Delaware Small Correlations

DCCCX Fund  USD 25.45  0.03  0.12%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Delaware Healthcare Fund is 0.22 (i.e., Modest 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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.92 (i.e., Almost no 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 services.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.95WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.87WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.78WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.92WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.67FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.7FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.85DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.87DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.92IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.73DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.71DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.85IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.7VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.62DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.65DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.96FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.94FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.8WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.82DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.82DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.85IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.95IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.94IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.83FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.97FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.88IVOAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.88IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.82DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.89DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  1.0DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.91DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.66DUICX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.76WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WASAX  0.57  0.20  0.22  0.58  0.00 
 0.96 
 10.31 
WSGAX  2.00  0.64  0.14  6.99  2.99 
 2.28 
 68.29 
WSTAX  1.17  0.17  0.02 (0.58) 1.68 
 2.14 
 7.77 
CXHYX  0.11  0.00 (0.41)(1.53) 0.06 
 0.31 
 0.93 
WCEAX  0.86  0.30  0.18 (0.79) 0.59 
 1.11 
 17.19 
FTNYX  0.10  0.01 (0.37)(2.05) 0.00 
 0.29 
 0.97 
FTORX  0.09  0.01 (0.50)(2.11) 0.00 
 0.25 
 0.82 
FTOTX  0.09  0.00 (0.42) 0.00  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.83 
DLHCX  0.87  0.18  0.19  0.37  0.45 
 2.08 
 9.05 
DLHAX  0.93  0.20  0.14  1.28  0.58 
 2.06 
 10.20