Delaware Limited-term Correlations

DTICX Fund  USD 7.87  0.02  0.25%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Limited Term and Optimum Small Mid Cap is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Delaware Limited-term 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 Limited-term Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Delaware Limited Term Diversif and DJI is 0.07 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Limited Term Diversif 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 Limited Term Diversified. 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

  0.67IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.67OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.75CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.76FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.76FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.84DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.87DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.71DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.73DMOCX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.76DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.75DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.69VAZIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.68OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.76VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.74DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.7DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.72DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.35OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.33FGIPX First Investors GrowthPairCorr
  0.33FGINX First Investors GrowthPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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OCSGXOASGX
OCLGXOASVX
OCSGXOASVX
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High negative correlations   
OCLGXOCFIX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Limited-term 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 Limited-term'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
OASGX  0.86 (0.02) 0.01  0.10  1.00 
 1.88 
 5.94 
OASVX  0.79  0.00  0.04  0.12  0.67 
 1.70 
 6.37 
IMAAX  0.34 (0.04) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 0.62 
 2.15 
OCFIX  0.23 (0.02) 0.00  0.52  0.00 
 0.45 
 1.26 
WASAX  0.43 (0.05)(0.16) 0.03  0.59 
 0.79 
 3.08 
WSGAX  0.97 (0.07)(0.02) 0.07  1.09 
 2.15 
 7.25 
OCIEX  0.61 (0.08) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.23 
 3.78 
OCLVX  0.50  0.07 (0.08) 5.20  0.41 
 1.04 
 3.34 
OCLGX  0.74 (0.01)(0.02) 0.10  1.13 
 1.59 
 5.02 
OCSGX  0.86  0.10  0.01  0.59  1.03 
 1.83 
 6.05