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prospectus under the section entitled &#8220;Fund Summary &#8212; Principal Investment Strategy &#8212; Equity Investments &#8212; U.S. Large-Cap&#8221;:&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</ck0000737520:SupplementTextBlock>
  <rr:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000026629member_S000026629member">&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align: justify;text-indent:.5in;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;For each Fund, Dreyfus Disciplined Stock Fund replaces Dreyfus/The Boston Company Large Cap Core Fund.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;margin-bottom:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;</rr:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock>
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  <ck0000737520:SupplementTextBlock contextRef="CTXT_P0001S000026630member_S000026630member">&lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="right" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:right;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;November 9, 2012&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-left:0in;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; text-align:center;line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;DREYFUS ALLOCATION FUNDS&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;DREYFUS CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:&apos;calibri&apos;,&apos;sans-serif&apos;;margin-top:0in;margin-right:0in; margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:4.5pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center; line-height:normal;text-autospace:none"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;font style=&apos;font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"&apos;&gt;DREYFUS GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 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