Northern Lights Correlations

NTAIX Fund  USD 10.67  0.16  1.52%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Lights and Lord Abbett Diversified is 0.56 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Northern Lights 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 Lights Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Northern Lights 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 Lights 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 Lights. 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.
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Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.91NTIIX Navigator TacticalPairCorr
  0.82FBONX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.82FBAFX American Funds AmericanPairCorr
  0.82ABALX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83BALCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83RLBCX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83RLBBX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.82CLBAX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.83CLBEX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.82RLBFX American BalancedPairCorr
  0.66MGGYX Mirova Global GreenPairCorr
  0.67MGGAX Mirova Global GreenPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.66NUSIX Nuveen InfrastructurePairCorr
  0.66DFSHX Dfa Selectively HedgedPairCorr
  0.37EACOX Eaton Vance GlobalPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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