Vanguard Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Total Stock and Jhvit Core Bond is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Total Stock and DJI is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Total Stock 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 Stock. 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

  0.81VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.84NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.89VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.84VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.77VBMFX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.71VTBIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.77VTBSX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.76VTBNX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.89VTCLX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.93VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.76VBTLX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.77VBTIX Vanguard Total BondPairCorr
  0.91VTMGX Vanguard DevelopedPairCorr
  0.62VTMFX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.92VTMSX Vanguard Tax ManagedPairCorr
  1.0VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VEIPX Vanguard Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.88VEMAX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.69VEUSX Vanguard European StockPairCorr
  0.73VWIUX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.68VEXAX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.92VEXPX Vanguard ExplorerPairCorr
  0.88VWNFX Vanguard WindsorPairCorr
  0.97VWUSX Vanguard GrowthPairCorr
  1.0VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.62VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.63VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.93VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.87VIGRX Vanguard Growth IndexPairCorr
  0.88VIPIX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr

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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.