Dreyfus Appreciation Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Appreciation and Alpine High Yield is -0.18 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Appreciation 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 Appreciation Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Appreciation Fund and DJI is 0.7 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Appreciation Fund 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 Dreyfus Appreciation Fund. 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 price.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.83SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.84SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.79STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.82DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.85SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.73DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.82DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.66DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.83DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.84DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.84DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.75DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.89DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.89AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.88AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.7DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.7DQIRX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.4DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.4DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.38DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.38DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.34DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.33DISRX International StockPairCorr
  0.35DRLYX Dreyfus Global RealPairCorr
  0.35NIEYX Dreyfusnewton InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dreyfus Mutual Fund performing well and Dreyfus Appreciation 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 Appreciation'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.