Vanguard Long Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Long Term and Vanguard Intermediate Term Treasury is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Long 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 Long Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Long Term Government and DJI is -0.22 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Long Term Government and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.62VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.62VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.91VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.69VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.72VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.61VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.84VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.77NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.74VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.74VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.72VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.64VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.61VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.53VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.52VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.52VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.48VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.4VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.4VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.84VSPGX Vanguard Sp 500PairCorr
  0.83VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.83VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.8VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.79VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.78VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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