Delaware Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Western Assets Emerging is 0.03 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Delaware Diversified 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 Diversified Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Diversified Income and DJI is -0.17 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Diversified Income 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 Diversified Income. 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 census.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.67IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.97OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.65CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.79FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.78FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.71FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.69DLHIX Delaware Healthcare Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.69DLHCX Delaware Healthcare Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.69DLHAX Delaware Healthcare Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.69DLRHX Delaware Healthcare Potential GrowthPairCorr
  0.73DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.64DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.83DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.96OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.76VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.96DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.74OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.71WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.7DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.69OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.69OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.59OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.59WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.58OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.57OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.45WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.43WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.74OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.74FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.69OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.59OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.59OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

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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.
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Diversified 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 Diversified'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.