Delaware Extended Correlations

DEERX Fund  USD 14.30  0.15  1.06%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Extended and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.33 (i.e., Weak 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

Average diversification

The correlation between Delaware Extended Duration and DJI is 0.13 (i.e., Average 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.75OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.9IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.92OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.86WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.77WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.73OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.77OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.74OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.89CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.81WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.94FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.94FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.93FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.94DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.95DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.94DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.94DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.93DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.88VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.82IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.88OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.79OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.73OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.91VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.94DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.91DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.89DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

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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
OCLVXOASVX
OCLGXOASVX
WSGAXOASVX
WASAXIMAAX
OCFIXIMAAX
  
High negative correlations   
OCIEXOASVX
OCLGXOCIEX
OCIEXWSGAX
OCSGXOCIEX
OCIEXOASGX

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  0.89 (0.09) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.77 
 6.05 
OASVX  0.75 (0.19) 0.00 (0.21) 0.00 
 1.33 
 8.48 
IMAAX  0.35 (0.01)(0.02)(0.02) 0.49 
 0.64 
 2.42 
OCFIX  0.25  0.02  0.04  0.22  0.21 
 0.58 
 1.53 
WASAX  0.51 (0.04) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 0.78 
 6.63 
WSGAX  1.05 (0.16) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 1.67 
 8.55 
OCIEX  0.53  0.10  0.13  0.27  0.59 
 1.37 
 3.29 
OCLVX  0.60 (0.10) 0.00 (0.16) 0.00 
 1.04 
 6.76 
OCLGX  1.03 (0.20) 0.00 (0.26) 0.00 
 1.56 
 13.46 
OCSGX  0.89 (0.10) 0.00 (0.11) 0.00 
 1.72 
 6.11