Delaware Extended Correlations

DEECX Fund  USD 14.20  0.01  0.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Extended and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Delaware Extended 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 Extended Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Extended Duration and DJI is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Extended Duration 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 Extended Duration. 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

  0.69IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.99OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.73CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.78FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.77FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.76FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.72DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.72DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.72DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.72DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.71DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.62DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.82DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.74DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.66VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.75VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.99DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.71DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.73DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.72DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.7OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.68WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.65OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.55WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.54OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.54OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.53OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.41WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.31WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.7OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.7FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.65OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.64FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.51OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.48OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

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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   
OCSGXOASGX
OASVXOASGX
OCSGXOASVX
WSGAXOASGX
OCSGXWSGAX
OCLGXOASVX
  
High negative correlations   
OCLGXOCFIX
OCFIXOASVX
OCFIXOASGX
OCSGXOCFIX
OCLVXOCFIX
WSGAXOCFIX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Extended 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 Extended'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  0.87 (0.02) 0.02  0.11  0.99 
 1.91 
 5.94 
OASVX  0.80  0.01  0.06  0.13  0.64 
 1.85 
 6.37 
IMAAX  0.34 (0.04)(0.28)(0.02) 0.41 
 0.62 
 2.28 
OCFIX  0.22 (0.03) 0.00  0.66  0.00 
 0.45 
 1.26 
WASAX  0.44 (0.04)(0.16) 0.04  0.58 
 0.82 
 3.08 
WSGAX  0.98 (0.07)(0.01) 0.07  1.08 
 2.15 
 7.25 
OCIEX  0.61 (0.09) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.23 
 3.78 
OCLVX  0.51 (0.02)(0.07) 0.10  0.40 
 1.05 
 3.34 
OCLGX  0.75 (0.01)(0.01) 0.11  1.15 
 1.59 
 5.02 
OCSGX  0.86 (0.02) 0.02  0.10  0.93 
 1.91 
 6.05