Madison Funds Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Madison Funds and Dreyfus Natural Resources is 0.48 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Madison Funds 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.

Madison Funds Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Madison Funds and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Madison Funds 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 Madison Funds . 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Madison Mutual Fund

  0.86MMCRX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94MNVAX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.9MNVRX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.95BVAOX Broadview OpportunityPairCorr
  0.66MAACX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  1.0MADAX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.69MAGSX Madison AggressivePairCorr
  1.0BHBFX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.95MSCIX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.95MSCRX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.95MASMX Madison Small CapPairCorr
  0.73MBLAX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.66MBLCX Madison DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.86MDCIX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  1.0MDMIX Madison Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.86MERAX Madison Mid CapPairCorr
  0.74MFSIX Mfs Series TrustPairCorr
  0.78MFSYX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.9MINVX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.9MIVIX Madison InvestorsPairCorr
  0.86GTSGX Madison Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Madison Mutual Fund

  0.76MBOAX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.75MBOIX Madison Core BondPairCorr
  0.75MBORX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.75MBOYX Madison E BondPairCorr
  0.72MIIRX Madison FundsPairCorr
  0.72MIIBX Madison High QualityPairCorr
  0.4GTFHX Madison Tax FreePairCorr
  0.34MINAX Madison InternationalPairCorr
  0.33MINYX Madison InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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