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GuideStone Balanced Allocation

Characteristics
Fund data as of 12/31/2017 unless otherwise specified.

Asset Allocation

U.S. Equities34%
Non-U.S. Equities16%
Real Assets6%
Fixed Income39%
Alternatives4%
Cash*2%
Total101%
* Cash is maintained by the fund for liquidity purposes and may be overlaid with equity and / or U.S. Treasury futures to provide capital market exposure.
Due to rounding, holdings data may not sum to 100%.

Risk/Return Characteristics*

Standard Deviation5.41%
R-Squared97.46%
Beta vs Benchmark1.03
Beta vs S&P 500 Index0.5
All measures over a 5-year period.

Portfolio Holdings

U.S. Equities
Defensive Market Strategies Fund
10.07%
Value Equity Fund
10.71%
Growth Equity Fund
10.80%
Small Cap Equity Fund
2.14%
Non-U.S. Equities
International Equity Fund
12.17%
Emerging Markets Equity Fund
3.51%
Fixed Income
Low-Duration Bond Fund
6.38%
Medium-Duration Bond Fund
20.02%
Extended-Duration Bond Fund
4.23%
Global Bond Fund
8.44%
Real Assets
Global Real Estate Securities Fund
2.08%
Inflation Protected Bond Fund
3.45%
Alternatives
Strategic Alternatives Fund
3.81%
Cash
Money Market Fund
2.16%
Total99.97%
Due to rounding, holdings data may not sum to 100%.
You should carefully consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the GuideStone Funds before investing. A prospectus with this and other information about the Funds may be obtained by calling 1-888-GS-FUNDS (1-888-473-8637) or downloading one. It should be read carefully before investing.
GuideStone Funds shares are distributed by Foreside Funds Distributors LLC, not an advisor affiliate. GuideStone Capital Management, LLC, an affiliate of GuideStone Financial Resources, provides investment advisory services for the funds.
Portfolio composition subject to change at any time.
Standard deviation - A statistical measurement of distribution around an average, which depicts how widely returns varied over a certain period of time. Investors use the standard deviation of historical performance to try to predict the most likely range of returns. When a fund has a high standard deviation, the predicted range of performance is wide implying greater volatility.
R-squared - Shows the percentage of a fund's performance that is explained by movement in the benchmark index. This shows the correlation between the fund and its benchmark. An R-squared of 100% indicates that all movements of a fund can be explained by movements in the benchmark. A low R-squared indicates that very few of the fund's movements can be explained by movements in its benchmark. An R-squared measure of 50%, for example, means that only 50% of the fund's movements can be explained by movements in the benchmark index.
Beta vs. Benchmark - Beta is a measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements as defined by the fund's benchmark. A fund with a higher beta relative to the benchmark is more volatile than the benchmark and a fund with a lower beta relative to the benchmark can be expected to rise and fall more slowly than the benchmark.
Beta vs. S&P 500© Index - Beta is a measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements as defined by the S&P 500©. A fund with a higher beta relative to the S&P 500© is more volatile than the S&P 500© and a fund with a lower beta relative to the S&P 500© can be expected to rise and fall more slowly than the S&P 500©.

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