Delaware Emerging Correlations

DEMAX Fund  USD 32.36  1.15  3.68%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Emerging Markets and Fidelity International Growth is 0.47 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Delaware Emerging 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 Emerging Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Delaware Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Emerging Markets and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.68DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.84IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.37CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.36FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.34DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.5DVFNX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.47DVFTX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.46DVHCX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.37DUSCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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

HGOSXHGOAX
OTCNXYACKX
YACKXHGOSX
YACKXHGOAX
HGOAXFZAJX
OTCNXHGOSX
  

High negative correlations

FPIFXMAPTX
YACKXFPIFX
OTCNXFPIFX
FPIFXBGKEX
FUNYXMAPTX
FPIFXFZAJX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Emerging 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 Emerging'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
FZAJX  0.69  0.06 (0.01) 0.34  0.90 
 1.59 
 3.63 
BGKEX  0.80  0.06 (0.01) 0.40  1.17 
 1.66 
 5.42 
MAPTX  0.81  0.02  0.00  0.10  0.93 
 1.54 
 4.98 
SWSSX  1.03 (0.04)(0.01) 0.06  1.21 
 1.96 
 5.52 
FUNYX  1.08  0.34  0.29  0.80  0.60 
 1.30 
 26.29 
FPIFX  0.35 (0.07) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 0.57 
 5.69 
HGOAX  1.01  0.11  0.02  43.27  1.36 
 2.48 
 9.05 
HGOSX  0.99 (0.01) 0.01  0.08  1.37 
 2.48 
 8.26 
YACKX  0.68  0.32  0.40  1.15  0.00 
 1.05 
 14.09 
OTCNX  1.20  0.14  0.10  0.21  1.20 
 2.42 
 18.41