Vanguard Equity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Equity Income and Vanguard International Growth is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Equity 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 Equity Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Equity Income 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 Equity Income 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
  0.95VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.95VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.87VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.94VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.94VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.99VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.99VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.99VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.91VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.91VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.9VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.9VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.91VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.96VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.96VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.79VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.91VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.91VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.95VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.87VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.76VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.93NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.82VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.7VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.93VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.93VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.92VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.92VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.94VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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