Delaware Small Correlations

DEVLX Fund  USD 66.24  0.58  0.87%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Small Cap and Locorr Strategic Allocation is -0.21 (i.e., Very 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 -0.14 (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 various price indices.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.9VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.9DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.9DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.91UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.91UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.91UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.9AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.63CVX Chevron CorpPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.49PG Procter GamblePairCorr
  0.6KO Coca Cola Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr
  0.31VZ Verizon Communications Earnings Call This WeekPairCorr

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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.