Vanguard Multi-sector Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Multi Sector and Tax Free Conservative Income is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Multi-sector 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 Multi-sector Correlation With Market

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Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Multi Sector Income and DJI is 0.39 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Multi Sector Income and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.96VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.76HYIZX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.73HYPSX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.95SAMFX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.77SAMHX Ridgeworth Seix HighPairCorr
  0.93SSAGX Virtus Seix GovernmentPairCorr
  0.78SAMZX Ridgeworth Seix TotalPairCorr
  0.7PXIIX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.8SAVAX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.81SAVCX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.8SAVYX Virtus Bond FundPairCorr
  0.76PGHCX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.77PGICX Virtus Rampart EnhancedPairCorr
  0.74HIBIX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.84HIEMX Virtus Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.87PGUAX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.86PGUCX Virtus Global InfrasPairCorr
  0.77STGIX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.95STGZX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.77STIGX Ridgeworth Seix EPairCorr
  0.71STITX Ridgeworth InternationalPairCorr
  0.74HIMZX Virtus Low DurationPairCorr
  0.76PHCHX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.71PHCIX Virtus High YieldPairCorr
  0.66STTBX Ridgeworth Seix InvePairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.74PXSGX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.61SAGAX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.58SASVX Ridgeworth Ceredex SmallPairCorr
  0.52STCZX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.52STCAX Ridgeworth Silvant LargePairCorr
  0.4PXQSX Virtus Kar SmallPairCorr
  0.38SAMVX Ridgeworth Ceredex MidPairCorr
  0.37SSTFX Virtus Kar CapitalPairCorr
  0.34STCEX Ridgeworth Ceredex SmallPairCorr
  0.61SCATX Ridgeworth InnovativePairCorr
  0.52PHSKX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr
  0.51PICMX Virtus Kar MidPairCorr
  0.34SCETX Ridgeworth Ceredex SmallPairCorr

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