Delaware Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Morgan Stanley Government is -0.06 (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

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Small Cap and DJI is -0.05 (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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.99OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.99OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.97WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.94OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.99OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.99OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.92WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.93WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.94OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.69DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.67OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.58DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.54DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.36OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.69DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.67OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.67DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.66DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.66DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.37OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr

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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.