Vanguard Total Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Total Inter and Vanguard Total Bond is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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 International and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Total International 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 International. 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 bureau of labor statistics.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.67VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.67VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.7VNJUX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.7VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.68VNYTX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.68VNYUX Vanguard New YorkPairCorr
  0.71VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.71VPALX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.7VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.8VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.66VSCGX Vanguard LifestrategyPairCorr
  0.64VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.37VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.36VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr

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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.