Vanguard FTSE Correlations

VDY Etf  CAD 49.87  0.11  0.22%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard FTSE Canadian and iShares SPTSX Composite is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Vanguard FTSE moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Vanguard FTSE Canadian moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Vanguard FTSE Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard FTSE Canadian and DJI is 0.62 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard FTSE Canadian and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Etf

  0.63CDZ iShares SPTSX CanadianPairCorr
  0.95PDC Invesco Canadian DividendPairCorr
  0.78XEI iShares SPTSX CompositePairCorr
  0.71HXH Global X CanadianPairCorr
  0.72HEU BetaPro SP TSXPairCorr
  0.72HXE Global X SPTSXPairCorr
  0.62ENCC Global X CanadianPairCorr
  0.73XEG iShares SPTSX CappedPairCorr
  0.62HURA Global X UraniumPairCorr
  0.64ZEO BMO Equal WeightPairCorr
  0.63HFU BetaPro SPTSX CappedPairCorr

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Vanguard FTSE Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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