Vanguard Strategic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Strategic Equity and Vanguard Tax Managed Small Cap is 0.97 (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 Equity and DJI is 0.81 (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 Equity and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.88VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.69VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.69VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.63VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.82VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VASVX Vanguard Selected ValuePairCorr
  0.82VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VSIAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.76VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.87VSTCX Vanguard StrategicPairCorr
  0.72VBAIX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.73VSVNX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.73VBINX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr

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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.