Defensive Market Correlations

GDMYX Fund  USD 11.84  0.05  0.42%   
The current 90-days correlation between Defensive Market Str and Davis Financial Fund is 0.4 (i.e., Very weak diversification). The correlation of Defensive Market 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.

Defensive Market Correlation With Market

Significant diversification

The correlation between Defensive Market Strategies and DJI is 0.04 (i.e., Significant diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Defensive Market Strategies 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 Defensive Market Strategies. 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 Defensive Mutual Fund

  0.74GCOZX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  1.0GDMZX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.9GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.95GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.91GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.91GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.76GFIZX Conservative AllocationPairCorr
  0.85GFSYX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.86GFSZX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.76GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.62GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.88GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.96GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.78GGIZX Balanced AllocationPairCorr
  0.73GGRYX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.84GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.87GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.65GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.64GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.89GMFZX Mydestination 2045PairCorr
  0.93GMEYX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr
  0.89GMEZX Guidestone Funds ImpactPairCorr
  0.91GMHYX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.91GMHZX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.88GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.84GMGZX Mydestination 2055PairCorr

Moving against Defensive Mutual Fund

  0.68GLDZX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.65GLDYX Low Duration BondPairCorr

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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 Defensive Mutual Fund performing well and Defensive Market 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 Defensive Market'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.