GuideStone Funds

Defensive Market Strategies Fund

Series ID: S000033730
LEI: 549300LIWRSF6O8WSR16
SEC CIK: 1131013
$1.32B Avg Monthly Net Assets
$1.48B Total Assets
$3.97M Total Liabilities
$1.47B Net Assets
Defensive Market Strategies Fund is a Mutual Fund in GuideStone Funds , based in Texas, United States of America. The fund has two share classes and monthly net assets of $1.32B. On August 27th, 2024 it reported 193 holdings, the largest being United States Treasury Notes (7.3%), United States Treasury Notes (7.2%) and United States Treasury Notes (7.0%). Data provided by Fincoded.

Share Classes

Name Class/Contract ID Ticker Monthly Returns (2 years)
Institutional Class C000104139 GDMYX Jun 22Jul 22Aug 22Sep 22Oct 22Nov 22Dec 22Jan 23Feb 23Mar 23Apr 23May 23Jun 23Jul 23Aug 23Sep 23Oct 23Nov 23Dec 23Jan 24Feb 24Mar 24Apr 24May 244.94% (Max)-5.55% (Min)
Investor Class C000104140 GDMZX Jun 22Jul 22Aug 22Sep 22Oct 22Nov 22Dec 22Jan 23Feb 23Mar 23Apr 23May 23Jun 23Jul 23Aug 23Sep 23Oct 23Nov 23Dec 23Jan 24Feb 24Mar 24Apr 24May 244.86% (Max)-5.55% (Min)

