Vanguard Strategic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Strategic and Vanguard Explorer Value is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Strategic 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 Strategic Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Strategic Small Cap and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Strategic Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.73VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.73VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.68VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.94VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  1.0VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VSIAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VTMFX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.7VFAIX Vanguard Financials IndexPairCorr
  0.79VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.8VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.76VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.73VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.73VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.66VBLIX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.59VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.59VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.57VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.55VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.42VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.31VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.69VWSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.61VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.59VFIJX Vanguard GnmaPairCorr
  0.57VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.5VUBFX Vanguard Ultra-short-termPairCorr
  0.5VEMIX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.43VWITX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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