Delaware Small Correlations

DVLRX Fund  USD 61.44  0.03  0.05%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Janus Overseas Fund is 0.22 (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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.97OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.96OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.86DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.84DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.8DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.97OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.91OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.73FICHX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.91FICGX First Investors SelectPairCorr
  0.86DULTX Delaware InvestmentsPairCorr
  1.0DEVIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.91VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.91DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.96UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.94VSMCX Invesco Small CapPairCorr
  0.77KF Korea ClosedPairCorr
  0.9OPGSX Oppenheimer Gold SpecPairCorr
  0.9FSAGX Gold Portfolio GoldPairCorr
  0.9GOLDX Gabelli Gold Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91EKWAX Wells Fargo AdvantagePairCorr
  0.87FKRCX Franklin Gold Precious Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.91SGGDX First Eagle Gold Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.92UNWPX World Precious MineralsPairCorr
  0.89USAGX Precious Metals AndPairCorr
  0.85DMFFX Destinations MunicipalPairCorr
  0.71RUSTX Us Strategic EquityPairCorr
  0.97YACKX Amg YacktmanPairCorr
  0.89FLBDX Total Return BondPairCorr
  0.88IENRX Ivy Energy FundPairCorr
  0.79VTEAX Vanguard Tax ExemptPairCorr
  0.89PXSIX Pax Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.61AHYRX High Yield FundPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.87DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr

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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
JMVAX  0.74  0.20  0.21  0.37  0.34 
 1.80 
 10.88 
JDPRX  0.74  0.20  0.20  0.37  0.34 
 1.65 
 10.83 
JDPNX  0.74  0.21  0.22  0.38  0.33 
 1.68 
 10.84 
JCNRX  0.93 (0.11) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 1.77 
 4.61 
JMVCX  0.74  0.20  0.21  0.38  0.33 
 1.69 
 11.00 
CIPIX  1.00  0.28  0.31  0.65  0.39 
 1.69 
 22.56 
ESPRX  0.75  0.04  0.05  0.10  0.70 
 2.54 
 4.92 
JDIAX  0.47  0.11  0.12  0.63  0.27 
 1.09 
 2.61 
JCNIX  1.12  0.07  0.07  0.13  1.06 
 1.80 
 14.44 
JDIRX  0.48  0.14  0.21  0.35  0.00 
 1.19 
 2.59