International Stock Correlations

DISCX Fund  USD 23.10  0.19  0.83%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Stock and Dreyfusstandish Global Fixed is -0.11 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of International Stock 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.

International Stock Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between International Stock Fund and DJI is 0.05 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding International Stock Fund 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 International Stock Fund. 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 main economic indicators.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.84DIBCX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.66DIBAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.96DIECX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.96DIEAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.99DIISX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DISAX International StockPairCorr

Moving against International Mutual Fund

  0.58DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.53DISSX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.53DISIX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.5THPBX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr
  0.63DREQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr
  0.58DNLCX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.57DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.52DQIAX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.51RUDAX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.51DQICX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.44DREVX Dreyfus FundPairCorr
  0.42DNLDX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.4AVGAX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.37AVGCX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between International Mutual Fund performing well and International Stock 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 International Stock'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DHGCX  0.15 (0.01) 0.00  0.82  0.00 
 0.30 
 0.96 
DHGAX  0.16 (0.02) 0.00 (0.33) 0.00 
 0.30 
 0.98 
DHMBX  0.21  0.02 (0.20)(0.02) 0.35 
 0.46 
 2.09 
DHYCX  0.20  0.02 (0.20)(0.03) 0.34 
 0.54 
 2.18 
DZNJX  0.15  0.02 (0.31)(0.03) 0.22 
 0.34 
 1.53 
DIBCX  0.33 (0.09) 0.00 (1.05) 0.00 
 0.59 
 2.42 
DIBAX  0.32 (0.07) 0.00  0.70  0.00 
 0.56 
 2.28 
DIECX  0.65 (0.09) 0.00  1.52  0.00 
 1.09 
 3.76 
DIEAX  0.65 (0.08) 0.00  1.53  0.00 
 1.06 
 3.75 
DIISX  0.69 (0.08) 0.00  6.07  0.00 
 1.48 
 4.03