Northern Bond Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Bond Index and Adams Natural Resources is 0.01 (i.e., Significant 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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Northern Bond Index and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant 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 persons.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  1.0NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.67NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.76NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.87NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.88NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.86NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.74NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.99NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr
  0.95BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  1.0BTIAX Northern Ustreasury IndexPairCorr
  0.96NSIUX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.92NSITX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.87NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.89SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.76NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.83NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.89NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.68NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.78NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.9NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.74NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.74NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.62NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.53NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.46NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.44NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.44NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.38NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.38NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.33NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.53NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.53NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr

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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.