Dreyfus Tax Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Tax Managed and Morningstar Aggressive Growth is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Tax 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 Tax Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Tax Managed and DJI is 0.76 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Tax Managed and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.81DISSX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.81DISIX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.81PGROX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.78PGRCX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.84THPBX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr
  0.65DLDCX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.78DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.78DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.8DNLDX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.8DNLCX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.65DNLAX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.8RUDAX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.78AVGCX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.79AVGAX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.76DQICX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.42DIBCX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.41DIBAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.34DIECX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.33DIEAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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