Delaware Strategic Correlations

DUGIX Fund  USD 7.61  0.00  0.00%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Strategic Income and Optimum Small Mid Cap is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Delaware Strategic 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 Strategic Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Strategic Income and DJI is -0.04 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Strategic 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 Strategic 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.89DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.89DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.83DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.8DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.74OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.68DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.67DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.72DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.78FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.84DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.94DUGRX Delaware Strategic IncomePairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.64DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.53OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.53OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.42DDVRX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.37DDVIX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.37DDZRX Delaware ValuePairCorr

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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OCLGXOCFIX
OCSVXOCLVX
OCLVXOCFIX
OCLVXOASVX
DMOOCFIX
  

High negative correlations

DLHIXDMO
DLHIXOCLGX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Strategic 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 Strategic'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
OASGX  1.03 (0.08)(0.04) 0.01  1.32 
 2.08 
 5.54 
OASVX  0.74 (0.13) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 1.69 
 6.74 
OCFIX  0.17 (0.03) 0.00  4.04  0.00 
 0.33 
 2.00 
OCIEX  0.59 (0.03)(0.05) 0.03  0.82 
 1.25 
 3.61 
OCLVX  0.57 (0.07) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 0.96 
 6.30 
OCLGX  1.23 (0.31) 0.00 (1.75) 0.00 
 1.74 
 24.57 
OCSGX  1.05  0.00 (0.04) 0.02  1.45 
 2.05 
 6.28 
OCSVX  0.76 (0.14) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.59 
 7.64 
DMO  0.50 (0.09) 0.00 (0.62) 0.00 
 0.91 
 3.85 
DLHIX  0.84  0.31  0.33  0.43  0.34 
 2.07 
 6.65