North Carolina Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between North Carolina Tax and North Carolina Tax Free is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of North Carolina 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.

North Carolina Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between North Carolina Tax Free and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding North Carolina Tax Free 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 North Carolina 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 population.

Moving together with North Mutual Fund

  0.91NTFIX North Carolina TaxPairCorr
  0.93KYSMX Kentucky Tax FreePairCorr
  0.92KYTFX Kentucky Tax FreePairCorr
  0.89TNTIX Tennessee Tax FreePairCorr
  0.89DUALX Alabama Tax FreePairCorr
  0.92DUMSX Mississippi Tax FreePairCorr
  0.61DUTMX Taxable Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.94TTSMX Tennessee Tax FreePairCorr
  0.86ANIYX New York MunicipalPairCorr
  0.86SNNYX New York MunicipalPairCorr
  0.78LTBYX Opnhmr RchstrPairCorr
  0.73IORMX Aim Taxexempt FundsPairCorr
  0.79LTNCX Oppenheimer RochesterPairCorr
  0.79LTNYX Opnhmr RchstrPairCorr
  0.86ANMCX New York MunicipalPairCorr
  0.85ANIAX New York MunicipalPairCorr
  0.85SNCAX California MunicipalPairCorr
  0.86AICYX California MunicipalPairCorr

Moving against North Mutual Fund

  0.43SMPSX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.43SMPIX Semiconductor UltrasectorPairCorr
  0.4FCWRX Templeton China WorldPairCorr
  0.34LSHUX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.34LSHCX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.34LSHAX Horizon Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.33LSHEX Kinetics Spin Off Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.33WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.32AMEIX Equity GrowthPairCorr
  0.32FSRFX Transportation PortfolioPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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