Vanguard California Correlations

VCADX Fund  USD 11.45  0.01  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard California and Vanguard California Long Term is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard California 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 California Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Vanguard California Intermedia and DJI is 0.2 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard California Intermedia 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 California Intermediate Term. 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.73VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.69VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.69VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.63VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.8VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.65VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.65VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.98VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.98VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.96VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.96VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.97VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.82VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.82VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.78VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.98VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.97VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.82VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.79VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.88VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.62VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.78VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.83VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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