Delaware Diversified Correlations

DPFFX Fund  USD 7.77  0.02  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Us Government Securities is 0.78 (i.e., Poor 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 0.71 (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.
  
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Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.63OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.63OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.88OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.75OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.62OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.61OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.62OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.78DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.83DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.82DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.83DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.63OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.67OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.73OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.77DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.77DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.99DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.77DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.98DPZRX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.61FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.66FIZRX Delaware OpportunityPairCorr
  0.8DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.77DTIDX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.72DTPIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.7DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.7DCCRX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.8DCOIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.8DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.42DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr

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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.