Dreyfus Yield Correlations

DABJX Fund  USD 11.22  0.01  0.09%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Yield Enhancement and Pimco Income Fund is 0.52 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Yield 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.

Dreyfus Yield Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Yield Enhancement and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Yield Enhancement and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.67DHYYX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.64SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.7DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.78SDGIX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.66SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.79DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.75DMBIX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.75DMBYX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.74DMBVX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.77DMUYX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.68DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.79DNJYX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.65DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.79DNMIX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.75DNYIX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  0.74DNYYX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  0.63DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr

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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   
PIMIXPONAX
PONPXPONAX
PIMIXPONPX
MSTSXAQUI
ABHYXPONPX
ABHYXPIMIX
  
High negative correlations   
VIASPMSTSX
VIASPAQUI
VIASPPONPX
MSTSXBRRAY
VIASPABHYX
BRRAYPONPX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dreyfus Mutual Fund performing well and Dreyfus Yield 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 Dreyfus Yield'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
PONAX  0.17 (0.03) 0.00 (0.62) 0.00 
 0.29 
 1.13 
PONPX  0.16 (0.04) 0.00 (0.67) 0.00 
 0.28 
 1.04 
PIMIX  0.16 (0.03) 0.00 (0.53) 0.00 
 0.38 
 1.13 
444859BR2  1.28 (0.02) 0.00  0.06  0.00 
 5.79 
 14.38 
AQUI  2.79 (1.42) 0.00 (55.41) 0.00 
 0.00 
 93.33 
BRRAY  2.93  0.98  0.00 (22.70) 0.00 
 9.47 
 53.93 
MSTSX  0.57 (0.21) 0.00 (1.59) 0.00 
 0.85 
 6.73 
LBHIX  0.11 (0.02) 0.00 (1.20) 0.00 
 0.24 
 0.71 
ABHYX  0.21 (0.03) 0.00 (2.56) 0.00 
 0.34 
 1.91 
VIASP  0.66  0.29  0.47 (1.79) 0.00 
 2.01 
 4.48