Dreyfus International Correlations

DIECX Fund  USD 44.72  0.08  0.18%   
The current 90-days correlation between Dreyfus International and Abr 7525 Volatility is 0.61 (i.e., Poor diversification). The correlation of Dreyfus International 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 International Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between Dreyfus International Equity and DJI is 0.66 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Dreyfus International Equity 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 International Equity. 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 services.

Moving together with Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.66DHGCX Dreyfusstandish GlobalPairCorr
  0.82DIEAX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.98DIISX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.82DISSX Dreyfus Smallcap StockPairCorr
  0.71DITEX Dreyfus IntermediatePairCorr
  0.68PGROX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.73PGRCX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.63THPBX Dreyfus Balanced OppPairCorr
  0.73DLQAX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.78DMBAX Dreyfus Short IntermPairCorr
  0.77DMCVX Dreyfus OpportunisticPairCorr
  0.78BYSIX Bny Mellon ShortPairCorr
  0.8AVGAX Dynamic Total ReturnPairCorr

Moving against Dreyfus Mutual Fund

  0.4DHYCX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr
  0.31DHYAX Dreyfus High YieldPairCorr

Related Correlations Analysis


Risk-Adjusted Indicators

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