Delaware Diversified Correlations

DPCFX Fund  USD 7.83  0.02  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Delaware Healthcare Fund is 0.19 (i.e., Average 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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Diversified Income and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor 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 price.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.63CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.75FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.79FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.81FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.69IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.86DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.79DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.66FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.66FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.7WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr
  0.82DPREX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.82DPRCX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.79DPTCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.68FIUSX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.69FIVUX First Investors OppoPairCorr
  0.89IVSAX Ivy Global BondPairCorr
  0.77IEYAX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.81DTICX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.8DTRIX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.67DCCCX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.68DCCAX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.76DUGCX Delaware Core PlusPairCorr
  0.78DUICX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.82VIDAX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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 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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
WASAX  0.57  0.17  0.19  0.44  0.29 
 0.92 
 10.31 
WSGAX  2.05  0.52  0.13  0.99  3.06 
 2.28 
 68.29 
WSTAX  1.23 (0.04)(0.02) 0.02  1.87 
 2.14 
 7.77 
CXHYX  0.11  0.00 (0.27)(0.01) 0.09 
 0.31 
 0.93 
WCEAX  0.86  0.19  0.17  0.37  0.68 
 1.11 
 17.19 
FTNYX  0.10  0.00 (0.25) 0.25  0.00 
 0.29 
 0.97 
FTORX  0.10  0.01 (0.31) 0.71  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.82 
FTOTX  0.10  0.01 (0.28) 0.84  0.00 
 0.25 
 0.83 
DLHCX  0.93  0.25  0.30  0.41  0.43 
 2.16 
 9.05 
DLHAX  0.98  0.23  0.26  0.37  0.54 
 2.18 
 10.20