Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund (Prospectus Summary) | Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund

FUND SUMMARY

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation.

FEES AND EXPENSES

This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold

shares of the fund. You may qualify for sales charge discounts if you and your

family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $50,000 in certain

funds in the Dreyfus Family of Funds. More information about these and other

discounts is available from your financial professional and in the Shareholder

Guide section on page 9 of the prospectus and in the How to Buy Shares section

on page B-36 of the fund's Statement of Additional Information (SAI). Class A

shares bought without an initial sales charge as part of an investment of $1

million or more may be charged a deferred sales charge of 1.00% if redeemed

within one year.

Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment)

Shareholder Fees Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund	Class A	Class C	Class I
Maximum sales charge (load) imposed on purchases (as a percentage of offering price)	5.75%	none	none
Maximum deferred sales charge (load) (as a percentage of lower of purchase or sale price)	none	1.00%	none

Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)

Annual Fund Operating Expenses Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund		Class A	Class C	Class I
Management fees		0.75%	0.75%	0.75%
Distribution (12b-1) fees		none	0.75%	none
Other expenses (including shareholder services fees)	[1]	0.65%	0.65%	0.40%
Total annual fund operating expenses		1.40%	2.15%	1.15%
Fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement		(0.20%)	(0.20%)	(0.20%)
Total annual fund operating expenses (after fee waiver and/or expense reimbursement)		1.20%	1.95%	0.95%

The Dreyfus Corporation has contractually agreed, until January 1, 2013, to

waive receipt of its fees and/or assume the expenses of the fund so that the

expenses of none of the classes (excluding Rule 12b-1 fees, shareholder services

fees, taxes, interest, brokerage commissions, commitment fees on borrowings and

extraordinary expenses) exceed 0.95%.

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. The one-year example and the first year of the three-years

example are based on net operating expenses, which reflect the expense

waiver/reimbursement by The Dreyfus Corporation. Although your actual costs may

be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:

Expense Example Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund (USD $)	Expense Example, With Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, With Redemption, 3 Years
Class A	690	974
Class C	298	654
Class I	97	346

You would pay the following expenses if you did not redeem your shares:

Expense Example, No Redemption Dreyfus Opportunistic U.S. Stock Fund (USD $)	Expense Example, No Redemption, 1 Year	Expense Example, No Redemption, 3 Years
Class A	690	974
Class C	198	654
Class I	97	346

PORTFOLIO TURNOVER

The fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells

securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may

indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund

shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in

annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's performance.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGY

To pursue its goal, the fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets,

plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in stocks of publicly traded

companies located in the United States. The fund may invest in the stocks of

companies of any market capitalization and may hold growth or value stocks or a

blend of both.



The fund's portfolio construction combines a fundamental, bottom-up research

process with macro insights and risk management. The fund's portfolio managers,

supported by a team of research analysts, use a disciplined opportunistic

investment approach to identify stocks of companies that the portfolio managers

believe are trading materially below their intrinsic market value, that have

strong or improving fundamentals and have a revaluation catalyst.



The fund seeks exposure to stocks and sectors that the fund's portfolio managers

perceive to be attractive from a valuation and fundamental standpoint. Portfolio

position sizes and sector weightings reflect the collaborative investment

process among the fund's portfolio managers and research analysts.  The

portfolio managers also assess and manage the overall risk profile of the fund's

portfolio.

PRINCIPAL RISKS

An investment in the fund is not a bank deposit. It is not insured or guaranteed

by the Federal Deposit Insurance Company (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.



o Risks of stock investing. Stocks generally fluctuate more in value than bonds

  and may decline significantly over short time periods. There is the chance that

  stock prices overall will decline because stock markets tend to move in cycles,

  with periods of rising prices and falling prices. The market value of a stock

  may decline due to general weakness in the stock market or because of factors

  that affect the company or its particular industry.



o Market sector risk. The fund may significantly overweight or underweight

  certain companies, industries or market sectors, which may cause the fund's

  performance to be more or less sensitive to developments affecting those

  companies, industries or sectors.



o Growth and value stock risk. By investing in a mix of growth and value

  companies, the fund assumes the risk of both. Investors often expect growth

  companies to increase their earnings at a certain rate. If these expectations

  are not met, investors can punish the stocks inordinately, even if earnings do

  increase. In addition, growth stocks may lack the dividend yield that can

  cushion stock prices in market downturns. Value stocks involve the risk that

  they may never reach their expected full market value, either because the

  market fails to recognize the stock's intrinsic worth, or the expected value

  was misgauged. They also may decline in price even though in theory they are

  already undervalued.



o Small and midsize company risk. To the extent the fund invests in small and

  midsize companies, it will be subject to additional risks because the operating

  histories of these companies tend to be more limited, their earnings and

  revenues less predictable (and some companies may be experiencing significant

  losses), and their share prices more volatile than those of larger, more

  established companies.  The shares of smaller companies tend to trade less

  frequently than those of larger, more established companies, which can

  adversely affect the pricing of these securities and the fund's ability to sell

  these securities.



o 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 at or

  near their perceived value. In such a market, the value of such securities and

  the fund's share price may fall dramatically.

PERFORMANCE

As a new fund, past performance information is not available for the fund as of

the date of this prospectus. Annual performance returns provide some indication

of the risks of investing in the fund by showing changes in performance from

year to year. Comparison of fund performance to an appropriate index indicates

how the fund's average annual returns compare with those of a broad measure of

market performance. The fund's past performance (before and after taxes) is no

guarantee of future results.

[1] Other expenses are based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year.