Dreyfus Municipal Correlations

DMBCX Fund  USD 12.35  0.03  0.24%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond and Dreyfusstandish Global Fixed is 0.3 (i.e., Weak 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

Very good diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Municipal Bond 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 Municipal Bond and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with DREYFUS Mutual Fund

  0.77DHGCX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.79DHGAX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.94DHMBX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.84DHYCX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.82DHYAX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.98DZNJX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.97DITEX Dreyfus IntermediatePairCorr
  0.93DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.9DMBZX Dreyfus Municipal BondPairCorr
  1.0DMUCX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.99DMUAX Dreyfus Amt FreePairCorr
  0.99DNYAX DnyaxPairCorr
  0.8BYSIX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.78BYSAX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.99PNYCX Dreyfus New YorkPairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DHGCX  0.15 (0.01)(0.70)(0.22) 0.17 
 0.31 
 0.96 
DHGAX  0.17  0.00 (0.68) 0.16  0.15 
 0.34 
 0.98 
DHMBX  0.21  0.04 (0.18)(0.18) 0.31 
 0.46 
 2.09 
DHYCX  0.20  0.01 (0.21) 0.22  0.32 
 0.54 
 2.18 
DHYAX  0.21  0.01 (0.21) 0.28  0.33 
 0.45 
 2.18 
DZNJX  0.16  0.03 (0.29)(0.11) 0.21 
 0.34 
 1.53 
DIBCX  0.34 (0.04) 0.00  0.44  0.00 
 0.68 
 2.26 
DIBAX  0.34 (0.08) 0.00 (0.72) 0.00 
 0.61 
 2.28 
DIECX  0.66 (0.15) 0.00 (0.25) 0.00 
 1.03 
 3.76 
DIEAX  0.66 (0.14) 0.00 (0.24) 0.00 
 1.03 
 3.75