Delaware Floating Correlations

DDFFX Fund  USD 7.91  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.06 (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

Average diversification

The correlation between Delaware Floating Rate and DJI is 0.17 (i.e., Average 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

  0.89DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.89DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.88DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.85DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.67OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.63DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.65DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.75FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.88DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.6DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.56OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.5OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.34OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.46OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.31OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.36DDVIX Delaware ValuePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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

OCSVXOASVX
OCSVXOCLVX
OCLVXOCFIX
OCLGXOCFIX
OCLVXOASVX
DMOOCFIX
  

High negative correlations

DLHIXDMO
DLHIXOCLGX
DLHIXOCFIX
DMOOCIEX
OCIEXOCFIX
DLHIXOCSVX

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  1.04  0.00 (0.05) 0.04  1.31 
 2.08 
 5.54 
OASVX  0.74 (0.13) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.69 
 6.74 
OCFIX  0.17 (0.03) 0.00  4.04  0.00 
 0.33 
 2.00 
OCIEX  0.60  0.01 (0.06) 0.12  0.81 
 1.25 
 3.61 
OCLVX  0.57 (0.07) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 0.96 
 6.30 
OCLGX  1.24 (0.36) 0.00 (0.55) 0.00 
 1.74 
 24.57 
OCSGX  1.07 (0.11) 0.00 (0.01) 0.00 
 2.05 
 6.28 
OCSVX  0.76 (0.14) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.59 
 7.64 
DMO  0.50 (0.09) 0.00 (0.62) 0.00 
 0.91 
 3.85 
DLHIX  0.84  0.31  0.33  0.43  0.34 
 2.07 
 6.65