International Stock Correlations

DISRX Fund  USD 24.70  0.24  0.96%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Stock and Dreyfus High Yield is 0.08 (i.e., Significant 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

Very weak diversification

The correlation between International Stock Fund and DJI is 0.43 (i.e., Very weak 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 metropolitan statistical area.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.69DIBRX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.69DIBYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.9DIEYX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.9DIERX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  0.92DINIX Dreyfus InternationalPairCorr
  1.0DISYX International StockPairCorr
  0.66DPRIX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr
  0.66DPWRX Dreyfus Worldwide GrowthPairCorr

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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.