Delaware Investments Correlations

DULTX Fund  USD 9.98  0.01  0.10%   
The current 90-days correlation between Delaware Investments and Qs Large Cap is -0.16 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Delaware Investments 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 Investments Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Delaware Investments Ultrashor and DJI is -0.13 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Delaware Investments Ultrashor 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 Investments Ultrashort. 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 housing.

Moving together with Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.88OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.75OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.9OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.86WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.82WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.81OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.9OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.88OCSGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.7WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.92DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.85WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.75DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.75DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.97DLTZX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.63DLTRX Delaware Limited TermPairCorr
  0.76IPOAX Ivy Emerging MarketsPairCorr
  0.65OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.69OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.82OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.64DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.67OISGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr

Moving against Delaware Mutual Fund

  0.36CXHYX Delaware National HighPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Delaware Mutual Fund performing well and Delaware Investments 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 Investments' 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.