Delaware Floating Correlations

DDFFX Fund  USD 7.90  0.01  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and Volumetric Fund Volumetric is -0.1 (i.e., Good 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and DJI is 0.83 (i.e., Very 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 price.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.85OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.88OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.87OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.91DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.91DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.95DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.91DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.81DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.77DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.79OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.88OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.81OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.85OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.8DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.8DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.7FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.83FICGX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.86DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.73DCOIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.96DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.86DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr

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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.