Delaware Healthcare Correlations

DLHCX Fund  USD 21.64  0.33  1.50%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Healthcare and Morgan Stanley Government is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Delaware Healthcare 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 Healthcare Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Delaware Healthcare Fund and DJI is 0.58 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Healthcare Fund and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

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  0.7OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.88DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.69DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.73DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.67DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.69OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.72DULTX Delaware InvestmentsPairCorr
  0.65VIDAX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75DUSIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.62DEERX Delaware ExtendedPairCorr
  0.66DELIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.71DGCCX Delaware Porate BondPairCorr
  0.63PRHSX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.7THISX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95VHCIX Vanguard Health CarePairCorr
  0.92SHISX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.92SHSCX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.92SHSAX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.92SHSSX Blackrock Health SciencesPairCorr
  0.83FSMMX Fs Multi StrategyPairCorr
  0.8BTMPX Ishares Msci EafePairCorr
  0.8BTMKX Blackrock InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Healthcare 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 Healthcare'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.