International Equity Correlations

GIIYX Fund  USD 14.25  0.01  0.07%   
The current 90-days correlation between International Equity and Growth Allocation Fund is 0.87 (i.e., Very poor diversification). The correlation of International Equity 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.

International Equity Correlation With Market

Poor diversification

The correlation between International Equity Index and DJI is 0.72 (i.e., Poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding International Equity Index 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 International Equity Index. 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 commodities.

Moving together with International Mutual Fund

  0.89GCOZX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.82GDMYX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.86GDMZX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.78GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.78GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.79GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.79GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.81GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.81GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.85GEMYX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.82GEMZX Emerging Markets EquityPairCorr
  0.84GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.84GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.87GFIZX Conservative AllocationPairCorr
  0.89GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.78GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.77GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.81GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.81GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.88GGIZX Balanced AllocationPairCorr
  0.89GGRYX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.86GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.86GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.91GIIZX Guidestone Funds IntPairCorr
  0.78GLDYX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.78GLDZX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.75GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.74GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.75GMBYX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.7GMBZX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.9GMFZX Mydestination 2045PairCorr
  0.78GMEYX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr
  0.89GMHYX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.9GMHZX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.9GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.9GMGZX Mydestination 2055PairCorr

Moving against International Mutual Fund

  0.49GMEZX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between International Mutual Fund performing well and International Equity 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 International Equity's 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  0.03 (0.04) 0.16  0.16 
 1.12 
 2.34 
GDMYX  0.28  0.09 (0.11)(0.69) 0.00 
 0.69 
 2.07 
GDMZX  0.28  0.03 (0.10) 0.18  0.00 
 0.69 
 2.01 
GVEYX  0.58  0.10  0.13  0.23  0.26 
 1.43 
 5.02 
GVEZX  0.58  0.09  0.13  0.22  0.26 
 1.43 
 5.03 
GVIYX  0.49  0.10 (0.06)(0.51) 0.40 
 1.01 
 2.84 
GVIZX  0.48  0.10 (0.06)(0.52) 0.40 
 1.01 
 2.84 
GEIYX  0.60  0.09  0.09  0.24  0.49 
 1.38 
 4.41 
GEIZX  0.60  0.09  0.09  0.24  0.48 
 1.38 
 4.34 
GEMYX  0.54  0.08  0.04  0.25  0.35 
 1.33 
 4.18