Vanguard Target Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Target Reti and Invesco Real Estate is 0.02 (i.e., Significant 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Target Retirement and DJI is -0.06 (i.e., Good 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

  0.9VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.88VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.87VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.91VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.97VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.84VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.84VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.89VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.91VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.86VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.93VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.93VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.94VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.92NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.95VADGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.97VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.92VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.92VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.88VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.99VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.94VSGAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.94VSGIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.92VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  1.0VSMGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.99VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.99VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.94VSTCX Vanguard StrategicPairCorr
  0.99VBIAX Vanguard Balanced IndexPairCorr
  0.65VBIPX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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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.