Optimum Small-mid Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Optimum Small Mid and Enhanced Large Pany is 0.85 (i.e., Very 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Optimum Small Mid Cap and DJI is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor 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.
  
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Moving together with Optimum Mutual Fund

  1.0OASGX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.97OASVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.67WASAX Ivy Asset StrategyPairCorr
  0.97WSGAX Ivy Small CapPairCorr
  0.93OCLVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.9OCLGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.97OCSVX Optimum Small MidPairCorr
  0.76WSTAX Ivy Science AndPairCorr
  0.68DMO Western Asset MortgagePairCorr
  0.9WCEAX Ivy E EquityPairCorr
  0.9OILGX Optimum Large CapPairCorr
  0.93OILVX Optimum Large CapPairCorr

Moving against Optimum Mutual Fund

  0.57OCFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.57DLHCX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.56DLHIX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.56DLHAX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.56DLRHX Delaware HealthcarePairCorr
  0.58DPRFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.57DPCFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.55OIFIX Optimum Fixed IncomePairCorr
  0.55DPDFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr
  0.55DPFFX Delaware DiversifiedPairCorr

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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.