Risk Table - BNY Mellon Core Plus Fund
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| Principal Risks |
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit.
It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government
agency. It is not a complete investment program. The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically,
which means you could lose money.
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund's share price fluctuates, sometimes dramatically,
which means you could lose money.
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| Risk Not Insured [Member] |
An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit.
It is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) or any other government
agency.
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| · Fixed-income market risk |
· Fixed-income market risk: The market
value of a fixed-income security may decline due to general market conditions that are not specifically
related to a particular company, such as real or perceived adverse economic conditions, changes in the
outlook for corporate earnings, changes in interest or currency rates or adverse investor sentiment generally.
The fixed-income securities market can be susceptible to increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity.
Liquidity can decline unpredictably in response to overall economic conditions or credit tightening.
Increases in volatility and decreases in liquidity may be caused by a rise in interest rates (or the
expectation of a rise in interest rates). An unexpected increase in fund redemption requests, including
requests from shareholders who may own a significant percentage of the fund's shares, which may be triggered
by market turmoil or an increase in interest rates, could cause the fund to sell its holdings at a loss
or at undesirable prices and adversely affect the fund's share price and increase the fund's liquidity
risk, fund expenses and/or taxable distributions. Federal Reserve policy in response to market conditions,
including with respect to interest rates, may adversely affect the value, volatility and liquidity of
dividend and interest paying securities. Policy and legislative changes worldwide are affecting many
aspects of financial regulation. The impact of these changes on the markets and the practical implications
for market participants may not be fully known for some time.
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| · Interest rate risk |
· Interest
rate risk: Prices of bonds and other fixed rate fixed-income securities
tend to move inversely with changes in interest rates. Typically, a rise in rates will adversely affect
fixed-income securities and, accordingly, will cause the value of the fund's investments in these securities
to decline. A wide variety of market factors can cause interest rates to rise, including central bank
monetary policy, rising inflation and changes in general economic conditions. It is difficult to predict
the pace at which central banks or monetary authorities may increase (or decrease) interest rates or
the timing, frequency, or magnitude of such changes. During periods of very low interest rates, which
occur from time to time due to market forces or actions of governments and/or their central banks, including
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System in the U.S., the fund may be subject to a greater
risk of principal decline from rising interest rates. When interest rates fall, the fund's investments
in new securities may be at lower yields and may reduce the fund's income. Changing interest rates may
have unpredictable effects on markets, may result in heightened market volatility and may detract from
fund performance. The magnitude of these fluctuations in the market price of fixed-income securities
is generally greater for securities with longer effective maturities and durations because such instruments
do not mature, reset interest rates or become callable for longer periods of time. Unlike investment
grade bonds, however, the prices of high yield ("junk") bonds may fluctuate unpredictably and not necessarily
inversely with changes in interest rates. Interest rate changes may have different effects on the values
of mortgage-related securities because of prepayment and extension risks. In addition, the rates on
floating rate instruments adjust periodically with changes in market interest rates. Although these
instruments are generally less sensitive to interest rate changes than fixed rate instruments, the value
of floating rate loans and other floating rate securities may decline if their interest rates do not
rise as quickly, or as much, as general interest rates.
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| · Credit risk |
· Credit risk: Failure
of an issuer of a security to make timely interest or principal payments when due, or a decline or perception
of a decline in the credit quality of the security, can cause the security's price to fall. The lower
a security's credit rating, the greater the chance that the issuer of the security will default or fail
to meet its payment obligations.
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| · High yield securities risk |
· High yield securities risk: High
yield ("junk") securities involve greater credit risk, including the risk of default, than investment
grade securities, and are considered predominantly speculative with respect to the issuer's ability to
make principal and interest payments. These securities are especially sensitive to adverse changes in
general economic conditions, to changes in the financial condition of their issuers and to price fluctuation
in response to changes in interest rates. During periods of economic downturn or rising interest rates,
issuers of below investment grade securities may experience financial stress that could adversely affect
their ability to make payments of principal and interest and increase the possibility of default.
