Northern Stock Correlations

NOSIX Fund  USD 65.15  0.86  1.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Stock Index and Northern Small Cap is 0.77 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Northern Stock Index and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.83NOBOX Northern Bond IndexPairCorr
  0.85NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.71NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.97NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  1.0NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.91NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.81NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.85NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.94NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.97NOLVX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.61NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.92NOSGX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.77NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr
  0.93BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  0.99BBALX Northern Global TacticalPairCorr
  0.93NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.95NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.91NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.84NSIUX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.94NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.97NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.99NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.94NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.94SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.65NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.92NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  1.0NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  1.0NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.94NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.75NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.95NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.87NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.93NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.96NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr
  0.97NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.98VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

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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.