Optimum Small Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Optimum Small Mid and Flexible Bond Portfolio is 0.06 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Optimum 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.

Optimum Small Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI is 0.71 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Your Equity Center to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Optimum Small Mid 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 price.

Moving together with Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.97OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.98WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.96OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  1.0OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.97OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.9WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.88WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.96OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr

Moving against Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.78DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.74OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.62DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.46OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.34IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.33CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.33DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.76DPZRX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.75DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.74OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.73DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.73DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.73DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.46OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.33DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Optimum Mutual Fund performing well and Optimum 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 Optimum 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.