Vanguard Intermediate-ter Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Intermediate-ter and Vanguard Short Term Government is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Intermediate-ter 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 Intermediate-ter Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Intermediate Term Gov and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Intermediate Term Gov and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.79VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.93VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.83VSGBX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.84VBIIX Vanguard IntermediatePairCorr
  0.9VBISX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.85VBIRX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.78VBLLX Vanguard Long TermPairCorr
  0.96VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.96VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.96VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.96VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Intermediate-ter 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 Intermediate-ter'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.