Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 63.74  0.33  0.52%   
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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak 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 industry.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.97WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.89WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.96WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.85DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.85DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.92IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.75IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.99FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.85FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.65WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.7DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.67DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.66IBNAX Ivy BalancedPairCorr
  0.95IVIAX Ivy InternationalPairCorr
  0.83IVINX Ivy Global GrowthPairCorr
  0.86FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.85FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.75IVOAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr
  0.87IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.77DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.74WLGAX Ivy Large CapPairCorr
  0.83DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.98DCCCX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.97DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.81DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.8WMGAX Ivy Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.56CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.55DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.41FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.61DVHCX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.52DVFNX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.51DUSCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.5DEECX Delaware ExtendedPairCorr
  0.45DEEAX Delaware ExtendedPairCorr

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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  0.95  0.21  0.19  0.28  0.69 
 2.14 
 13.17 
JMCVX  0.78  0.17  0.16  0.31  0.52 
 1.51 
 10.50 
JDPAX  0.77  0.16  0.15  0.29  0.51 
 1.47 
 10.17 
JMVIX  0.77  0.16  0.15  0.30  0.52 
 1.54 
 10.29 
CIPMX  1.04  0.32  0.34  0.82  0.32 
 1.68 
 22.87 
EMGYX  0.42  0.12  0.06 (2.94) 0.00 
 1.36 
 2.63 
SGRHX  1.25  0.28  0.19  0.41  0.90 
 1.87 
 27.14 
SGRKX  1.49  0.46  0.30  0.65  0.78 
 1.88 
 38.42 
SEFCX  0.59 (0.01)(0.02) 0.07  1.01 
 1.15 
 5.16 
SCSCX  0.59  0.01 (0.01) 0.09  0.76 
 1.39 
 3.10