Guidestone Funds Correlations

GMBYX Fund   9.65  0.03  0.31%   
The current 90-days correlation between Guidestone Funds and Growth Allocation Fund is 0.31 (i.e., Weak diversification). The correlation of Guidestone Funds is a statistical measure of how it moves in relation to other instruments. This measure is expressed in what is known as the correlation coefficient, which ranges between -1 and +1. A correlation greater than 0.8 is generally described as strong, whereas a correlation less than 0.5 is generally considered weak. If the correlation is 0, the equities are not correlated; they are entirely random.

Guidestone Funds Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Guidestone Funds and DJI is 0.09 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Guidestone Funds and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Risk vs Return Analysis to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Guidestone Funds . Also, note that the market value of any mutual fund could be closely tied with the direction of predictive economic indicators such as signals in manufacturing.

Moving together with Guidestone Mutual Fund

  0.98GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.99GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.71GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.71GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.83GIIYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.84GIIZX Guidestone Funds IntPairCorr
  0.91GLDZX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  1.0GMBZX Guidestone FundsPairCorr

Moving against Guidestone Mutual Fund

  0.72GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.72GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.69GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.69GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.55GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.54GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.46GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.46GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.45GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.32GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.32GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.53GSCYX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.53GSCZX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.47GAGYX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.31GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Guidestone Mutual Fund performing well and Guidestone Funds Mutual Fund doing well as a business compared to the competition. There are so many exceptions to the norm that investors cannot definitively determine what's good or bad unless they analyze Guidestone Funds' multiple risk-adjusted performance indicators across the competitive landscape. These indicators are quantitative in nature and help investors forecast volatility and risk-adjusted expected returns across various positions.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
GCOZX  0.38 (0.01)(0.12) 0.07  0.37 
 0.91 
 2.44 
GDMYX  0.36 (0.09) 0.00 (0.07) 0.00 
 0.56 
 7.51 
GDMZX  0.36 (0.09) 0.00 (0.08) 0.00 
 0.64 
 7.53 
GVEYX  0.57 (0.13) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.06 
 11.82 
GVEZX  0.57 (0.13) 0.00 (0.05) 0.00 
 1.12 
 11.85 
GVIYX  0.49 (0.07)(0.08) 0.01  0.80 
 1.10 
 7.61 
GVIZX  0.49 (0.07)(0.09) 0.01  0.81 
 1.14 
 7.53 
GEIYX  0.66  0.07  0.03  0.19  0.82 
 1.73 
 5.94 
GEMYX  0.70  0.02 (0.06) 0.17  0.79 
 1.43 
 5.33 
GEMZX  0.71  0.01 (0.06) 0.15  0.84 
 1.48 
 5.26