Vanguard Balanced Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Balanced Index and Vanguard Windsor Ii is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Balanced 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 Balanced Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Balanced Index and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Balanced Index and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.84VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.79VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.71VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.71VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.86VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.86VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.86VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.64VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.76VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.97VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.72VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.66VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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