Vanguard Short-term Correlations

VSGDX Fund  USD 10.18  0.01  0.1%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Eaton Vance Short is 0.8 (i.e., Very poor 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Federal and DJI is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Short Term Federal and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Vanguard Short Term Federal. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in unemployment.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.72VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.7VCDAX Vanguard Sumer DiscrPairCorr
  0.8VUBFX Vanguard Ultra-short-termPairCorr
  0.8VUSFX Vanguard Ultra-short-termPairCorr
  0.81VWEHX Vanguard High YieldPairCorr
  0.64VWENX Vanguard WellingtonPairCorr
  0.88VWSTX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.34VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.44VGHCX Vanguard Health CarePairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
EASDX  0.15  0.01 (0.35) 0.28  0.00 
 0.56 
 1.12 
VFIRX  0.10  0.00 (0.63)(0.06) 0.02 
 0.21 
 0.72 
VFISX  0.11  0.00 (0.64)(0.06) 0.03 
 0.21 
 0.82 
VSGBX  0.11  0.00 (0.61) 0.12  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.79 
VSBIX  0.07  0.00 (1.11) 0.27  0.00 
 0.16 
 0.41 
VSGDX  0.11  0.00 (0.61) 0.12  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.79 
FUMBX  0.11  0.00 (0.66)(0.09) 0.06 
 0.20 
 0.69 
ECLDX  0.14  0.01 (0.36) 0.20  0.00 
 0.42 
 1.12 
EALDX  0.14  0.02 (0.38)(2.11) 0.00 
 0.42 
 1.12 
EILDX  0.16  0.02 (0.34)(0.49) 0.00 
 0.56 
 1.12