Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Auer Growth Fund is -0.22 (i.e., Very good 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

Very good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Inflation and DJI is -0.42 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Short Term Inflation and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.94VTAPX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99TRLDX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.97TRBFX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.92TRPZX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.71FSTZX Fidelity Series 0PairCorr
  0.99TIIWX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.67TIIHX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.92TIKRX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.99TIKPX Tiaa Cref InflationPairCorr
  0.63GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.61JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.62TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.48HPQ HP IncPairCorr
  0.41PG Procter Gamble Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.4VZ Verizon Communications Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.38WMT WalmartPairCorr
  0.37MCD McDonaldsPairCorr

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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.