Dreyfus Natural Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Natural Resources and Sprucegrove International Equity is -0.15 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Natural 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 Natural Correlation With Market

Very weak diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Natural Resources and DJI is 0.51 (i.e., Very weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Natural Resources 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 Natural Resources. 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.76SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.83SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.89STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.86DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.84SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  1.0DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.86DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.87DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.82DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.82DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.85DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.68AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.8DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.61DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.61DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.47SDGIX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.46DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.46DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.43DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.41DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.37DHYYX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.48DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.47DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.32DMBYX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.32DMBVX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.47DSDYX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.47NIEYX Dreyfus/newton InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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