Vanguard Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Small Cap and Vanguard Mid Cap Growth is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Small Cap Growth and DJI is 0.89 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Small Cap Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.96VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.93VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.94VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.98VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.92VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.98VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.98VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.97VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.94VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.94VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.98VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.94VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.98VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.98VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.99NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.85VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.91VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.97VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.94VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.99VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.99VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.85VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.64VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.65VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  1.0VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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