Dreyfus Municipal Correlations

DMBVX Fund  USD 12.08  0.04  0.33%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond and Dreyfus High Yield is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Municipal 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 Municipal Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond 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 Dreyfus Municipal Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.98DHYYX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.97DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.77SDGIX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.73DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  1.0DMBIX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  1.0DMBYX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  1.0DMUYX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.97DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.99DNJYX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.99DNMIX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  1.0DNYIX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  1.0DNYYX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

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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   
DIBYXDIBRX
DIERXDIEYX
DISYXDISRX
DINIXDIEYX
DINIXDIERX
DIMIXDHYYX
  
High negative correlations   
DIERXSSETX
DIEYXSSETX
DISYXSSETX
DISRXSSETX
DINIXSSETX
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dreyfus Mutual Fund performing well and Dreyfus Municipal 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 Municipal'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
DHYYX  0.25 (0.04) 0.00  0.60  0.00 
 0.45 
 2.18 
SSETX  0.94  0.06  0.05  0.07  1.25 
 1.92 
 8.86 
DIBRX  0.35 (0.14) 0.00 (1.34) 0.00 
 0.60 
 4.00 
DIBYX  0.35 (0.14) 0.00 (1.28) 0.00 
 0.57 
 3.98 
DIEYX  0.64 (0.16) 0.00 (0.48) 0.00 
 1.06 
 3.88 
DIERX  0.64 (0.16) 0.00 (0.48) 0.00 
 1.03 
 3.91 
DIMIX  0.06 (0.02) 0.00  1.23  0.00 
 0.08 
 0.55 
DINIX  0.64 (0.15) 0.00 (0.44) 0.00 
 1.10 
 4.31 
DISRX  0.72 (0.21) 0.00 (0.57) 0.00 
 1.22 
 6.60 
DISYX  0.72 (0.21) 0.00 (0.56) 0.00 
 1.23 
 6.69