Vanguard Short-term Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Short Term and California High Yield Municipal is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Short Term Investment and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Short Term Investment and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.69VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.69VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.79VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.88VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.78VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.71VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.76VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.72VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.74VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.74VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.73VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.86VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.79VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.79VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.84VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.81VPMAX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.64VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.66VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.8VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.74VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.94VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.93VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.9VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.66VASGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.33VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.67VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr

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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.