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| · Issuer risk |
· Issuer
risk: A security's market value may decline for a number of reasons which directly
relate to the issuer, such as management performance, financial leverage and reduced demand for the issuer's
products or services, or factors that affect the issuer's industry, such as labor shortages or increased
production costs and competitive conditions within an industry.
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| · Management risk |
· Management
risk: The investment process used by the fund's sub-adviser could fail to achieve the
fund's investment goal and cause your fund investment to lose value.
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| · Market risk |
· Market
risk: The value of the securities in which the fund invests may be affected by political,
regulatory, economic and social developments, and developments that impact specific economic sectors,
industries or segments of the
market. In addition, turbulence in financial
markets and reduced liquidity in equity, credit and/or fixed-income markets may negatively affect many
issuers, which could adversely affect the fund. Global economies and financial markets are becoming
increasingly interconnected, and conditions and events in one country, region or financial market may
adversely impact issuers in a different country, region or financial market. These risks may be magnified
if certain events or developments adversely interrupt the global supply chain; in these and other circumstances,
such risks might affect companies world-wide. Local, regional or global events such as war, military
conflicts, acts of terrorism, natural disasters, the spread of infectious illness or other public health
issues, recessions, elevated levels of government debt, changes in trade regulation or economic sanctions,
internal unrest and discord, or other events could have a significant impact on the fund and its investments.
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| · Liquidity risk |
· Liquidity
risk: When there is little or no active trading market
for specific types of securities, it can become more difficult to sell the securities in a timely manner
at or near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and the fund's share
price may fall dramatically. Investments that are illiquid or that trade in lower volumes may be more
difficult to value. The market for below investment grade securities may be less liquid and therefore
these securities may be harder to value or sell at an acceptable price, especially during times of market
volatility or decline. Investments in foreign securities tend to have greater exposure to liquidity risk
than domestic securities.
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| · Foreign investment risk |
· Foreign investment risk: To
the extent the fund invests in foreign securities, the fund's performance will be influenced by political,
social and economic factors affecting investments in foreign issuers. Special risks associated with
investments in foreign issuers include exposure to currency fluctuations, less liquidity, less developed
or less efficient trading markets, lack of comprehensive company information, political and economic
instability and differing auditing and legal standards.
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| · Foreign government obligations and securities of supranational entities risk |
· Foreign government obligations and securities
of supranational entities risk: Investing in foreign government obligations,
debt obligations of supranational entities and the sovereign debt of foreign countries creates exposure
to the direct or indirect consequences of political, social or economic changes in the countries that
issue the securities or in which the issuers are located. A governmental obligor may default on its
obligations. Some sovereign obligors have been among the world's largest debtors to commercial banks,
other governments, international financial organizations and other financial institutions. These obligors,
in the past, have experienced substantial difficulties in servicing their external debt obligations,
which led to defaults on certain obligations and the restructuring of certain indebtedness.
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| · Government securities risk |
· Government
securities risk: Not all obligations of the U.S. government, its agencies
and instrumentalities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. Treasury. Some obligations
are backed only by the credit of the issuing agency or instrumentality, and in some cases there may be
some risk of default by the issuer. Any guarantee by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities
of a security held by the fund does not apply to the market value of such security or to shares of the
fund itself.
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| · Derivatives risk |
· Derivatives risk: A small
investment in derivatives could have a potentially large impact on the fund's performance. The use of
derivatives involves risks different from, or possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing
directly in the underlying assets, and the fund's use of derivatives may result in losses to the fund.
Derivatives in which the fund may invest can be highly volatile, illiquid and difficult to value, and
there is the risk that changes in the value of a derivative held by the fund will not correlate with
the underlying assets or the fund's other investments in the manner intended. Certain derivatives have
the potential for unlimited loss, regardless of the size of the initial investment, and involve greater
risks than the underlying assets because, in addition to general market risks, they are subject to liquidity
risk, credit and counterparty risk (failure of the counterparty to the derivatives transaction to honor
its obligation) and pricing risk (risk that the derivative cannot or will not be accurately valued).
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