Defensive Market Correlations

GDMYX Fund  USD 12.80  0.05  0.39%   
The current 90-days correlation between Defensive Market Str and Aqr Large Cap is 0.88 (i.e., Very poor 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

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Defensive Market Strategies and DJI is 0.86 (i.e., Very poor 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

  0.85GCOZX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  1.0GDMZX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.98GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.94GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.94GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.94GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.95GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.95GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.98GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.94GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.68GFIZX Conservative AllocationPairCorr
  0.82GFSYX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.88GGBZX Aggressive AllocationPairCorr
  0.96GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.91GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.73GGIZX Balanced AllocationPairCorr
  0.9GGRYX Growth AllocationPairCorr
  0.86GMFZX Mydestination 2045PairCorr
  0.86GMHYX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.86GMHZX Mydestination 2035PairCorr
  0.88GMGYX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.92GMGZX Mydestination 2055PairCorr
  0.73GMWYX Mydestination 2025PairCorr
  0.71GMWZX Mydestination 2025PairCorr

Moving against Defensive Mutual Fund

  0.55GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.52GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.62GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.6GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.6GMBYX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.6GMBZX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.33GIIYX International EquityPairCorr

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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.