Vanguard Municipal Correlations

VMSXX Fund  USD 1.00  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Vanguard Municipal Bond and Vanguard Federal Money is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). The correlation of Vanguard Municipal 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 Municipal Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Vanguard Municipal Bond and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Vanguard Municipal Bond 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 Municipal Bond. Also, note that the market value of any money market fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in interest.

Moving together with Vanguard Money Market Fund

  1.0VMFXX Vanguard Federal MoneyPairCorr
  0.67FCNTX Fidelity ContrafundPairCorr
  0.66PRGTX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.65AVEMX Ave Maria ValuePairCorr
  0.63ETY Eaton Vance TaxPairCorr
  0.64USA Liberty All StarPairCorr
  0.62CNGFX New Economy FundPairCorr
  0.65VENAX Vanguard Energy IndexPairCorr
  0.65BGSAX Blackrock SciencePairCorr
  0.87RSFYX Victory Floating RatePairCorr
  0.62JGLTX Global TechnologyPairCorr
  0.61MIEZX Mm Sp 500PairCorr
  0.61RICGX Investment Of AmericaPairCorr
  0.62VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.7FSELX Fidelity Select SemiPairCorr
  0.61LMUSX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.73AIWEX World EnergyPairCorr

Moving against Vanguard Money Market Fund

  0.88PFHCX Pacific Funds SmallPairCorr
  0.33NHS Neuberger Berman HighPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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VPRAXFAGOX
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Vanguard Money Market Fund performing well and Vanguard Municipal Money Market 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 Municipal'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
VMSXX  0.03  0.01  0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 0.00 
 1.01 
VMFXX  0.03  0.01  0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 0.00 
 1.01 
FFEFX  0.47 (0.02)(0.09) 0.06  0.42 
 1.00 
 3.25 
ICMUX  0.09  0.02 (0.36) 0.35  0.00 
 0.22 
 0.78 
GMRIX  0.89  0.02  0.06  0.10  0.76 
 2.09 
 7.56 
MGGNX  0.19  0.00 (0.32)(0.02) 0.19 
 0.34 
 1.13 
SABIX  0.46 (0.01)(0.06) 0.08  0.62 
 1.16 
 2.94 
PEO  0.72  0.02 (0.03) 0.13  0.94 
 1.63 
 4.73 
FAGOX  0.72  0.15  0.12  0.27  0.74 
 1.97 
 5.65 
VPRAX  0.30  0.00 (0.10) 0.09  0.34 
 0.52 
 2.51