Vanguard Canadian Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Canadian Short and iShares Canadian Universe is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification). A perfect positive correlation (i.e., a correlation coefficient of +1) implies that as Vanguard Canadian moves, either up or down, the other security will move in the same direction. Alternatively, perfect negative correlation means that if Vanguard Canadian Short Term moves in either direction, the perfectly negatively correlated security will move in the opposite direction.

Vanguard Canadian Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Canadian Short Term and DJI is 0.32 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Canadian Short Term and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Etf

  0.94XSB iShares Canadian ShortPairCorr
  0.98XSH iShares Core CanadianPairCorr
  0.98ZCS BMO Short CorporatePairCorr
  0.93VSB Vanguard Canadian ShortPairCorr
  0.64ZST BMO Ultra ShortPairCorr
  0.98CBO iShares 1 5PairCorr
  0.97PSB Invesco 1 5PairCorr
  0.64XFR iShares Floating RatePairCorr
  0.73CLF iShares 1 5PairCorr
  0.83ZFS BMO Short FederalPairCorr
  0.69HQU BetaPro NASDAQ 100PairCorr
  0.66XIT iShares SPTSX CappedPairCorr
  0.67HSU BetaPro SP 500PairCorr
  0.63FHQ First Trust AlphaDEXPairCorr
  0.67ZUQ BMO MSCI USAPairCorr
  0.68XQQ iShares NASDAQ 100PairCorr
  0.68ZQQ BMO NASDAQ 100PairCorr
  0.66HFU BetaPro SPTSX CappedPairCorr
  0.65VFV Vanguard SP 500PairCorr
  0.65ZSP BMO SP 500PairCorr

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Vanguard Canadian Constituents Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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