Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and Rational Strategic Allocation is 0.05 (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 0.71 (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 employment.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.91VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.95VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.96VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.84VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.94VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.65VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.9VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.92VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.92VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.84VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.93VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.95VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.95VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.95VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.95VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.96VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.96VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.72VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.93VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.95VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.95VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.78VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.68VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.83VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.72VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.85VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.79VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.79VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.94VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.77VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.87VASGX 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.