The National Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between National Tax and The Missouri Tax Free is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of The National 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.

The National Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between The National Tax Free and DJI is -0.28 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding The National Tax Free and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in The National Tax Free. 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 bureau of economic analysis.

Moving together with The Mutual Fund

  0.84CFBNX Bond FundPairCorr
  0.86CFSTX Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VWITX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.99VWIUX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.97AFTEX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.97AFTFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.98TEBCX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96TEAFX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.96TFEBX Tax Exempt BondPairCorr
  0.99FLTMX Fidelity IntermediatePairCorr
  0.97MDNLX Blackrock NationalPairCorr
  0.98MFNLX Blackrock Natl MuniPairCorr
  0.87LIIAX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.87SRINX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.76CIFRX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr

Moving against The Mutual Fund

  0.36CFAGX Midcap GrowthPairCorr
  0.48MLMAX Global E PortfolioPairCorr
  0.45TLCYX Touchstone Large CapPairCorr
  0.43AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.4VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.4VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.33AMGIX Income GrowthPairCorr
  0.32SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.32WWLAX Westwood Largecap ValuePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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