Vanguard Mega Correlations

VMGAX Fund  USD 691.60  11.46  1.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mega Cap and Vanguard Materials Index is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Mega 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 Mega Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mega Cap and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mega Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.63NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.65VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.74VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.59VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.59VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.58VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.57VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.47VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.47VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.44VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.33VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.56VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.55VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.53VSIGX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.4VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.34VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.31VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.31VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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