Guidestone Funds Correlations

GMBZX Fund   9.64  0.04  0.41%   
The current 90-days correlation between Guidestone Funds and Morningstar Unconstrained Allocation 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 0.06 (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 nation.

Moving together with Guidestone Mutual Fund

  0.98GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.99GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.7GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.7GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.82GIIYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.83GIIZX Guidestone Funds IntPairCorr
  0.62GLDYX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.91GLDZX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.99GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  1.0GMBYX Guidestone FundsPairCorr

Moving against Guidestone Mutual Fund

  0.71GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.71GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.68GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.67GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.55GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.54GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.45GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.45GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.44GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.32GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.31GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.52GSCYX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.51GSCZX Small Cap EquityPairCorr
  0.46GAGYX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr

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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.