Dreyfus Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Short Interm and Siit High Yield is 0.49 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Short 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 Short Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Short Intermediate and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Short Intermediate 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 Short Intermediate. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.68DHYYX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.73SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.73SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.77SDGIX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.77SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.88DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.78DMBIX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.73DMBYX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.78DMUYX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.92DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.79DNJYX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.8DNMIX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.73DNYIX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  0.74DNYYX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr
  0.75AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.75AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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