Dreyfus Opportunistic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Opportunistic and Vanguard Target Retirement is -0.1 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Opportunistic 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 Opportunistic Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap and DJI is 0.79 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap 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 Opportunistic Midcap. 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

  0.93SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.94SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.99STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.98DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.98SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.87DLDYX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.88DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.92DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.98DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.98DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.99DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.98DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.73DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.67DPTRX Dreyfus Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.85DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.79AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.81AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.96DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against DREYFUS Mutual Fund

  0.56DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.56DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.53DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.49DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.46DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.43DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.45DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.51DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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