International Stock Correlations

DISYX Fund  USD 23.93  0.08  0.34%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Stock and Dreyfus High Yield is 0.15 (i.e., Average 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

Good diversification

The correlation between International Stock Fund and DJI is -0.11 (i.e., Good 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 manufacturing.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.96DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.97DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.93SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.89STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.92DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.93SDSCX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.88DLDYX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.88DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.91DLHRX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.96DMCYX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.83DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.95DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.95DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.95DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.96DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.92DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr

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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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
DHYYX  0.23 (0.01) 0.00  0.37  0.00 
 0.59 
 1.76 
SSETX  0.80  0.16  0.12  0.31  0.70 
 2.07 
 6.06 
DIBRX  0.38  0.00 (0.24) 0.18  0.45 
 0.83 
 2.61 
DIBYX  0.38  0.00 (0.23) 0.18  0.46 
 0.76 
 2.52 
DIEYX  0.47  0.19  0.07 (2.24) 0.23 
 1.23 
 2.92 
DIERX  0.44  0.12  0.02  0.62  0.32 
 1.12 
 2.87 
DIMIX  0.05  0.02  0.00 (9.55) 0.00 
 0.08 
 0.39 
DISRX  0.59  0.07 (0.03) 0.34  0.52 
 1.24 
 3.70 
DISYX  0.62  0.14 (0.01)(1.40) 0.53 
 1.28 
 3.66 
SSYGX  0.86  0.27  0.08 (1.09) 0.91 
 2.30 
 6.07