Delaware Healthcare Correlations

DLHCX Fund  USD 24.90  0.29  1.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Healthcare and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Delaware Healthcare 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 Healthcare Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Healthcare Fund and DJI is 0.67 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Healthcare Fund 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 Healthcare Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.72OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  1.0DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  1.0DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  1.0DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.7OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.71DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.67DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.66OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.66OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.65WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.55OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.54DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.52OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.51OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.5WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.33WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.66OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.57OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.52OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.31IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr

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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   
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OCSGXOASVX
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High negative correlations   
OCLGXOCFIX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Healthcare 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 Healthcare'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
OASGX  0.87 (0.02) 0.02  0.11  0.99 
 1.91 
 5.94 
OASVX  0.80  0.01  0.06  0.13  0.64 
 1.85 
 6.37 
IMAAX  0.34 (0.04)(0.28)(0.02) 0.41 
 0.62 
 2.28 
OCFIX  0.22 (0.03) 0.00  0.66  0.00 
 0.45 
 1.26 
WASAX  0.44 (0.04)(0.16) 0.04  0.58 
 0.82 
 3.08 
OCIEX  0.61 (0.09) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.23 
 3.78 
OCLVX  0.51 (0.02)(0.07) 0.10  0.40 
 1.05 
 3.34 
OCLGX  0.75 (0.01)(0.01) 0.11  1.15 
 1.59 
 5.02 
OCSGX  0.86 (0.02) 0.02  0.10  0.93 
 1.91 
 6.05 
OCSVX  0.81  0.01  0.05  0.13  0.66 
 1.87 
 6.38