Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 67.96  0.12  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Sentinel Mon Stock is 0.2 (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

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.9 (i.e., Almost no 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

  0.96WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.87WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.73WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.92WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.69FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.73FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.82DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.85DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.95IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.79DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.68DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.89IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.72VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.67DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.98FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.95FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.8WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.86DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.86DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.81IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.95IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.95IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.86FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.98FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.88IVOAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.89IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.87DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.9DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.99DCCCX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.91DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.63DUICX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr

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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  0.94  0.35  0.45  0.46  0.00 
 2.27 
 13.65 
JMCVX  0.60  0.12  0.13  0.22  0.46 
 1.70 
 3.71 
JDPAX  0.61  0.16  0.12  3.94  0.47 
 1.73 
 3.75 
JMVIX  0.60  0.12  0.13  0.21  0.46 
 1.79 
 3.74 
CIPMX  1.09  0.28  0.27  0.57  0.49 
 1.86 
 23.97 
EMGYX  0.42  0.11  0.09  2.42  0.00 
 1.36 
 2.63 
SGRHX  1.20  0.29  0.19  0.46  0.92 
 1.65 
 27.63 
SGRKX  1.43  0.46  0.31  0.74  0.73 
 1.64 
 38.89 
SEFCX  0.80  0.39  0.47  0.85  0.00 
 1.44 
 15.67 
SCSCX  0.55  0.01 (0.08)(0.14) 0.72 
 1.00 
 3.51