Vanguard Multi-sector Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Multi Sector and Doubleline Emerging Markets is 0.14 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Vanguard Multi-sector 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 Multi-sector Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Multi Sector Income and DJI is 0.3 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Multi Sector Income 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 Multi Sector Income. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Vanguard Mutual Fund

  0.76VMIAX Vanguard Materials IndexPairCorr
  0.84VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.72VMMSX Vanguard Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.69VMVAX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.69VMVIX Vanguard Mid CapPairCorr
  0.83VMVFX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.88VMVLX Vanguard Mega CapPairCorr
  0.69VNJTX Vanguard New JerseyPairCorr
  0.65VOHIX Vanguard Ohio LongPairCorr
  0.72VPADX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.72VPACX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPCCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.67VPAIX Vanguard PennsylvaniaPairCorr
  0.72VPKIX Vanguard Pacific StockPairCorr
  0.71VPMCX Vanguard PrimecapPairCorr
  0.8VRTPX Vanguard Reit IiPairCorr
  0.63VAGVX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.85VAIGX Vanguard Advice SelectPairCorr
  0.92VAIPX Vanguard InflationPairCorr
  0.71VSBIX Vanguard Short TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Mutual Fund performing well and Vanguard Multi-sector 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 Multi-sector'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.