Vanguard Consumer Correlations

VCSAX Fund  USD 106.13  0.86  0.80%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Sumer Staples and Payden High Income is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Consumer 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 Consumer Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Sumer Staples and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Sumer Staples and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.66CL Colgate PalmolivePairCorr
  0.77GO Grocery Outlet HoldingPairCorr
  0.73MO Altria GroupPairCorr
  0.91PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.61PM Philip Morris Intern Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.63TR Tootsie Roll IndustriesPairCorr
  0.81WEST Westrock CoffeePairCorr
  0.64CENTA Central Garden Pet Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.72FARM Farmer Bros Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.74IMKTA Ingles Markets Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.66FIZZ National Beverage CorpPairCorr
  0.79ACU Acme UnitedPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.69DTCK Davis CommoditiesPairCorr
  0.47EDBL Edible Garden AGPairCorr
  0.39VITL Vital FarmsPairCorr
  0.31UG United GuardianPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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