Guidepath(r) Flexible Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Guidepath Flexible Income and Icon Natural Resources is 0.01 (i.e., Significant diversification). The correlation of Guidepath(r) Flexible 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.

Guidepath(r) Flexible Correlation With Market

Modest diversification

The correlation between Guidepath Flexible Income and DJI is 0.23 (i.e., Modest diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Guidepath Flexible Income 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 Guidepath Flexible Income. 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 census.

Moving together with Guidepath(r) Mutual Fund

  0.76GPICX Guidepath ConservativePairCorr
  0.96GPIGX Guidepath Growth AndPairCorr
  0.67GPINX Guidepath IncomePairCorr

Moving against Guidepath(r) Mutual Fund

  0.52GPMFX Guidepath Managed FuturesPairCorr
  0.76MSTSX Morningstar UnconstrainedPairCorr
  0.66RBLAX Balanced StrategyPairCorr
  0.58OTCNX Oppenheimer Cap ApprecPairCorr
  0.57PQTNX Pimco Trends ManagedPairCorr
  0.5RMYYX Multi Strategy IncomePairCorr
  0.47TCLCX Tiaa-cref Large-capPairCorr
  0.41GLLCX Aberdeen Gbl EqPairCorr
  0.41RMLRX Moderate StrategyPairCorr
  0.66RBLSX Balanced StrategyPairCorr
  0.66VTAIX Virtus Tactical AlloPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Guidepath(r) Mutual Fund performing well and Guidepath(r) Flexible 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 Guidepath(r) Flexible'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.