Vanguard Primecap Correlations

VPMAX Fund  USD 170.24  0.58  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Primecap and Vanguard Capital Opportunity is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Primecap 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 Primecap Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Primecap Fund and DJI is 0.69 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Primecap Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.88VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.76VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.61VSIAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.68VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.83VTMFX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.73VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.73VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.76VDIGX Vanguard Dividend GrowthPairCorr
  0.92VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.78VEIPX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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