Delaware Value Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Value and Brown Advisory Sustainable is 0.57 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Delaware Value 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.

Delaware Value Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Value Fund and DJI is 0.81 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Value Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.63OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.61WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.93OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.76OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.62OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.71DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.71DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.66DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.66DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.63DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.69IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.66OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.78OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.76OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Value 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 Delaware Value'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.