Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Gabelli Global Financial is -0.21 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Inflation and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant 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

  0.72VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.78VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.78VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.61VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.71VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.79VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.69VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.69VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.61VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.74VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.7VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.7VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.73VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.7VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.71VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.68NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.69VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.64VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.69VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.89VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.68VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.74VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.68VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.84VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.86VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.66VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.67VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.7VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.63VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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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.