Dreyfus Equity Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Equity Income and Western Asset E is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Equity 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 Equity Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Equity Income and DJI is 0.74 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Equity Income 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 Equity Income. 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

  0.91SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.94SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.84STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.69DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.94SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.8DLDYX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.8DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.69DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.95DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.63DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.92DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.92DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.95DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.91DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.78DPTRX Dreyfus Tax ManagedPairCorr
  0.92DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.8AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.84AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.41DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.41DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.39DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.39DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.36DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.36DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.32DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.41NIEYX Dreyfus/newton InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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