Northern Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Northern Government and Transamerica Bond Class is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Northern 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 Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Northern Government Fund and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Government Fund 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 Government Fund. 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

  0.99NOBOX Northern Bond IndexPairCorr
  0.99NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.65NOAZX Northern Arizona TaxPairCorr
  0.72NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.85NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.86NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.81NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.83NOITX Northern IntermediatePairCorr
  0.72NOTEX Northern Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.97BSBAX Northern Short BondPairCorr
  1.0BTIAX Northern Ustreasury IndexPairCorr
  0.99NSIUX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.7NSITX Northern Short-intermediaPairCorr
  0.93NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.94SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr
  0.75NCATX Northern California TaxPairCorr
  0.81NCITX Northern CaliforniaPairCorr
  0.94NUSFX Northern Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.65NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.62NHFIX Northern High YieldPairCorr
  0.91NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.84NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr
  0.69NMHYX Multi Manager HighPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.74NSCKX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.74NSGRX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.7NOMIX Northern Mid CapPairCorr
  0.58NOSIX Northern Stock IndexPairCorr
  0.51NSRKX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.51NSRIX Northern Global SustPairCorr
  0.47NOLCX Northern Large CapPairCorr
  0.43NSIDX Northern Small CapPairCorr
  0.36NOIEX Northern Income EquityPairCorr
  0.62NUEIX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.62NUESX Northern Quality EsgPairCorr
  0.49VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.47VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.43VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.43VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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