Vanguard Target Correlations

VFORX Fund  USD 50.99  0.17  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Target Reti and Long Term Government Fund is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Target 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 Target Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Target Retirement and DJI is 0.84 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Target Retirement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with VANGUARD Mutual Fund

  0.78VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.94VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.63VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.68VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.8VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.81VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.94VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.87VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.94VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.62VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.99VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.71VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  1.0VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.94VASIX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  1.0VSMGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.98VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.92VSPVX Vanguard Sp 500PairCorr
  0.89VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VBAIX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.63VBILX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.65VBITX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VTCIX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  1.0VTHRX Vanguard Target RetiPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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