Delaware Small Correlations

DCCRX Fund  USD 29.55  0.01  0.03%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Jhancock Diversified Macro is 0.19 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.78 (i.e., Poor 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 inflation.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.78VSMAX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSCIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VSCPX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78NAESX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.79FSSNX Fidelity Small CapPairCorr
  0.75DFSTX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.77FTHSX Fuller Thaler BehavioralPairCorr
  0.77FTHNX Fuller Thaler BehavioralPairCorr
  0.76PASVX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.75PRVIX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.76FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.74BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.74BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr
  0.74MDIIX Blackrock Intern IndexPairCorr
  0.69EMSLX Shelton Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.78LMISX Qs Large CapPairCorr
  0.67CAT CaterpillarPairCorr
  0.63INTC Intel Aggressive PushPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.53MMM 3M CompanyPairCorr
  0.47T ATT Inc Earnings Call TomorrowPairCorr
  0.45HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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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.