Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Disciplined
Small Cap Stock Fund and the Standard & Poor's Small Cap 600 Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS STANDARD
DISCIPLINED & POOR'S
PERIOD SMALL CAP SMALL CAP 600
STOCK FUND INDEX *
9/30/98 10,000 10,000
10/31/98 10,448 10,464
10/31/99 13,112 11,725
10/31/00 15,112 14,686
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in
Dreyfus Bond Market Index Fund BASIC
Shares and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS
BOND
MARKET LEHMAN
INDEX BROTHERS
FUND AGGREGATE
PERIOD (BASIC BOND
SHARES) INDEX *
11/30/93 10,000 10,000
10/31/94 9,632 9,716
10/31/95 11,116 11,236
10/31/96 11,638 11,893
10/31/97 12,623 12,950
10/31/98 13,846 14,159
10/31/99 13,887 14,235
10/31/00 14,807 15,274
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus BASIC S&P 500
Stock Index Fund and the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
EXHIBIT A:
STANDARD
DREYFUS & POOR'S 500
BASIC COMPOSITE
S&P 500 STOCK
PERIOD STOCK PRICE
INDEX FUND INDEX *
9/30/93 10,000 10,000
10/31/93 10,230 10,207
10/31/94 10,588 10,601
10/31/95 13,314 13,401
10/31/96 16,480 16,628
10/31/97 21,732 21,964
10/31/98 26,444 26,798
10/31/99 33,144 33,675
10/31/00 35,104 35,722
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in
Dreyfus Disciplined Intermediate Bond Fund Investor
Shares and Restricted
Shares and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS DREYFUS
DISCIPLINED DISCIPLINED LEHMAN
INTERMEDIATE INTERMEDIATE BROTHERS
BOND FUND BOND FUND AGGREGATE
PERIOD (INVESTOR (RESTRICTED BOND
SHARES) SHARES) INDEX*
11/1/95 10,000 10,000 10,000
10/31/96 10,418 10,445 10,585
10/31/97 11,273 11,331 11,526
10/31/98 12,265 12,340 12,602
10/31/99 12,180 12,294 12,669
10/31/00 12,904 13,068 13,594
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Premier Balanced
Fund Class R Shares with the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index,
the Lehman Brothers Intermediate Government / Credit Bond Index and a Hybrid
Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS STANDARD LEHMAN
PREMIER & POOR'S 500 BROTHERS
BALANCED COMPOSITE INTERMEDIATE
FUND STOCK GOVERNMENT /
PERIOD (CLASS R PRICE CREDIT HYBRID
SHARES) INDEX * BOND INDEX* INDEX*
9/15/93 10,000 10,000 10,000 10,000
10/31/93 10,180 10,128 10,068 10,104
10/31/94 10,249 10,519 9,874 10,260
10/31/95 12,449 13,297 11,112 12,400
10/31/96 14,813 16,499 11,758 14,480
10/31/97 18,599 21,795 12,639 17,703
10/31/98 21,644 26,593 13,791 20,687
10/31/99 24,838 33,417 13,927 23,954
10/31/00 25,299 35,448 14,827 25,446
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in
Dreyfus Premier Large Company Stock Fund Class A and Class R Shares and the
Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS DREYFUS
PREMIER PREMIER
LARGE LARGE STANDARD
COMPANY COMPANY & POOR'S 500
STOCK STOCK COMPOSITE
FUND FUND STOCK
PERIOD (CLASS A (CLASS R PRICE
SHARES) SHARES) INDEX *
9/2/94 9,425 10,000 10,000
10/31/94 9,378 9,950 9,975
10/31/95 11,554 12,286 12,609
10/31/96 14,311 15,257 15,645
10/31/97 18,892 20,192 20,667
10/31/98 22,641 24,250 25,216
10/31/99 28,043 30,109 31,687
10/31/00 29,950 32,245 33,613
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Premier Tax
Managed Growth Fund Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class T
