Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Live Oak Health is 0.26 (i.e., Modest 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Investment and DJI is 0.14 (i.e., Average 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

  0.91VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.91VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.78VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.83VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.93VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.72VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.7VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.78VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.86VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.91VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.91VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.91VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.91VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.91VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.76VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.77VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.85VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.91VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.91VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.76VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.85VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.85VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.81NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.83VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.94VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.81VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.81VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.95VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.81VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.86VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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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.