Dreyfus Institutional Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus Institutional and Dreyfus Appreciation Fund is 0.97 (i.e., Almost no diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus Institutional 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 Institutional Correlation With Market

Almost no diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus Institutional Sp and DJI is 0.91 (i.e., Almost no diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus Institutional Sp 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 Institutional Sp. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.95DIECX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.95DIISX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.98DISSX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.98DISIX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.92DISAX International StockPairCorr
  0.78PGROX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.76DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.96DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.97DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.96DNLAX Dreyfus Natural ResourcesPairCorr
  0.76DQICX Dreyfus Equity IncomePairCorr
  0.99DAGVX Dreyfus Strategic ValuePairCorr
  0.72DSCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.98DFLAX Dreyfus Floating RatePairCorr
  0.98DGEAX Dreyfus Global EmergingPairCorr
  1.0PEOPX Dreyfus Sp 500PairCorr
  0.98PESPX Dreyfus Midcap IndexPairCorr
  1.0VTSAX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFIAX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VTSMX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VITSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VSMPX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VSTSX Vanguard Total StockPairCorr
  1.0VFINX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VFFSX Vanguard 500 IndexPairCorr
  1.0VINIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  1.0VIIIX Vanguard InstitutionalPairCorr
  1.0DXQLX Direxion Monthly NasdaqPairCorr
  1.0RYVLX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  1.0RYVYX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr
  1.0UOPIX Ultra Nasdaq 100PairCorr
  1.0RYCCX Nasdaq 100 2xPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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