Vanguard Mortgage-backed Correlations

VMBSX Fund  USD 18.49  0.10  0.54%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Mortgage-backed and Vanguard Intermediate Term Government is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Mortgage-backed 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 Mortgage-backed Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Mortgage Backed Secur and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Mortgage Backed Secur and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.89VMLUX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.89VMLTX Vanguard Limited TermPairCorr
  0.92VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.83VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.96VMSIX Vanguard Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.92VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.8VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.8VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.8VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.68VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.62VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.98VAIPX Vanguard Inflation-protecPairCorr
  0.98VSCSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr
  0.96VSBSX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.49VMNIX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.49VMNFX Vanguard Market NeutralPairCorr
  0.71NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.61VQNPX Vanguard Growth AndPairCorr
  0.75VSGAX Vanguard Small Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.75VSGIX Vanguard Small Cap Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.71VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.7VSEMX Vanguard Extended MarketPairCorr
  0.69VSEQX Vanguard Strategic EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Mortgage-backed 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 Mortgage-backed'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.