Guidestone Value Correlations

GVIZX Fund  USD 12.96  0.07  0.54%   
The current 90-days correlation between Guidestone Value Equity and Dreyfus Large Cap is 0.08 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Guidestone Value 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 Value Correlation With Market

Average diversification

The correlation between Guidestone Value Equity and DJI is 0.15 (i.e., Average diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Guidestone Value Equity 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 Value Equity. 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

  0.75GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.81GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.68VVIAX Vanguard Value IndexPairCorr
  0.78AWSHX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.77WSHCX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.65WSHFX Washington MutualPairCorr
  0.66FWWMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.66FWMMX American Funds WashingtonPairCorr
  0.81AMRMX American MutualPairCorr
  0.69AMFFX American MutualPairCorr
  0.68AMFCX American MutualPairCorr
  0.7MXBQX Great West LifetimePairCorr
  0.72FPTPX American Funds ConsePairCorr
  0.76ASTCX Strategic AllocationPairCorr
  0.69CAXCX Catalystmap Global EquityPairCorr
  0.7SEEHX Steward Large CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Guidestone Mutual Fund performing well and Guidestone Value 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 Value'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.