.83BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.92BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.89NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.88NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.64NSIUX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.89NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.89NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.88NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.82SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.73NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.79NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.81NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.81NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.84NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.72NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.91NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.79NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.87NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.96NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.7NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.86NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.99VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.48ERH 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NOBOX  0.16  0.01 (0.21) 0.32  0.03 
 0.43 
 0.86 
NOCBX  0.16  0.01 (0.20) 0.34  0.00 
 0.44 
 1.00 
NOAZX  0.07  0.02 (0.20) 0.84  0.00 
 0.21 
 0.73 
NOEMX  0.63  0.12  0.11  0.28  0.53 
 1.69 
 4.06 
NOFIX  0.15  0.02 (0.21) 0.39  0.00 
 0.44 
 0.89 
NOIEX  0.54  0.00 (0.01) 0.06  0.74 
 1.15 
 3.94 
NOIGX  0.57  0.13  0.14  0.25  0.49 
 1.25 
 3.22 
NOINX  0.58  0.12  0.13  0.23  0.50 
 1.22 
 2.95 
NOITX  0.07  0.02 (0.30) 1.96  0.00 
 0.20 
 0.61 
NOMIX  0.82  0.16  0.18  0.22  0.54 
 1.89 
 7.74