Vanguard Mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap and Morningstar Growth Etf is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Mid 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 Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap Value and DJI is 0.71 (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 Value 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 Mid Cap Value. 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

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  0.89VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.84VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.85VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.79VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.76VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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