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GuideStone Low-Duration Bond

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

Asset Allocation

Fixed Income99%
Cash*1%
Total100%
* 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.

Risk/Return Characteristics*

Standard Deviation0.80%
R-Squared34.32%
Beta vs Benchmark0.73
Beta vs Barclays US Aggregate0.2
Sharpe Ratio0.73
Information Ratio0.39
All measures over a 5-year period.

Portfolio Characteristics

Weighted Avg Maturity1.86 years
Effective Duration1.61 years

Yield

SEC 30-Day Yield1.78%
SEC 30-Day Yield (Gross) †1.77%
† Gross Yield reflects yield if fee waivers were not in effect.

Fixed Income Sectors**

Corporate36.91%
Treasury/Agency25.23%
ABS7.91%
Mortgage-Backed20.70%
Yankee6.54%
Non-U.S.1.85%
Other0.86%
Total100%
Duration weighted
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.
Duration - A measure of the sensitivity, or volatility, of fixed income investments to changes in interest rates.
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 Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index - Beta is a measure of a fund's sensitivity to market movements as defined by the Barclays Capital Aggregate Bond Index ("Index"). A fund with a higher beta relative to the Index is more volatile than the Index, and a fund with a lower beta relative to the Index can be expected to rise and fall more slowly than the Index.
Sharpe Ratio - A risk-adjusted measure that measures reward per unit of risk. The higher the Sharpe ratio, the better the fund's historical risk adjusted performance.
Information Ratio - Measures how much the fund outperformed the benchmark per unit of additional risk taken.

Fund Information