Madison Funds Correlations

MADRX Fund  USD 30.17  0.28  0.92%   
The current 90-days correlation between Madison Funds and Madison Investors Fund is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Madison Funds 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.

Madison Funds Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Madison Funds and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Funds 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 Madison Funds . 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Madison Mutual Fund

  0.92MMCRX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94MNVAX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.94MNVRX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.95BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  0.7MAACX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  1.0MADAX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.72MAGSX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  1.0BHBFX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.95MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.94MSCRX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.95MASMX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.79MBLAX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.73MBLCX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.92MDCIX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.97MDMIX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.61MENIX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.61MENRX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.91MERAX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.73MFSIX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.79MFSYX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.94MINVX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.94MIVIX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.92GTSGX Madison Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Madison Mutual Fund

  0.75MBORX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.75MBOYX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.75MBOAX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.74MBOIX Madison Core BondPairCorr
  0.71MIIRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.71MIIBX Madison High QualityPairCorr
  0.38GTFHX Madison Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Madison Mutual Fund performing well and Madison Funds 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 Madison Funds' 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.