Vanguard Mid-cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap and Vanguard Small Cap Growth is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Mid-cap 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 Mid-cap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap Growth and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mid Cap Growth and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.77VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.7VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.7VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.76VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.85VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.74VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.77VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.93NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.69VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.68VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.93VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.86VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.32VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.52VSIGX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.5VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.48VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.47VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.46VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.41VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Mid-cap 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 Mid-cap'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.