Delaware Diversified Correlations

DPZRX Fund  USD 7.77  0.02  0.26%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Energy Fund Investor is -0.02 (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

Poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Diversified Income and DJI is 0.73 (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 inflation.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.65OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.65OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.87OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.78OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.64OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.63OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.64OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.61DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.61DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.79DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.84DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.83DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.84DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.78OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.65OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.98DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.68OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.74OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.78DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.78DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.97DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.78DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.62FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.69FIZRX Delaware OpportunityPairCorr
  0.8DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.77DTIDX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.72DTPIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.72DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.72DCCRX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.8DCOIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.81DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.44DMO 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.