Shares and the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS DREYFUS DREYFUS DREYFUS
PREMIER PREMIER PREMIER PREMIER
STANDARD TAX TAX TAX TAX
& POOR'S 500 MANAGED MANAGED MANAGED MANAGED
COMPOSITE GROWTH GROWTH GROWTH GROWTH
PERIOD STOCK FUND FUND FUND FUND
PRICE (CLASS A (CLASS B (CLASS C (CLASS R
INDEX * SHARES) SHARES) SHARES) SHARES)
11/4/97 10,000 9,427 10,000 10,000 9,549
10/31/98 12,201 11,148 11,736 11,736 11,265
10/31/99 15,332 13,337 13,944 13,936 13,451
10/31/00 16,264 14,250 14,484 14,776 14,330
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Premier Small
Company Stock Fund Class A Shares and Class R Shares and the Russell 2500 Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS DREYFUS
PREMIER PREMIER
SMALL SMALL
COMPANY COMPANY
STOCK STOCK
FUND FUND RUSSELL
PERIOD (CLASS A (CLASS R 2500
SHARES) SHARES) INDEX*
9/2/94 9,425 10,000 10,000
10/31/94 9,491 10,070 9,916
10/31/95 12,368 13,162 12,037
10/31/96 14,744 15,719 14,299
10/31/97 19,275 20,597 18,463
10/31/98 16,303 17,444 17,041
10/31/99 17,902 19,204 20,107
10/31/00 21,572 23,202 24,786
*Source: The Frank Russell Company
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Disciplined Stock
Fund and the Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Stock Price Index
EXHIBIT A:
STANDARD
& POOR'S 500
DREYFUS COMPOSITE
DISCIPLINED STOCK
PERIOD STOCK PRICE
FUND INDEX *
12/31/87 10,000 10,000
10/31/88 11,080 11,623
10/31/89 14,084 14,686
10/31/90 13,650 13,587
10/31/91 18,464 18,128
10/31/92 20,321 19,932
10/31/93 23,869 22,904
10/31/94 24,541 23,788
10/31/95 30,512 30,067
10/31/96 38,182 37,308
10/31/97 50,522 49,283
10/31/98 59,807 60,132
10/31/99 74,167 75,563
10/31/00 79,274 80,156
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Premier Midcap
Stock Fund Class R Shares and the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS
PREMIER
MIDCAP
STOCK STANDARD
FUND & POOR'S
PERIOD (CLASS R MIDCAP 400
SHARES) INDEX *
11/12/93 10,000 10,000
10/31/94 9,823 10,238
10/31/95 12,139 12,410
10/31/96 15,368 14,563
10/31/97 21,343 19,320
10/31/98 20,942 20,616
10/31/99 24,594 24,960
10/31/00 30,102 32,860
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment in Dreyfus Premier Small Cap
Value Fund Class A Shares, Class B Shares, Class C Shares and Class R Shares and
the Russell 2000 Value Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS DREYFUS DREYFUS DREYFUS
PREMIER PREMIER PREMIER PREMIER
SMALL SMALL SMALL SMALL
CAP CAP CAP CAP
VALUE VALUE VALUE VALUE
PERIOD RUSSELL 2000 FUND FUND FUND FUND
VALUE (CLASS A (CLASS B (CLASS C (CLASS R
INDEX* SHARES) SHARES) SHARES) SHARES)
4/1/98 10,000 9,427 10,000 10,000 10,000
10/31/98 8,151 7,881 8,328 8,328 8,376
10/31/99 8,209 8,039 8,432 8,440 8,566
10/31/00 9,629 8,887 8,971 9,256 9,490
* Source: Lipper Inc.
Comparison of change in value of $10,000 investment
in Dreyfus Premier Limited Term Income Fund Class R
Shares and the Lehman Brothers Aggregate Bond Index
EXHIBIT A:
DREYFUS
PREMIER
LIMITED
TERM LEHMAN
INCOME BROTHERS
FUND AGGREGATE
PERIOD (CLASS R BOND
SHARES) INDEX*
7/11/91 10,000 10,000
10/31/91 10,550 10,686
10/31/92 11,511 11,736
10/31/93 12,584 13,130
10/31/94 12,275 12,648
10/31/95 13,761 14,627
10/31/96 14,466 15,482
10/31/97 15,635 16,859
10/31/98 17,045 18,433
10/31/99 16,890 18,531
10/31/00 18,003 19,884
* Source: Lipper Inc.
