Vanguard Extended Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Extended Market and Calvert Bond Portfolio is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Extended 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 Extended Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Extended Market and DJI is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Extended Market and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.96NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.98VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSIAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.38VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.38VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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