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General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund
Fund Summary
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
General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund
Class B
Management fees 0.50%
Distribution and/or service (12b-1) fees 0.45%
Other expenses 0.01% [1]
Total annual fund operating expenses 0.96%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement (0.01%) [2]
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement) 0.95%
[1] Based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.
[2] 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 .01% 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 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
General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund | Class B | USD ($) 97 303 525 1,166
Principal Investment Strategy

The fund is a "government money market fund." As a money market fund, the fund is subject to the maturity, quality, liquidity and diversification requirements of Rule 2a-7 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which are designed to help money market funds maintain a stable share price of $1.00. As a government money market fund, the fund must invest at least 99.5% of its total assets in securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. government or its agencies or instrumentalities, repurchase agreements collateralized solely by cash and/or government securities, and cash. To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests exclusively in securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government and repurchase agreements in respect of such securities. Securities backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government include Treasury securities as well as securities issued by certain agencies of the U.S. government.

Principal Risks

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. An investment in the fund 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. Neither the Dreyfus Corporation nor its affiliates has 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 fund's yield will fluctuate as the short-term securities in its portfolio mature and the proceeds are reinvested in securities with different interest rates. 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 cause a money market fund's share price to drop below a dollar. 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. Also, during such periods, redemptions by a few large investors in the fund may impair the fund's ability to maintain a stable net asset value and adversely affect remaining fund shareholders.


·  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. Because U.S. Treasury securities trade actively outside the United States, their prices may rise and fall as changes in global economic conditions affect the demand for these securities.


· Repurchase agreement counterparty risk. The risk that a counterparty in a repurchase agreement could fail to honor the terms of its 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 are new, 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 Shares
Bar Chart

Best Quarter
Q4, 2006: 1.14%
Worst Quarter
Q3, 2014: 0.00%


The year-to-date total return for the fund's Class A shares as of September 30, 2015 was 0.00%.

Average Annual Total Returns as of 12/31/14
Average Annual Returns
Average Annual Returns, 1 Year
Average Annual Returns, 5 Years
Average Annual Returns, 10 Years
General Treasury and Agency Money Market Fund | Class A none none 1.17%

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