Vanguard Large Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Large Cap and Vanguard Mid Cap Growth is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Large 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 Large Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Large Cap Index and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Large Cap Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.66VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.79VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.86VCDAX Vanguard Sumer DiscrPairCorr
  0.74VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.99VWENX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr
  0.85VFAIX Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.68VWSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.85VWUAX Vanguard GrowthPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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