Northern Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Bond Index and Ishares Municipal Bond is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Northern Bond 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 Bond Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Northern Bond Index and DJI is 0.26 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Bond 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 Bond 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 producer price index.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  1.0NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.96NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.86NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.86NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.84NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.64NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.97NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.7NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.91NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.83NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.97NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.88NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.78NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.78NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.92BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.84NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.88NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.83NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NSIUX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.85NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.87NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.93NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.93SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.96NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.98NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.87NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.88NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.81NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.91NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.82NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.89NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.64NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.75NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.87VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.79VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.87VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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