Delaware Small Correlations

DVLRX Fund  USD 63.20  1.01  1.57%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.27 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Delaware Small 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 Small Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.34 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Small Cap 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 Small Cap. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.93OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.89IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.79OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.91WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.91WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.84OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.89OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.86OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.66WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.79CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.88WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.78FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.74FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.74FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.66DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.66DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.67DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.64DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.74DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.81DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.66DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.83DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.69DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.82VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.92IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.77OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.8OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.84OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.78DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.76DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.75DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.69OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.32DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Small 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 Small'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  0.92  0.07  0.03  0.19  1.14 
 1.81 
 8.43 
OASVX  0.85 (0.10) 0.00 (0.10) 0.00 
 1.51 
 11.93 
IMAAX  0.37 (0.06) 0.00 (0.17) 0.00 
 0.83 
 2.73 
OCFIX  0.23 (0.01)(0.22)(0.03) 0.26 
 0.70 
 1.53 
WASAX  0.53 (0.08) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 0.80 
 6.94 
WSGAX  1.08 (0.04)(0.04)(0.01) 1.74 
 1.76 
 11.19 
OCIEX  0.54  0.01 (0.05) 0.09  0.73 
 1.02 
 3.59 
OCLVX  0.62 (0.15) 0.00 (0.35) 0.00 
 1.04 
 6.76 
OCLGX  1.08 (0.15) 0.00 (0.22) 0.00 
 1.60 
 14.44 
OCSGX  0.94  0.06  0.02  0.18  1.16 
 1.82 
 8.50