Vanguard Mortgage-backed Correlations

VMBSX Fund  USD 18.45  0.05  0.27%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mortgage-backed and Vanguard Intermediate Term Government is 0.94 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Mortgage-backed 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 Mortgage-backed Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mortgage Backed Secur and DJI is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mortgage Backed Secur and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.66VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.66VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.68VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.68VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.65VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.67VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.67VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.64VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.64VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.67VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.95VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.83VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.85VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.83VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.72VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.63NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.58VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.58VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.58VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.55VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.51VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.44VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.44VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.39VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.36VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.72VSPGX Vanguard Sp 500PairCorr
  0.69VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.69VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.67VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.64VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.64VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.63VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.63VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Mortgage-backed 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 Mortgage-backed'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.