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Dreyfus Conservative Allocation Fund
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Supplement [Text Block]	ck0000737520_SupplementTextBlock	July 28, 2015 STRATEGIC FUNDS, INC. - DREYFUS CONSERVATIVE ALLOCATION FUND - DREYFUS MODERATE ALLOCATION FUND - DREYFUS GROWTH ALLOCATION FUND Supplement to Summary and Statutory Prospectuses dated January 1, 2015
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Strategy Narrative [Text Block]	rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock	The following information supplements the information contained under the sections entitled “Principal Investment Strategy – Equity Investments” and “Principal Investment Strategy – Fixed Income Investments,” respectively, in the funds’ summary prospectuses and statutory prospectus. U.S. Large-Cap Dreyfus Strategic Beta U.S. Equity Fund Emerging Markets Dreyfus Strategic Beta Emerging Markets Equity Fund Global Dreyfus Strategic Beta Global Equity Fund International Fixed Income Dreyfus Emerging Markets Debt U.S. Dollar Fund

Principal investment strategies of the Fund. Summarize how the Fund intends to achieve its investment objectives by identifying the Fund's principal investment strategies (including the type or types of securities in which the Fund invests or will invest principally) and any policy to concentrate in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries.

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