Dreyfus Short Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Short Interm and Commonwealth Global Fund is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Short Intermediate and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good 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

  0.64DISRX International StockPairCorr
  0.64DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.66STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.69DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.77DLDYX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.75DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.7DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.76DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.66DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.95DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.66DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.67DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.73DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.7DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.68DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.72DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.76DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.76DQIRX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.89DRGVX Dreyfus Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.81DSCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.36DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.35DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.82DBMYX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.4DRLIX Dreyfus Global RealPairCorr
  0.39DRLYX Dreyfus Global RealPairCorr
  0.36DSDYX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr

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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.