Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and The Hartford Growth is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Short-term 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 Short-term Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Treasury and DJI is 0.1 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Short Term Treasury and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Vanguard Short Term Treasury. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in main economic indicators.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.7VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.7VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.72VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.83VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.65VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.78VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.92VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.81VASIX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.73VSMGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.66VSPVX Vanguard Sp 500PairCorr
  0.71VBAIX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.98VBIPX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.87VBILX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.98VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.73VTHRX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.69VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.65VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76VTINX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.69VTIVX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr
  0.7VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.7VTMNX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.62VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Short-term 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 Short-term'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.