Delaware Strategic Correlations

DUGRX Fund  USD 7.62  0.01  0.13%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Strategic Income and Dunham Real Estate is -0.04 (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

Significant diversification

The correlation between Delaware Strategic Income and DJI is 0.06 (i.e., Significant 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.61OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.87DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.88DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.8DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.62OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.76OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.71DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.71DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.72DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.8FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.81DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.67DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.55OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.5OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.44OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.38DDVIX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.38DDVRX Delaware ValuePairCorr
  0.38DDZRX 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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High negative correlations

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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.