Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 65.81  0.31  0.47%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Gold And Precious is -0.41 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Delaware Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is -0.14 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Small Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Delaware Small Cap. 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 economic analysis.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.98OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  1.0OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.66IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.96WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.96WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.93OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.96OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.96OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.96OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  1.0OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.96WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.83DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.97WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.77DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.75DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.95IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.77IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.61OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.93OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.96OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.96OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.67DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.7DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.66DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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