Holdings

From latest NPORT-P, filed August 27th, 2024 for period ending June 28th, 2024. Historic holdings data available from Fincoded.
Name Profile Category Country Value $USD # Shares % of Fund
AAL 6.5 07/01/25 (American Airlines Group Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.10
Accenture PLC CLS'A'USD0.0000225 Long Equity-common IE $14M 47K 0.96
AEIS 2.5 09/15/28 (Advanced Energy Industries, Inc.) Long Debt US $944K 0.06
AKAM 0.125 05/01/25 (Akamai Technologies, Inc.) Long Debt US $668K 0.05
AKAM 0.375 09/01/27 (Akamai Technologies, Inc.) Long Debt US $5M 0.36
AKAM 1.125 02/15/29 (Akamai Technologies, Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.08
ALNY 1 09/15/27 (Alnylam Pharmaceuticals Inc.) Long Debt US $3M 0.21
ALRM 2.25 06/01/29 (Alarm.com Holdings Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.08
ALTR 1.75 06/15/27 (Altair Engineering Inc) Long Debt US $965K 0.07
American Express Company COM USD0.20 Long Equity-common US $14M 59K 0.93
American Tower Corporation COM USD0.01 Long Equity-common US $6M 33K 0.43
AMPH 2 03/15/29 (Amphastar Pharmaceuticals Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
Apple Inc. COM USD0.00001 Long Equity-common US $13M 63K 0.89
ASND 2.25 04/01/28 (Ascendis Pharma A/S) Long Debt DK $1M 0.09
AXON 0.5 12/15/27 (Axon Enterprise Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
B 0 08/01/24 (United States Treasury Bills) Long Debt US $70M 4.73
B 0 10/15/24 (United States Treasury Bills) Long Debt US $84M 5.68
BACR 1 02/16/29 MSFT (Barclays Bank plc) Long Debt GB $5M 0.34
BBIO 2.5 03/15/27 (Bridgebio Pharma Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.08
BE 3 06/01/28 (Bloom Energy Corporation) Long Debt US $1M 0.07
BL 1 06/01/29 (Blackline Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
BMRN 1.25 05/15/27 (Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
BNP 0.125 06/17/27 000J (BNP Paribas SA) Long Debt FR $3M 0.18
BNP 0.125 06/17/27 000K (BNP Paribas SA) Long Debt FR $3M 0.17
BOX 0 01/15/26 (Box Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.16
BSY 0.125 01/15/26 (Bentley Systems Incorporated) Long Debt US $4M 0.24
BURL 2.25 04/15/25 (Burlington Stores Inc.) Long Debt US $3M 0.17
CHEF 2.375 12/15/28 (Chefs Warehouse Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.10
Chubb Limited ORD CHF24.15 Long Equity-common CH $12M 47K 0.82
CMS 3.375 05/01/28 (CMS Energy Corporation) Long Debt US $3M 0.23
CNMD 2.25 06/15/27 (Conmed Corporation) Long Debt US $581K 0.04
COIN 0.25 04/01/30 (Coinbase Global Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.24
CSGS 3.875 09/15/28 (CSG Systems International Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
CYBR 0 11/15/24 (Cyber-Ark Software Limited) Long Debt IL $711K 0.05
CYTK 3.5 07/01/27 (Cytokinetics Inc) Long Debt US $653K 0.04
Danaher Corporation COM USD0.01 Long Equity-common US $14M 57K 0.97
DBX 0 03/01/28 (Dropbox Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.14
DDOG 0.125 06/15/25 (Datadog Inc) Long Debt US $763K 0.05
DOCN 0 12/01/26 (DigitalOcean Holdings Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.14
DXCM 0.25 11/15/25 (DexCom Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
DXCM 0.375 05/15/28 (DexCom Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.22
ENOV 3.875 10/15/28 (Enovis Corporation) Long Debt US $714K 0.05
ENPH 0 03/01/28 (Enphase Energy Inc) Long Debt US $856K 0.06
ENV 2.625 12/01/27 (Envestnet Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.10
ETSY 0.125 10/01/26 (Etsy Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.21
EVRG 4.5 12/15/27 (Evergy Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.17
EXAS 0.375 03/15/27 (Exact Sciences Corporation) Long Debt US $2M 0.16
EXAS 2 03/01/30 (Exact Sciences Corporation) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
F 0 03/15/26 (Ford Motor Company) Long Debt US $4M 0.26
FE 4 05/01/26 (FirstEnergy Corp.) Long Debt US $3M 0.20
FIVN 1 03/15/29 (Five9 Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
FLEX OPTSP C 5450 11/6/29 Derivative-equity US $43M 2.89
FOUR 0.5 08/01/27 (Shift4 Payments Inc) Long Debt US $4M 0.29
FUT. CBT 5Y T-NOTE SEP24 (Chicago Board of Trade) Derivative-interest rate US $50M 3.37
FUT. CBT UL T-BONDS SEP24 (Chicago Board of Trade) Derivative-interest rate US $8M 0.51
FUT. EMINI S&P SEP24 (International Monetary Market) Derivative-equity US $21M 1.42
FUT. U.S. T-BONDS SEP24 (Chicago Board of Trade) Derivative-interest rate US $10M 0.68
FUT. YR T-NOTES SEP24 (Chicago Board of Trade) Derivative-interest rate US $15M 1.04
FWONK 2.25 08/15/27 (Liberty Media Corp Del) Long Debt US $2M 0.17
GBX 2.875 04/15/28 (The Greenbrier Companies, Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
General Dynamics Corporation COM USD1.00 Long Equity-common US $5M 18K 0.35
GH 0 11/15/27 (Guardant Health Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
GPN 1.5 03/01/31 (Global Payments Inc) Long Debt US $5M 0.33
Guidestone Fds MONEY MKT INSTL Long Short-term investment vehicle US $27M 27M 1.83
Guidestone Fds MONEY MKT INSTL Long Short-term investment vehicle US $11M 11M 0.75
