Vanguard Target Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Target Reti and Vanguard Target Retirement is 0.96 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Target 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 Target Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Target Retirement and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Target Retirement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.62VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.85VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.81VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.81VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.66VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.91VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.68VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.7VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.73NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.67VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.75VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.78VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.98VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Target 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 Target'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.