Dreyfus High Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus High Yield and Needham Aggressive Growth is -0.27 (i.e., Very good diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus High 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 High Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus High Yield and DJI is -0.31 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus High Yield and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  1.0DHMBX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.99DHYCX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.92DZNJX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.87DITEX Dreyfus IntermediatePairCorr
  0.94DMBCX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.96DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.95DMBZX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.93DMUCX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.95DMUAX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.94DNYAX DnyaxPairCorr
  0.68BYSIX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.63BYSAX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.91PNYCX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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