Northern Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Small Cap and American Beacon Large is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no 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 0.89 (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

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  0.97NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.91NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.9NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.86NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.98NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.96NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.99NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
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  0.99NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.99NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.89NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.95NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
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  0.92NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.96NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.87NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.95NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
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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.