Vanguard Correlations

VIOV Etf  USD 86.84  1.75  2.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard SP Small and Vanguard SP Small Cap is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard 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 Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard SP Small Cap and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard SP Small Cap 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 SP Small Cap. Also, note that the market value of any etf could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in persons.

Moving together with Vanguard Etf

  0.97VBR Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98IWN iShares Russell 2000PairCorr
  0.94IJJ iShares SP MidPairCorr
  0.98DFAT Dimensional TargetedPairCorr
  1.0IJS iShares SP SmallPairCorr
  1.0SLYV SPDR SP 600PairCorr
  0.99AVUV Avantis Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DES WisdomTree SmallCapPairCorr
  0.94MDYV SPDR SP 400PairCorr
  0.96CALF Pacer Small Cap Low VolatilityPairCorr
  0.92VTI Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.9SPY SPDR SP 500 Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.9IVV iShares Core SPPairCorr
  0.94VUG Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.85VO Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.62MSFT Microsoft Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.83BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.72CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.62AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.78HD Home DepotPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Etf

  0.76BND Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.63VEA Vanguard FTSE DevelopedPairCorr
  0.6GDXU MicroSectors Gold MinersPairCorr
  0.73VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.67TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.64KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.62JNJ Johnson Johnson Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.62MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.31XOM Exxon Mobil Corp Earnings Call Next WeekPairCorr
  0.31IBM International BusinessPairCorr

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Vanguard Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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