Delaware Opportunity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Opportunity and Optimum Small Mid Cap is 0.93 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Delaware Opportunity 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 Opportunity Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Delaware Opportunity and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Opportunity 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 Opportunity. 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.99OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.99OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.67IMAAX Ivy Apollo MultiPairCorr
  0.61OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.98WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.98WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.96OCIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.99OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.98OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.99OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.99OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.98WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.89DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.98WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.79DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.78DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.97IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.8IRSAX Ivy Advantus RealPairCorr
  0.65OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.96OIIEX Optimum InternationalPairCorr
  0.98OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.99OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.67DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.71DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.7DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Opportunity 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 Opportunity'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  0.91  0.13  0.13  0.25  0.74 
 2.67 
 6.95 
OASVX  0.87  0.08  0.08  0.20  0.83 
 2.41 
 6.81 
IMAAX  0.03 (0.01) 0.00 (0.03) 0.00 
 0.11 
 0.45 
OCFIX  0.25  0.01 (0.32) 0.22  0.23 
 0.47 
 1.27 
WASAX  0.35  0.10  0.06  0.35  0.00 
 1.26 
 2.37 
WSGAX  0.87  0.10  0.08  0.23  0.83 
 2.29 
 4.95 
OCIEX  0.49  0.16  0.14  0.54  0.00 
 1.25 
 3.22 
OCLVX  0.57  0.04  0.01  0.19  0.57 
 1.46 
 3.86 
OCLGX  0.81  0.16  0.15  0.28  0.68 
 2.39 
 5.62 
OCSGX  0.89  0.13  0.13  0.25  0.76 
 2.62 
 6.89