Delaware Emerging Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Emerging Markets and Segall Bryant Hamill is 0.13 (i.e., Average 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Emerging Markets and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor 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.
  
Check out Investing Opportunities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Delaware Emerging Markets. Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as various price indices.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.84OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.81OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.95OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.83OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.69OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.84OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.8OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.7DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.79DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.75DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.89DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.88DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.95OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.83OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.82OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.81OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.9DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.9DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.91DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.62DPZRX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.72FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.8FICGX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.86FIZRX Delaware OpportunityPairCorr
  0.81DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.74DTIDX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.85DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.85DCCRX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.83DCOIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.87DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.68DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr

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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.