Guidestone Fds MONEY MKT INSTL Long Short-term investment vehicle US $2M 2M 0.11
HAE 2.5 06/01/29 (Haemonetics Corp) Long Debt US $685K 0.05
HALO 0.25 03/01/27 (Halozyme Therapeutics Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.12
HALO 1 08/15/28 (Halozyme Therapeutics Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
Honeywell International Inc. COM USD1 Long Equity-common US $12M 58K 0.85
IDCC 3.5 06/01/27 (InterDigital, Inc.) Long Debt US $552K 0.04
IONS 0 04/01/26 (Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) Long Debt US $3M 0.18
IRWD 1.5 06/15/26 (Ironwood Pharmaceuticals, Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
ITGR 2.125 02/15/28 (Integer Holdings Corp.) Long Debt US $682K 0.05
ITRI 0 03/15/26 (Itron, Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
JAZZ 2 06/15/26 (Jazz Investments I LTD) Long Debt BM $3M 0.19
JPM 0.125 06/23/27 (JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association) Long Debt US $2M 0.10
LCII 1.125 05/15/26 (LCI Industries) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
Linde PLC COM EUR0.001 Long Equity-common IE $14M 33K 0.98
LITE 0.5 12/15/26 (Lumentum Holdings Inc.) Long Debt US $780K 0.05
LIVN 2.5 03/15/29 (LivaNova PLC) Long Debt GB $526K 0.04
LMCA 3.75 03/15/28 (Liberty Media Corp Del) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
LNTH 2.625 12/15/27 (Lantheus Holdings Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.12
Lockheed Martin Corporation COM USD1.00 Long Equity-common US $5M 11K 0.35
LRN 1.125 09/01/27 (Stride Inc) Long Debt US $936K 0.06
LUV 1.25 05/01/25 (Southwest Airlines Co.) Long Debt US $5M 0.32
LYV 2 02/15/25 (Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
LYV 3.125 01/15/29 (Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.) Long Debt US $5M 0.31
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. COM USD1.00 Long Equity-common US $13M 62K 0.89
MasterCard Incorporated COM USD0.0001 CLASS A Long Equity-common US $6M 13K 0.39
McDonald's Corporation COM USD0.01 Long Equity-common US $13M 52K 0.90
MCHP 0.75 06/01/30 (Microchip Technology Incorporated) Long Debt US $1M 0.07
Microsoft Corp. COM USD0.00000625 Long Equity-common US $15M 34K 1.05
MIRM 4 05/01/29 (Mirum Pharmaceuticals Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.07
MMSI 3 02/01/29 (Merit Medical Systems Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.14
MSTR 0 02/15/27 (Microstrategy Incorporated) Long Debt US $2M 0.14
MTH 1.75 05/15/28 (Meritage Homes Corp) Long Debt US $677K 0.05
MTSI 0.25 03/15/26 (MACOM Technology Solutions Holdings Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.07
NBR 1.75 06/15/29 (Nabors Industries, Inc.) Long Debt US $404K 0.03
NCLH 1.125 02/15/27 (NCL Corporation Ltd.) Long Debt BM $4M 0.27
NCLH 5.375 08/01/25 (NCL Corporation Ltd.) Long Debt BM $579K 0.04
NEE 3 03/01/27 (NextEra Energy Capital Holdings Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.12
NET 0 08/15/26 (Cloudflare Inc) Long Debt US $683K 0.05
Nike, Inc. CLASS'B'COM NPV Long Equity-common US $10M 129K 0.66
NIO 3.875 10/15/29 (NIO Inc.) Long Debt KY $974K 0.07
Northern Inst Fds LIQ ASET PORTF Long Short-term investment vehicle US $17M 17M 1.13
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $64M 64M 4.36
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $51M 51M 3.47
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $2M 2M 0.12
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $205K 205K 0.01
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $84K 84K 0.01
Northern Inst Fds TREAS PRT PRMR Long Short-term investment vehicle US $6K 6K 0.00
Northrop Grumman Corporation COM USD1 Long Equity-common US $5M 11K 0.32
NRG 2.75 06/01/48 (NRG Energy, Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.08
NTNX 0.25 10/01/27 (Nutanix Inc) Long Debt US $527K 0.04
ON 0.5 03/01/29 (ON Semiconductor Corp.) Long Debt US $4M 0.27
OPT. S&P 5 P 5355 12/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-13K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5370 12/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-4K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5405 28/6/24 Derivative-equity US $-415 -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5425 12/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-110K -0.01
OPT. S&P 5 P 5425 19/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-15K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5430 12/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-375K -0.03
OPT. S&P 5 P 5455 28/6/24 Derivative-equity US $-64 -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5460 26/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-10K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5460 28/6/24 Derivative-equity US $-2K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5465 19/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-154K -0.01
OPT. S&P 5 P 5465 26/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-20K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5470 26/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-74K -0.00
