Vanguard Total Correlations

VSMPX Fund  USD 310.33  0.93  0.30%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Total Stock and Vanguard 500 Index is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Vanguard Total 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 Total Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Total Stock and DJI is 0.82 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Total Stock and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.76VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.86VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.99VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.68VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.68VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.87VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSVNX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.99VBINX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.92VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.92VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.81VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.92VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VTWIX Vanguard Total WorldPairCorr
  0.96VDEQX Vanguard DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.7VEIPX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.63VEMPX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.84VEUSX Vanguard European StockPairCorr
  0.63VWIUX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.63VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.76VWNFX Vanguard WindsorPairCorr
  0.85VFFVX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.74VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.99VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Total 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 Total'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VFIAX  0.54  0.00 (0.02) 0.09  0.76 
 1.23 
 3.55 
VEXAX  0.88 (0.05)(0.02) 0.05  1.13 
 1.81 
 4.93 
VEMPX  0.88 (0.05)(0.02) 0.05  1.13 
 1.81 
 4.93 
VEMRX  0.56 (0.02)(0.07) 0.07  0.76 
 1.15 
 4.02 
VSGAX  0.97 (0.05)(0.01) 0.06  1.26 
 1.89 
 5.81 
VSMAX  0.82 (0.04)(0.02) 0.06  1.02 
 1.75 
 4.78 
VIGIX  0.72 (0.01)(0.02) 0.08  1.06 
 1.77 
 4.41 
VVIAX  0.49  0.00 (0.04) 0.10  0.48 
 1.23 
 2.97 
VMVAX  0.56  0.00 (0.02) 0.10  0.62 
 1.28 
 3.46 
VTWIX  0.53 (0.01)(0.02) 0.09  0.76 
 1.07 
 3.54