International Stock Correlations

DISRX Fund  USD 24.22  0.19  0.79%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Stock and Federated Pennsylvania Municipal is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between International Stock Fund and DJI is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.84DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.84DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.97DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.97DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.99DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.74DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr

Moving against International Mutual Fund

  0.69SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.68SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.68SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.62DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.62DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.62DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.61DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.61DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.61DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.58STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.39DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.69DBMYX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.66DRYQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr
  0.63DRGYX Dreyfus Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.63DRGVX Dreyfus Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.54DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.54DQIRX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.54DRTCX The Dreyfus SustainablePairCorr
  0.54DBORX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr
  0.54DTCYX The Dreyfus SustainablePairCorr
  0.51AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.51AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.36DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.36DSCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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.