Madison Moderate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Madison Moderate All and World Precious Minerals is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Madison Moderate 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 Moderate Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Madison Moderate Allocation and DJI is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Moderate Allocation 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 Moderate Allocation. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Madison Mutual Fund

  0.92MMCRX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0MMDAX Madison Moderate AllPairCorr
  0.94MNVAX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.95MNVRX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.86BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  0.99MAACX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  0.82MADAX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.82MADRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.99MAGSX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  0.82BHBFX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.86MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.86MSCRX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.86MASMX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.88MBLAX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.89MBLCX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.87MBOIX Madison Core BondPairCorr
  0.84MBORX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.86MBOYX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.85MBOAX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.93MCOCX Madison ConservativePairCorr
  0.9MCNAX Madison ConservativePairCorr
  0.91MDCIX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.82MDMIX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.73MENAX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.73MENCX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.73MENIX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.72MENRX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.73MENYX Madison Ered CallPairCorr
  0.91MERAX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76MFSIX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.77MFSYX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.95MINVX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.95MIVIX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.72GTFHX Madison Tax FreePairCorr
  0.91GTSGX Madison Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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