Vanguard California Correlations

VCADX Fund  USD 11.18  0.02  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard California and Vanguard California Long Term is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard California 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.

Vanguard California Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Vanguard California Intermedia and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard California Intermedia and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Vanguard California Intermediate Term. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.82VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.86VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.87VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.72VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.81VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.88VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.81VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.81VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.77VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.67VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.87VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.81VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.89VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.87VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.81VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.88VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.78VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.71VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.89VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.76VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.79VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.92VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.79VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.71VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.77VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.74VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.8VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard California 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 Vanguard California'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.