Delaware Floating Correlations

DDFCX Fund  USD 7.92  0.01  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.17 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Delaware Floating 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 Floating Correlation With Market

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Modest diversification

The correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and DJI is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Floating Rate 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 Floating Rate. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.61WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.75CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.67FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.65FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.68FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.7DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.67DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.62DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.68DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.73DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.63VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.7VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Floating 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 Floating'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  1.09 (0.14) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 1.96 
 5.44 
OASVX  0.77 (0.05) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.30 
 3.77 
IMAAX  0.39  0.02  0.09 (0.01) 0.47 
 0.98 
 2.44 
OCFIX  0.24  0.03  0.27  0.99  0.17 
 0.58 
 1.42 
WASAX  0.53  0.03  0.07 (0.01) 0.68 
 1.11 
 2.98 
WSGAX  1.20 (0.09) 0.00 (0.12) 0.00 
 2.02 
 5.71 
OCIEX  0.65  0.10  0.13  0.11  0.82 
 1.74 
 5.28 
OCLVX  0.61  0.05  0.08  0.01  0.70 
 1.22 
 3.41 
OCLGX  1.13 (0.13) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 2.28 
 6.41 
OCSGX  1.08 (0.14) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 1.88 
 5.40