Delaware Diversified Correlations

DPFFX Fund  USD 7.68  0.08  1.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Materials Portfolio Fidelity is -0.01 (i.e., Good 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 -0.16 (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

  0.69IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.99OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.76CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.81FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.8FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.8FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.67DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.67DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.67DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.67DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.75DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.67DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.84DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.77DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.69VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.78VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.72OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.7WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.68OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.68OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.68DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.59OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.58OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.58WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.57OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.46WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.35WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.73OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.72FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.68OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.59OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.58OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr

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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.