Dreyfus Municipal Correlations

DMBCX Fund  USD 12.25  0.01  0.08%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond and Vanguard Long Term Tax Exempt is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Municipal 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 Municipal Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond and DJI is 0.12 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Municipal Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.76DHGCX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.78DHGAX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.86DHMBX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.95DHYCX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.94DHYAX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.87DZNJX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.97DITEX Dreyfus IntermediatePairCorr
  0.9DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.89DMBZX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  1.0DMUCX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.89DMUAX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.88DNYAX DnyaxPairCorr
  0.72BYSAX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.89PNYCX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.34DREQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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