Vanguard Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Vanguard Short Term Inflation Protected is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Short 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 Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Inflation and DJI is -0.02 (i.e., Good 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.

Check out World Market Map to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Vanguard Short Term Inflation Protected. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

0.67	VSCSX	Vanguard Short Term	Pair Corr
0.67	VSBIX	Vanguard Short Term	Pair Corr
0.61	VSBSX	Vanguard Short Term	Pair Corr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

0.43

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Pair Corr

Related Correlations Analysis

	VTIP	VBR	VLCAX	VV	VBIAX	VBAIX	VNQ	IWD	SCHX	BSV
VTIP		0.4	0.38	0.38	0.38	0.5	0.3	0.52	0.24	0.67	VTIP
VBR	0.4		0.7	0.69	0.79	0.73	0.11	0.86	0.75	0.53	VBR
VLCAX	0.38	0.7		1.0	0.87	0.99	0.08	0.82	0.85	0.5	VLCAX
VV	0.38	0.69	1.0		0.87	0.98	0.07	0.82	0.85	0.49	VV
VBIAX	0.38	0.79	0.87	0.87		0.86	0.05	0.77	0.99	0.52	VBIAX
VBAIX	0.5	0.73	0.99	0.98	0.86		0.11	0.86	0.82	0.59	VBAIX
VNQ	0.3	0.11	0.08	0.07	0.05	0.11		-0.07	0.01	-0.22	VNQ
IWD	0.52	0.86	0.82	0.82	0.77	0.86	-0.07		0.71	0.77	IWD
SCHX	0.24	0.75	0.85	0.85	0.99	0.82	0.01	0.71		0.41	SCHX
BSV	0.67	0.53	0.5	0.49	0.52	0.59	-0.22	0.77	0.41		BSV
	VTIP	VBR	VLCAX	VV	VBIAX	VBAIX	VNQ	IWD	SCHX	BSV

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.

High positive correlations

VV	+ 1.0	VLCAX
VBAIX	+ 0.99	VLCAX
SCHX	+ 0.99	VBIAX
VBAIX	+ 0.98	VV
VBIAX	+ 0.87	VLCAX
VBIAX	+ 0.87	VV

High negative correlations

BSV	- 0.22	VNQ
IWD	- 0.07	VNQ

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Short 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'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 Deviation	Jensen Alpha	Sortino Ratio	Treynor Ratio	Semi Deviation	Expected Shortfall	Potential Upside	Value @Risk	Maximum Drawdown
VTIP	0.06	(0.01)	(0.76)	(0.13)	0.00	(0.07)	0.12	(0.10)	0.41
VBR	0.71	0.02	(0.03)	0.13	0.97	(0.69)	1.72	(1.42)	3.66
VLCAX	0.57	(0.02)	(0.02)	0.04	0.85	(0.55)	1.25	(1.20)	3.28
VV	0.58	(0.02)	(0.02)	0.04	0.86	(0.55)	1.24	(1.22)	3.32
VBIAX	0.37	0.02	(0.06)	0.19	0.53	(0.35)	0.74	(0.79)	2.23
VBAIX	0.37	(0.01)	(0.06)	0.04	0.50	(0.35)	0.75	(0.79)	2.23
VNQ	0.57	(0.05)	0.00	(0.19)	0.00	0.00	1.12	(1.23)	4.03
IWD	0.55	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.63	(0.57)	1.07	(1.06)	2.53
SCHX	0.59	0.03	(0.02)	0.22	0.88	(0.56)	1.16	(1.14)	3.40
BSV	0.07	0.01	(0.63)	0.99	0.00	(0.09)	0.19	(0.10)	0.45

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