Vanguard Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Total Bond and Invesco Technology Fund is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Total 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 Total Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Total Bond and DJI is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Total Bond 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 Total Bond. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.79VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.84VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.77VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.64VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.61VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.73VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.78VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.78VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.75VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.61VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.61VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.74VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.8VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.8VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.72VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.69VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.71VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.67VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.79VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.91VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.87VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.86VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.66VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.4VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.33VASVX Vanguard Selected ValuePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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