Dreyfus Strategic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Strategic Value and Fidelity Real Estate is -0.26 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Strategic 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 Strategic Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Strategic Value and DJI is 0.02 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Strategic Value 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 Strategic Value. 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

  0.77DISRX International StockPairCorr
  0.77DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.62STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.64DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.62SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.63DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.68DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.7DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.63DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.66DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.81DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.82DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.71DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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