Vanguard Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Vanguard High Yield Porate is 0.5 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Short 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 Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Investment and DJI is -0.19 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Short Term Investment and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.92VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.92VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.92VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.83VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.83VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.81VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.81VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.81VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.62VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.62VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.84VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.82VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.63VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.84VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.77VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.85VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.74VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.97VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.97VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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