Strategic Alternatives Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Strategic Alternatives and Growth Allocation Fund is -0.09 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Strategic Alternatives 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.

Strategic Alternatives Correlation With Market

Weak diversification

The correlation between Strategic Alternatives Fund and DJI is 0.35 (i.e., Weak diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Strategic Alternatives Fund 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 Strategic Alternatives Fund. 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 Strategic Mutual Fund

  0.82GDMYX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.81GDMZX Defensive Market StrPairCorr
  0.84GVEYX Value Equity InstituPairCorr
  0.83GVEZX Value Equity InvestorPairCorr
  0.85GVIYX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.85GVIZX Guidestone Value EquityPairCorr
  0.8GEIYX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.8GEIZX Guidestone Growth EquityPairCorr
  0.81GEQYX Equity Index InstituPairCorr
  0.81GEQZX Equity Index InvestorPairCorr
  0.96GFSYX Strategic AlternativesPairCorr
  0.82GGEYX Guidestone Fds GrowthPairCorr
  0.82GGEZX Growth Equity InvestorPairCorr

Moving against Strategic Mutual Fund

  0.73GIIYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.73GIIZX Guidestone Funds IntPairCorr
  0.7GGBEX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.7GGBFX Global Bond FundPairCorr
  0.69GMDYX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.66GIEYX International EquityPairCorr
  0.62GIEZX International EquityPairCorr
  0.38GLDZX Low Duration BondPairCorr
  0.71GMBYX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.7GMBZX Guidestone FundsPairCorr
  0.69GMDZX Medium Duration BondPairCorr
  0.49GREZX Global Real EstatePairCorr
  0.44GREYX Global Real EstatePairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Strategic Mutual Fund performing well and Strategic Alternatives 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 Strategic Alternatives' 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  0.41 (0.03)(0.16) 0.06  0.46 
 0.91 
 2.44 
GDMYX  0.31  0.00 (0.14) 0.12  0.30 
 0.72 
 2.05 
GDMZX  0.30  0.05 (0.15) 2.10  0.27 
 0.65 
 1.90 
GVEYX  0.51  0.02 (0.01) 0.14  0.34 
 1.06 
 3.56 
GVEZX  0.51  0.11 (0.01)(8.61) 0.37 
 1.12 
 3.61 
GVIYX  0.48  0.02 (0.03) 0.14  0.22 
 1.10 
 3.51 
GVIZX  0.47  0.02 (0.03) 0.14  0.18 
 1.14 
 3.51 
GEIYX  0.67  0.11  0.00  2.04  0.78 
 1.66 
 5.10 
GEIZX  0.67  0.11  0.00  2.59  0.80 
 1.69 
 5.16 
GEMYX  0.75 (0.07) 0.00 (0.06) 0.00 
 1.43 
 5.33