Dreyfus Natural Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Natural Resources and Ultraemerging Markets Profund is -0.02 (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 0.52 (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.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.86DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.87DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.69AVGAX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.87DVLCX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.71TRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.65PRNEX T Rowe PricePairCorr
  0.95GEACX Gmo TrustPairCorr
  0.95GAAHX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.91GMOWX Gmo ResourcesPairCorr
  0.72CISGX Touchstone Sands Capital Steady GrowthPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.62GPNCX Dreyfus GnmaPairCorr
  0.54DHGCX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.47DIECX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.47DIEAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.47DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.47DEQCX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.38DHMBX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.72USGDX Morgan Stanley GovernmentPairCorr
  0.63HRBDX Harbor Bond FundPairCorr
  0.6VICSX Vanguard Intermediate-terPairCorr
  0.52ABNOX Ab Bond InflationPairCorr
  0.51UGPIX Ultrachina ProfundPairCorr
  0.51UGPSX Ultrachina ProfundPairCorr
  0.44GIOIX Guggenheim Macro OppPairCorr
  0.38TIMUX Transamerica IntermediatePairCorr

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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.