Mid Cap Correlations

VMSGX Fund  USD 21.29  0.04  0.19%   
The current 90-days correlation between Mid Cap Strategic and Mid Cap Index is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Mid Cap 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.

Mid Cap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Mid Cap Strategic and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Mid Cap Strategic 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 Mid Cap Strategic. 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 price.

Moving together with Mid Mutual Fund

  0.98VMIDX Mid Cap IndexPairCorr
  0.75VAPPX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.97VSRDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.99VSTIX Stock Index FundPairCorr
  0.64VSSVX Small Cap SpecialPairCorr
  0.72VBCVX Broad Cap ValuePairCorr
  0.75VCAAX Asset AllocationPairCorr
  0.97VCBCX Blue Chip GrowthPairCorr
  0.94VCGAX Growth IncomePairCorr
  0.77VCIGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.92VCNIX Nasdaq 100 IndexPairCorr
  0.94VCSTX Science TechnologyPairCorr
  0.74VDAFX Dynamic AllocationPairCorr
  0.76VVMCX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.9VVSCX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.7VGLSX Global StrategyPairCorr
  0.71VHYLX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.87VLAGX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.87VLCGX Large Capital GrowthPairCorr
  0.85VLSMX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.97PAMCX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97RRMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75TRQZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91RPMGX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.93PRJIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95PRNHX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95TRUZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97PCBIX Midcap Fund InstitutionalPairCorr

Moving against Mid Mutual Fund

  0.62VCGSX Government SecuritiesPairCorr
  0.48VCTPX Inflation ProtectedPairCorr
  0.47VCBDX Valic Company IPairCorr
  0.45VCIFX International GovernmentPairCorr

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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   
VSTIXVMSGX
VSTIXVSRDX
VMSGXVMIDX
VCBCXVSTIX
VSRDXVMSGX
VCBCXVMSGX
  
High negative correlations   
VCBDXVAPPX
VCBCXVCBDX
VCBDXVBCVX
VCBDXVSTIX
VCBDXVMSGX
VCBDXVMIDX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Mid Mutual Fund performing well and Mid Cap 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 Mid Cap'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
VMIDX  0.72 (0.01) 0.01  0.13  0.60 
 1.76 
 5.10 
VMSGX  0.70  0.04  0.05  0.18  0.61 
 1.76 
 4.27 
VAPPX  0.76  0.15  0.00  6.13  1.06 
 1.50 
 4.99 
VSRDX  0.58  0.01 (0.02) 0.15  0.60 
 1.32 
 3.75 
VSTIX  0.57  0.01  0.00  0.16  0.58 
 1.21 
 3.74 
VSSVX  0.86  0.15 (0.01)(1.09) 0.77 
 1.84 
 7.23 
VBCVX  0.52  0.02 (0.02) 0.17  0.26 
 1.16 
 3.60 
VCAAX  0.37 (0.01)(0.16) 0.12  0.36 
 0.74 
 2.63 
VCBDX  0.26 (0.04) 0.00 (0.32) 0.00 
 0.41 
 1.29 
VCBCX  0.73  0.03  0.02  0.17  0.93 
 2.14 
 5.21