Delaware Diversified Correlations

DPFFX Fund  USD 7.64  0.01  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Optimum Small Mid Cap is -0.01 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Delaware Diversified 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 Diversified Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Delaware Diversified Income and DJI is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Diversified Income 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 Diversified 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 census.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.99OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.64DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.7DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.91DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.91DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.38WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.33OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.33OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

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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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OCSGXWSGAX
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Diversified 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 Diversified'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
OASGX  1.59 (0.09) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 2.67 
 15.12 
OASVX  1.23 (0.08) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 2.24 
 13.64 
IMAAX  0.54 (0.08) 0.00  1.11  0.00 
 1.07 
 4.97 
OCFIX  0.28  0.02  0.39  2.60  0.33 
 0.58 
 1.95 
WASAX  0.74  0.07  0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.33 
 7.11 
WSGAX  1.66  0.04  0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 2.81 
 13.83 
OCIEX  0.98  0.17  0.13  0.09  1.54 
 1.97 
 8.62 
OCLVX  0.93  0.03  0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.50 
 9.60 
OCLGX  1.58 (0.21) 0.00  1.48  0.00 
 2.73 
 15.71 
OCSGX  1.57 (0.10) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 2.62 
 14.99