Vanguard Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Emerging Markets and Vanguard Developed Markets is 0.63 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Emerging Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.67VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.81VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.63VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.61VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.66VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.66VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.64VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.61VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.62VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.66VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.65VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.61VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.64VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.63VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.63VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.68VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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