Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 61.12  0.61  0.99%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Delaware Small Cap is 1.0 (i.e., No risk reduction). 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap 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 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 various price indices.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.77VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.8DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.82DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.9UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.9UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.9UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.86VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.77PMPIX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.77PMPSX Precious Metals UltrPairCorr
  0.75FGPMX Franklin Gold AndPairCorr
  0.63FRGOX Franklin Gold PreciousPairCorr
  0.68MIDSX Midas Fund MidasPairCorr
  0.78FIJDX Gold Portfolio FidelityPairCorr
  0.69AA Alcoa CorpPairCorr
  0.62BAC Bank of AmericaPairCorr
  0.68JPM JPMorgan ChasePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.32PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.45MSFT MicrosoftPairCorr
  0.4HPQ HP IncPairCorr

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

JDPAXJMCVX
JMVIXJMCVX
JMVIXJDPAX
SGRKXCIPMX
SGRHXDEVIX
JMCVXDEVIX
  

High negative correlations

SCSCXEMGYX
SEFCXEMGYX
SGRKXEMGYX
SGRHXEMGYX
EMGYXCIPMX
EMGYXJMVIX

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  0.93  0.24  0.16 (0.95) 0.74 
 2.14 
 13.17 
JMCVX  0.76  0.19  0.14 (1.30) 0.56 
 1.51 
 10.50 
JDPAX  0.74  0.18  0.13 (1.01) 0.55 
 1.47 
 10.17 
JMVIX  0.75  0.18  0.13 (1.19) 0.57 
 1.54 
 10.29 
CIPMX  1.00  0.31  0.33  0.83  0.41 
 1.35 
 22.31 
EMGYX  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
SGRHX  1.27  0.37  0.21 (0.87) 0.89 
 1.87 
 27.14 
SGRKX  1.47  0.47  0.32  0.58  0.74 
 1.88 
 38.42 
SEFCX  0.59  0.00 (0.04) 0.04  1.04 
 1.10 
 5.16 
SCSCX  0.60  0.05  0.01  0.54  0.79 
 1.39 
 3.22