Northern Ultra Correlations

NUSFX Fund  USD 10.30  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Northern Ultra Short and Northern Bond Index is 0.59 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Northern Ultra 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 Ultra Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Northern Ultra Short Fixed and DJI is -0.07 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Northern Ultra Short Fixed 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 Ultra Short Fixed. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Northern Mutual Fund

  0.85NTAUX Northern Tax AdvantagedPairCorr
  0.99SWSFX Ultra Short FixedPairCorr

Moving against Northern Mutual Fund

  0.5NOINX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.48NOUGX Northern GovernmentPairCorr
  0.46BTIAX Northern Ustreasury IndexPairCorr
  0.45NOCBX Northern E BondPairCorr
  0.45NOIGX Northern InternationalPairCorr
  0.44NOFIX Northern Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.43NOBOX Northern Bond IndexPairCorr
  0.39NSIUX Northern Short InterPairCorr
  0.38NOEMX Northern Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.5NMFIX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.5NMMGX Multi Manager GlobalPairCorr
  0.47NMMEX Active M EmergingPairCorr
  0.44NGREX Northern Global RealPairCorr
  0.37NMIEX Active M InternationalPairCorr

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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   
NOCBXNOBOX
NOFIXNOBOX
NOFIXNOCBX
NOITXNOAZX
NOINXNOIGX
NOINXNOBOX
  
High negative correlations   
NOINXNOIEX
NOIEXNOEMX
NOIEXNOCBX
NOIEXNOBOX
NOIEXNOFIX
NOIGXNOIEX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Northern Mutual Fund performing well and Northern Ultra 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 Ultra'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
NOBOX  0.23 (0.07) 0.00 (2.60) 0.00 
 0.43 
 1.53 
NOCBX  0.24 (0.07) 0.00 (3.99) 0.00 
 0.45 
 1.58 
NOAZX  0.17 (0.04) 0.00  0.89  0.00 
 0.31 
 1.45 
NOEMX  0.72 (0.08) 0.00 (0.45) 0.00 
 1.53 
 5.43 
NOFIX  0.23 (0.07) 0.00 (2.39) 0.00 
 0.45 
 1.58 
NOIEX  0.46  0.02  0.02  0.05  0.70 
 0.84 
 4.80 
NOIGX  0.63 (0.19) 0.00 (0.66) 0.00 
 1.14 
 6.88 
NOINX  0.64 (0.19) 0.00 (0.72) 0.00 
 0.97 
 6.24 
NOITX  0.15 (0.03) 0.00  1.32  0.00 
 0.30 
 1.23 
NOMIX  0.81 (0.17) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 1.60 
 13.20