Vanguard Market Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Market Neutral and Franklin Mutual Global is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Market 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 Market Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Market Neutral and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Market Neutral 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 Market Neutral. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  1.0VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.72NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.72VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.72VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.72VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.7VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.47VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.38VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.38VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.35VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.35VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.33VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.39VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.35VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.35VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.35VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.48VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.48VSIGX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.47VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.47VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.47VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.45VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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