Dreyfus Active Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Active Midcap and Pace International Emerging is 0.53 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Active 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 Active Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Active Midcap and DJI is 0.77 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Active 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 Active 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

  0.87SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.91SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.94STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.94DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.93SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.83DLDYX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.82DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.98DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.98DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.92DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.97DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.94DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.84DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.63DPTRX Dreyfus Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.84DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.81AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.85AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.93DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.47DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.45DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.44DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.44DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.38DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.35DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.39DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.41DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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