Dreyfus High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus High Yield and Great West Real Estate is 0.16 (i.e., Average diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus High 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 High Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus High Yield and DJI is -0.33 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus High Yield and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.83DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.94DMBIX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.86DMBYX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.76DMBVX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.94DMUYX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.8DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.94DNJYX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.85DNMIX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.85DNYIX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  0.85DNYYX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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