Dreyfus Intermediate Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Intermediate and Dreyfus Short Intermediate is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Intermediate 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 Intermediate Correlation With Market

Very good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal and DJI is -0.26 (i.e., Very good diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Intermediate Municipal 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 Intermediate Municipal. 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 income.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.86DHGCX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.87DHGAX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.87DHMBX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.81DHYCX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.77DHYAX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.95DZNJX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.71DIBCX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.7DIBAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.97DMBCX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.87DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.88DMBZX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  0.97DMUCX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.95DMUAX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.95DNYAX DnyaxPairCorr
  0.83BYSIX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.83BYSAX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.98PNYCX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.44DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.45DREQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr
  0.42DQIAX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.42DREVX Dreyfus FundPairCorr
  0.41DQICX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.33DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.32RUDAX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr

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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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RRTLXMSTSX
OSHDFVIASP
RRTLXLBHIX
FHIGXDRGMX
MSTSXLBHIX
  
High negative correlations   
70082LAB3DRGMX
70082LAB3FHIGX
VIASPDRGMX
70082LAB3DSIBX
OSHDFDRGMX
MSTSXDRGMX

Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dreyfus Mutual Fund performing well and Dreyfus Intermediate 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 Intermediate'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
DSIBX  0.05  0.00 (0.86) 0.07  0.00 
 0.08 
 0.47 
DRGMX  0.22 (0.02) 0.00  0.46  0.00 
 0.39 
 1.18 
FHIGX  0.15  0.02 (0.31)(0.09) 0.20 
 0.33 
 1.39 
AQUI  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00  0.00 
 0.00 
 0.00 
LBHIX  0.12  0.02 (0.44) 1.66  0.00 
 0.24 
 0.96 
MSTSX  0.49  0.04 (0.14)(0.75) 0.52 
 1.21 
 2.80 
VIASP  0.75  0.08 (0.04)(1.44) 1.13 
 2.28 
 7.18 
RRTLX  0.23  0.01 (0.33) 0.38  0.25 
 0.48 
 1.36 
OSHDF  39.65  22.84  0.00 (0.94) 0.00 
 0.00 
 1,329 
70082LAB3  0.63  0.00 (0.12)(0.21) 1.03 
 1.66 
 4.03