Vanguard Health Correlations

VGHCX Fund  USD 189.93  1.46  0.77%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Health Care and Vanguard Energy Fund is 0.11 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Health 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 Health Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Health Care and DJI is 0.25 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Health Care 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 Health Care. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.65VFICX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.97VGHAX Vanguard Health CarePairCorr
  0.94PRHSX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.91THISX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.66SHISX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.77SHSCX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.66SHSAX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.64SHSSX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.93FSPHX Health Care PortfolioPairCorr
  0.64LIIAX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.63SRINX Columbia Porate IncomePairCorr
  0.87WRHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.86WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.86IHIFX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.86IVHIX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.65PYLMX Payden Limited MaturityPairCorr
  0.56HSGFX Hussman Strategic GrowthPairCorr
  0.44QNZIX Aqr Sustainable LongPairCorr
  0.35CRDSX Catholic ResponsiblePairCorr
  0.31FGNSX Strategic Advisers TaxPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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