Vanguard Mid-cap Correlations

VMCIX Fund  USD 77.25  1.19  1.56%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap and Vanguard Mid Cap Index is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Vanguard Mid-cap 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 Mid-cap Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mid Cap Index and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mid Cap Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.79VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.93NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.61VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.81VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.93VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.93VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.85VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.38VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.37VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Mid-cap 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 Mid-cap'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
VIMAX  0.58 (0.06) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.16 
VMCPX  0.58 (0.06) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.14 
 4.16 
VO  0.59 (0.06) 0.00 (0.02) 0.00 
 1.16 
 4.22 
VTV  0.46  0.01 (0.01) 0.05  0.53 
 0.91 
 3.11 
VSCIX  0.80 (0.04)(0.02) 0.01  1.07 
 1.76 
 6.04 
VB  0.80 (0.04)(0.02) 0.01  1.11 
 1.83 
 5.98 
VEA  0.60  0.00 (0.01) 0.04  0.76 
 1.10 
 3.52 
VTMGX  0.62 (0.01)(0.01) 0.03  0.85 
 1.16 
 3.77 
VTMNX  0.60  0.00 (0.05) 0.16  0.86 
 1.05 
 3.71 
VDADX  0.46  0.01  0.00  0.06  0.53 
 0.99 
 3.14