Delaware Diversified Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Diversified and Massmutual Retiresmart Moderate is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Delaware Diversified 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 Diversified Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Delaware Diversified Income and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Diversified Income 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 Diversified Income. 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 census.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.69IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  1.0OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.82OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.88DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.76CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.61FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.69DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.68DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.69DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.72DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.96DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.96DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.61IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.7DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.66DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.62DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.74DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.64IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.99OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.83OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.67VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  1.0DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  1.0DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  1.0DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.75OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.75OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.72WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.71OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.62OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.61OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.51WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.4WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.75OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.7OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.61OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.42WHIAX Ivy High IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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