Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 64.59  0.68  1.04%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Sentinel Mon Stock is 0.22 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Delaware Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Small Cap 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 Small Cap. 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 board of governors.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.98WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.91WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.97WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.84DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.86DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.93IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.67DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.9IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.98FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.99FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.8WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.86DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.85DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.81IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.97IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.97IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  1.0FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.98FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.89IVOAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.88IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.85DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76WLGAX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.84DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.97DCCCX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.98DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.89DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.84WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.44DVHCX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.36DVFTX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Small 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 Small'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
DEVIX  0.89  0.27  0.32  0.35  0.34 
 2.17 
 13.65 
JMCVX  0.74  0.21  0.23  0.36  0.34 
 1.72 
 10.77 
JDPAX  0.74  0.21  0.22  0.51  0.35 
 1.75 
 10.50 
JMVIX  0.73  0.21  0.22  0.35  0.34 
 1.75 
 10.49 
CIPMX  1.03  0.27  0.29  0.62  0.47 
 1.68 
 23.97 
EMGYX  0.42  0.11  0.12  2.04  0.00 
 1.36 
 2.63 
SGRHX  1.16  0.28  0.18  0.44  0.90 
 1.65 
 27.31 
SGRKX  1.40  0.45  0.30  0.72  0.71 
 1.64 
 38.60 
SEFCX  0.76  0.37  0.45  0.84  0.00 
 1.26 
 15.67 
SCSCX  0.56  0.07  0.03  0.77  0.73 
 1.28 
 3.50