Optimum Small-mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Optimum Small Mid and T Rowe Price is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Optimum Small-mid 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.

Optimum Small-mid Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.95OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.97OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.61OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.94WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.92WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.91OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.98OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.94OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.97OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.95WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.87DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.79DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.8DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.94IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.66OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.92OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.96OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.95OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.69DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.71DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.71DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.95OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

Moving against Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.31VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Optimum Mutual Fund performing well and Optimum Small-mid 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 Optimum Small-mid'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.