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Dreyfus/The Boston Company Small/Mid Cap Growth Fund

Scorecard
Morningstar 4 / 5 Stars
Lipper 5 4 4 5 1
Zacks Investment Research 5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's 5 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com B (Buy)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	16.82
Mean	1.24
Sharpe Ratio	0.88
Bear Market Decile Rank	15

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index S&P 500 TR	Best Fit Index Morningstar Small Growth TR USD
R-Squared	89.08	93.4
Beta	1.06	0.85
Alpha	0.86	2.58

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