Vanguard Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Vanguard High Yield Porate is 0.47 (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 -0.17 (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

  0.94VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.92VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.89VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.89VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.65VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.62VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.61VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.55VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.41VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.39VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.37VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.36VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.35VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.35VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.32VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.78NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.66VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.63VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.63VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.53VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.49VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.41VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.36VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.34VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.34VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.33VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.8VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.77VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.77VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.75VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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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.