Vanguard Mid-cap Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap and Vanguard Small Cap Value is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap Value and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mid Cap Value and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.75VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.79VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  1.0VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.79VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.98VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.82VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.72VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.72VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.97NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.82VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.66VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.95VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.97VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.98VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.52VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.52VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.51VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.32VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.32VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.32VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.67VSIGX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.48VSGDX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.48VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.37VSBIX 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.