Vanguard Health Correlations

VGHCX Fund  USD 206.01  2.32  1.14%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Health Care and Health Care Portfolio is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Health 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 Health Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Health Care and DJI is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Health Care 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 Health Care. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.61VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.61VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.62VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.7VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.76VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.39VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.38VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.82VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.82VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.82VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.8VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.8VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.76VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.74VSPMX Vanguard Sp MidPairCorr
  0.73VSIAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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