Delaware Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Dodge International Stock is -0.15 (i.e., Good 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

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Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is -0.09 (i.e., Good 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

  0.71VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.71DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.71DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.67UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.67UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.67UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.7VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.7VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.68VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  0.62VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.61VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  0.81BAC Bank of America Aggressive PushPairCorr
  0.69JPM JPMorgan Chase Sell-off TrendPairCorr
  0.65BA BoeingPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.39VTISX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.39VTSNX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.39VTPSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.67VZ Verizon CommunicationsPairCorr
  0.6MCD McDonaldsPairCorr
  0.57TRV The Travelers CompaniesPairCorr
  0.54KO Coca ColaPairCorr
  0.48JNJ Johnson JohnsonPairCorr

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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.