Vanguard Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Emerging Markets and Franklin Small Cap is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.38 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Emerging Markets 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 Emerging Markets. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.95VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.63VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.65VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.68VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.64VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.42VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.34VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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