Dreyfus Opportunistic Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Opportunistic and Dreyfus High Yield is 0.21 (i.e., Modest diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Opportunistic 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 Opportunistic Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap and DJI is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Opportunistic Midcap 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 Opportunistic Midcap. 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 Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.97SSETX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.96DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.9DIMIX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.96DISRX International StockPairCorr
  0.96DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.97SSYGX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.95STSVX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.97DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.94DLDRX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.97DLQIX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.98DMIDX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  0.89DMYBX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.63DNJYX Dreyfus New JerseyPairCorr
  0.99DNLYX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.99DNLRX Dreyfus Active MidcapPairCorr
  0.95DOPIX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.98DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.98DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.98DQEIX Dreyfus Global EquityPairCorr
  0.9AVGYX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.9AVGRX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr
  0.97DQIYX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.91DRLIX Dreyfus Global RealPairCorr
  0.95DABMX Dreyfus Yield EnhancementPairCorr
  0.96DABLX Dreyfus Yield EnhancementPairCorr
  0.94DABJX Dreyfus Yield EnhancementPairCorr
  0.97DRYQX Dreyfus Research GrowthPairCorr
  0.98DBMYX Dreyfusthe Boston PanyPairCorr
  0.96DBOYX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr
  0.96DBORX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Dreyfus Mutual Fund performing well and Dreyfus Opportunistic 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 Opportunistic'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 (0.03) 0.00 (0.27) 0.00 
 0.59 
 1.76 
SSETX  0.85  0.10  0.08  0.22  0.89 
 2.31 
 6.06 
DIBRX  0.38  0.03 (0.23)(0.07) 0.45 
 0.83 
 2.61 
DIBYX  0.38  0.03 (0.23)(0.08) 0.46 
 0.76 
 2.52 
DIEYX  0.47  0.13  0.07  0.53  0.23 
 1.23 
 2.92 
DIERX  0.47  0.13  0.07  0.53  0.23 
 1.23 
 2.92 
DIMIX  0.05  0.02  0.00  2.05  0.00 
 0.08 
 0.39 
DINIX  0.52  0.12  0.07  0.43  0.33 
 1.31 
 3.25 
DISRX  0.62  0.06  0.00  0.25  0.53 
 1.27 
 3.70 
DISYX  0.62  0.06  0.00  0.26  0.53 
 1.28 
 3.66