Vanguard Developed Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Developed and Tfa Alphagen Growth is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Developed 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 Developed Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Developed Markets and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Developed 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 Developed 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.61VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.88VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.88VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.71VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.85VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.91VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.9VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.9VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.83VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.65VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.91VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.92VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.73VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.7VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.87VSVNX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.75VBIAX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.61VBIIX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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