Delaware Floating Correlations

DDFCX Fund  USD 7.90  0.01  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and Teton Vertible Securities is 0.04 (i.e., Significant 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and DJI is 0.73 (i.e., Poor 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.75WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.74WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.77WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.64FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.68DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.81DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.75IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.74DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.71IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.63VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.62DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.64DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.75FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.81FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.82WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.73DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.86DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.73IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.79IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.78IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.88FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.8FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.82IVOAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.76IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.87DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.72WLGAX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.93DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9DCCCX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.82DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.78WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr

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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.