Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.61KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.75T ATT IncPairCorr
  0.61MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.91GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.88DIS Walt DisneyPairCorr
  0.82AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.8IBM International BusinessPairCorr
  0.8CSCO Cisco SystemsPairCorr
  0.73DD Dupont De NemoursPairCorr
  0.73HD Home DepotPairCorr
  0.73AXP American ExpressPairCorr
  0.72PFE Pfizer IncPairCorr
  0.7MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.51MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.45MRK Merck CompanyPairCorr
  0.34PG Procter GamblePairCorr

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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.