Optimum Small-mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Optimum Small Mid and Gmo Quality Fund is 0.73 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Optimum Small-mid 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-mid Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant 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 unemployment.

Moving together with Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.85OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.85OISVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.75DCCIX Delaware Small CapPairCorr
  0.75DCCRX Delaware Small CapPairCorr

Moving against Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.7DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.6DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.59DMHIX Delaware Minnesota HighPairCorr
  0.59DMNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.54DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.47DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.44DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.36OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.61DTIDX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.55DTFIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.54DTINX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.32DPRDX Real EstatePairCorr
  0.31DPRSX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.31DPRRX Delaware ReitPairCorr
  0.61DTPIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.6DCOIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.57DVHIX Delaware National HighPairCorr
  0.56DCTIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.55DUSIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr
  0.54DTNIX Delaware Tax FreePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Optimum Mutual Fund performing well and Optimum Small-mid 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-mid'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.