Delaware Tax-free Correlations

DMOCX Fund  USD 11.39  0.04  0.35%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Tax Free and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Delaware Tax-free 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 Tax-free Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Tax Free Minnesota and DJI is -0.3 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Tax Free Minnesota 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 Tax Free Minnesota. 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

  0.7OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.98CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.99FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.99FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.7DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.71DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.96DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.99DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.97DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.86DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.72OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.99VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.71DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.73DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.74DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.36DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.32OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.32OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr

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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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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Tax-free 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 Tax-free'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  0.12  0.02  0.71  0.99 
 1.91 
 5.94 
OASVX  0.78  0.00  0.04  0.12  0.66 
 1.70 
 6.37 
IMAAX  0.34 (0.01)(0.28)(0.26) 0.41 
 0.62 
 2.28 
OCFIX  0.22 (0.02) 0.00  0.62  0.00 
 0.45 
 1.26 
WASAX  0.44  0.02 (0.15)(4.03) 0.58 
 0.82 
 3.08 
WSGAX  0.97 (0.08)(0.02) 0.07  1.09 
 2.15 
 7.25 
OCIEX  0.61 (0.09) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.23 
 3.78 
OCLVX  0.51  0.08 (0.07) 7.63  0.40 
 1.05 
 3.34 
OCLGX  0.73 (0.02)(0.03) 0.09  1.13 
 1.59 
 5.02 
OCSGX  0.85 (0.03) 0.01  0.10  1.02 
 1.83 
 6.05