Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Vanguard Mid Cap Value is 0.06 (i.e., Significant 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Inflation and DJI is 0.63 (i.e., Poor 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.89VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.92VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.93VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.82VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.9VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.74VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.85VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.92VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.92VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.94VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.94VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.94VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.94VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.94VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.94VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.96VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.66VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.93VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.93VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.94VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.61VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.66VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.9VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.78VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.78VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.92VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.91VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.79VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.86VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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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
VMIAX  0.89  0.23  0.20  0.26  0.84 
 2.11 
 5.22 
VMLUX  0.05  0.01 (0.18) 3.91  0.00 
 0.09 
 0.55 
VMLTX  0.05  0.01 (0.19) 2.23  0.00 
 0.09 
 0.46 
VMNVX  0.40  0.21  0.43  0.73  0.00 
 0.66 
 9.00 
VMMSX  0.72  0.14  0.11  0.22  0.94 
 1.64 
 4.07 
VMNIX  0.42  0.06  0.03 (0.35) 0.48 
 0.89 
 2.65 
VMNFX  0.43  0.06  0.03 (0.34) 0.48 
 0.94 
 2.72 
VMSIX  0.07  0.00 (0.14) 0.14  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.76 
VMVAX  0.56  0.11  0.13  0.17  0.49 
 1.29 
 3.24 
VMVIX  0.56  0.11  0.13  0.17  0.49 
 1.30 
 3.24