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Class B Prospectus | General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund
Fund Summary - General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund
Investment Objective

The fund seeks a high level of current income consistent with stability of principal.

Fees and Expenses

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the fund.

Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
Class B Prospectus
General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund
Class B
Management fees 0.50%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.45%
Other expenses 0.02%
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.97%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (0.02%) [1]
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement) 0.95%
[1] The fund's investment adviser, The Dreyfus Corporation, has agreed in its investment management agreement with the fund to : (1) pay all of the fund's expenses, except management fees, Rule 12b-1 fees and certain other expenses, including the fees and expenses of the non-interested board members and their counsel, and (2) reduce its fees pursuant to the investment management agreement in an amount equal to the fund's allocable portion of the fees and expenses of the non-interested board members and their counsel (in the amount of .02% for the past fiscal year). These provisions in the investment management agreement may not be amended without the approval of the fund's shareholders.
Example

The Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods indicated and then hold or redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the fund's operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example
1 Year
3 Years
5 Years
10 Years
Class B Prospectus | General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund | Class B | USD ($) 97 303 525 1,166
Principal Investment Strategy

The fund pursues its investment objective by investing only in U.S. Treasury securities, repurchase agreements collateralized solely by U.S. Treasury securities or securities issued by U.S. government agencies that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government, and cash. The fund is a money market fund subject to the maturity, quality, liquidity and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and seeks to maintain a stable share price of $1.00.


The fund is a "government money market fund," as that term is defined in Rule 2a-7, and as such is required to invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in securities issued or guaranteed as to principal and interest by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, repurchase agreements collateralized solely by cash and/or government securities, and cash. The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in U.S. Treasury securities and repurchase agreements collateralized solely by U.S. Treasury securities or securities issued by U.S. government agencies that are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government (i.e., under normal circumstances, the fund will not invest more than 20% of its net assets in cash or repurchase agreements collateralized by cash), and typically invests exclusively in such securities.

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. You could lose money by investing in the fund. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it cannot guarantee it will do so. The fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature or are sold and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates. The fund currently is not permitted to impose a fee upon the sale of shares (a "liquidity fee") or temporarily suspend redemptions (a redemption "gate") under distressed conditions as some other types of money market funds are, and the fund's board has no intention to impose a liquidity fee or redemption gate. Neither The Dreyfus Corporation nor its affiliates have a legal obligation to provide financial support to the fund, and you should not expect that The Dreyfus Corporation or its affiliates will provide financial support to the fund at any time. The following are the principal risks that could reduce the fund's income level and/or share price:


· Interest rate risk. This risk refers to the decline in the prices of fixed-income securities that may accompany a rise in the overall level of interest rates. A sharp and unexpected rise in interest rates could impair the fund's ability to maintain a stable net asset value. A low interest rate environment may prevent the fund from providing a positive yield or paying fund expenses out of fund assets and could impair the fund's ability to maintain a stable net asset value.


· 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 may fall dramatically, potentially impairing the fund's ability to maintain a stable net asset value, even during periods of declining interest rates.


· U.S. Treasury securities risk. A security backed by the U.S. Treasury or the full faith and credit of the United States is guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity, but the market prices for such securities are not guaranteed and will fluctuate.


· Repurchase agreement counterparty risk. The fund is subject to the risk that a counterparty in a repurchase agreement could fail to honor the terms of the agreement.

Performance

The following bar chart and table provide some indication of the risks of investing in the fund. The bar chart shows changes in the performance of the fund's Class A shares from year to year. The table shows the average annual total returns of the fund's Class A shares over time. The fund's past performance is not necessarily an indication of how the fund will perform in the future. More recent performance information may be available at www.dreyfus.com.


Since the fund's Class B shares have less than a calendar year of performance, past performance information is not available for Class B shares as of the date of this prospectus. Class B shares would have had substantially similar annual returns as the fund's Class A shares, which are not offered in this prospectus, because each share class is invested in the same portfolio of securities and the annual returns would have differed only to the extent that the classes do not have the same expenses. The performance figures shown have not been adjusted to reflect differences in service and distribution fees; if such expenses had been reflected, the performance shown would have been lower.

Year-by-Year Total Returns as of 12/31 each year (%) Class A
Bar Chart

Best Quarter
Q1, 2007: 1.11%
Worst Quarter
Q3, 2015: 0.00%

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/16
Average Annual Returns
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
Class B Prospectus | General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund | Class A 0.01% none 0.52%

For the fund's current yield, call toll free 1-800-DREYFUS (inside the U.S. only).