Dreyfus Global Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Global Equity and Franklin Mutual Global is -0.23 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Global 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 Global Correlation With Market

Good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Global Equity and DJI is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Global Equity 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 Global Equity. 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

  0.64DOXWX Dodge Cox GlobalPairCorr
  0.72DODWX Dodge Global StockPairCorr
  0.83TEDSX Franklin Mutual GlobalPairCorr
  0.71VGTSX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr
  0.78VTIAX Vanguard Total InterPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.41FSRBX Banking Portfolio BankingPairCorr
  0.4KMKNX Kinetics Market Oppo Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.37WWNPX Kinetics Paradigm Steady GrowthPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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