Delaware Tax-free Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Tax Free and Gabelli Global Financial is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Delaware Tax-free 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 Tax-free Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Tax Free Minnesota and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Tax Free Minnesota 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 Tax Free Minnesota. 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 population.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.85OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.92OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.93WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.84WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.8OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.73OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.92OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.82OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.94WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.84DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.99CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.93WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.99FTNYX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99FTORX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  1.0FTOTX First Investors TaxPairCorr
  0.81DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.81DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.81DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.81DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.88DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.81DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.89IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  1.0DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  1.0DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99DMTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.99DMUSX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.76IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.92OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.8OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.92OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.75OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  1.0VCTFX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.92DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.93DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.9DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


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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High negative correlations

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Tax-free 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 Tax-free'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.