OPT. S&P 5 P 5475 26/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-658K -0.04
OPT. S&P 5 P 5480 19/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-577K -0.04
OPT. S&P 5 P 5485 19/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-258K -0.02
OPT. S&P 50 P 5345 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-3K -0.00
OPT. S&P 50 P 5355 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-12K -0.00
OPT. S&P 50 P 5405 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-696 -0.00
OPT. S&P 50 P 5450 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-106K -0.01
OPT. S&P 50 P 5455 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-4K -0.00
OPT. S&P 50 P 5460 5/7/24 Derivative-equity US $-8K -0.00
PATK 1.75 12/01/28 (Patrick Inds Inc) Long Debt US $707K 0.05
Pepsico Inc CAP USD0.016666 Long Equity-common US $11M 67K 0.75
PODD 0.375 09/01/26 (Insulet Corporation) Long Debt US $3M 0.23
POST 2.5 08/15/27 (Post Holdings Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
PSN 2.625 03/01/29 (Parsons Corporation) Long Debt US $1M 0.10
QGEN 0 12/17/27 QGEN (QIAGEN NV) Long Debt NL $2M 0.16
REXR 4.125 03/15/29 (Rexford Industrial Realty L P) Long Debt US $244K 0.02
REXR 4.375 03/15/27 (Rexford Industrial Realty L P) Long Debt US $802K 0.05
RGEN 1 12/15/28 (Repligen Corporation) Long Debt US $718K 0.05
RIVN 3.625 10/15/30 (Rivian Automotive Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.22
RIVN 4.625 03/15/29 (Rivian Automotive Inc) Long Debt US $1M 0.07
RPD 1.25 03/15/29 (Rapid7 Inc.) Long Debt US $3M 0.22
S&P 500 INDEX PM/EUR FLEX Derivative-equity US $44M 3.01
S&P Global Inc COM USD1 Long Equity-common US $6M 14K 0.42
S&P WEEKLY INDEX OPTION P Derivative-equity US $-10 -0.00
S&P WEEKLY INDEX OPTION P Derivative-equity US $-121K -0.01
SABHLD 7.32 08/01/26 (Sabre GLBL Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.14
SEP 24 US 2YR SEP 24 (Chicago Board of Trade) Derivative-interest rate US $51M 3.45
SHAK 0 03/01/28 (Shake Shack Inc) Long Debt US $435K 0.03
SMCI 0 03/01/29 (Super Micro Computer Inc.) Long Debt US $4M 0.27
SNAP 0.5 05/01/30 (Snap Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.13
SPB 3.375 06/01/29 (Spectrum Brands, Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.08
SRPT 1.25 09/15/27 (Sarepta Therapeutics Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.24
STM 0 08/04/25 A (STMicroelectronics N.V.) Long Debt NL $2M 0.13
Stryker Corporation COM USD0.10 Long Equity-common US $12M 35K 0.80
STX 3.5 06/01/28 (Seagate HDD Cayman) Long Debt KY $3M 0.19
T 0.375 09/15/24 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $106M 7.17
T 0.75 01/31/28 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $74M 5.00
T 1 12/15/24 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $103M 6.97
T 1.125 02/28/27 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $74M 5.02
T 1.75 03/15/25 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $103M 7.00
T 2.875 06/15/25 (United States Treasury Notes) Long Debt US $108M 7.30
Texas Instruments Incorporated COM USD1.00 Long Equity-common US $15M 76K 1.00
The Coca-Cola Company COM USD0.25 Long Equity-common US $8M 120K 0.52
The Procter & Gamble Company COM NPV Long Equity-common US $12M 72K 0.81
The TJX Companies Inc. COM USD1 Long Equity-common US $16M 149K 1.11
TNDM 1.5 03/15/29 2024 (Tandem Diabetes Care Inc) Long Debt US $682K 0.05
TTEK 2.25 08/15/28 (Tetra Tech Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.17
TYL 0.25 03/15/26 (Tyler Technologies Inc.) Long Debt US $2M 0.10
UBER 0 12/15/25 (Uber Technologies Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.15
UBER 0.875 12/01/28 2028 (Uber Technologies Inc) Long Debt US $3M 0.19
Union Pacific Corporation COM USD2.50 Long Equity-common US $6M 24K 0.37
UnitedHealth Group Inc. COM USD0.01 Long Equity-common US $16M 31K 1.07
VERX 0.75 05/01/29 (Vertex Inc) Long Debt US $989K 0.07
Visa Inc COM STK USD0.0001 Long Equity-common US $13M 51K 0.91
VRNT 0.25 04/15/26 (Verint Systems Inc) Long Debt US $81K 0.01
VTR 3.75 06/01/26 (Ventas Realty L.P./Ventas Capital Corp.) Long Debt US $303K 0.02
W 3.25 09/15/27 (Wayfair Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
WDC 3 11/15/28 (Western Digital Corp.) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
WGO 3.25 01/15/30 (Winnebago Industries Inc.) Long Debt US $1M 0.09
WK 1.25 08/15/28 (Workiva Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.11
WOLF 1.75 05/01/26 (Wolfspeed Inc.) Long Debt US $3M 0.18
WOLF 1.875 12/01/29 (Wolfspeed Inc.) Long Debt US $8K 0.00
Z 0.75 09/01/24 (Zillow Group Inc) Long Debt US $618K 0.04
Z 1.375 09/01/26 (Zillow Group Inc) Long Debt US $6M 0.39
ZS 0.125 07/01/25 (Zscaler Inc) Long Debt US $2M 0.14

Address

GuideStone Funds
5005 Lyndon B. Johnson Freeway
Suite 2200
Dallas
Texas
75244-6152
United States of America

Directors

James D. Caldwell
Thomas G. Evans
William C. George
Grady R. Hazel
Deanna A. Mankins
David B. McMillan
Ronald D. Murff
Jill R. Rayburn
Brandon Pizzurro

Transfer Agents

BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc.

Pricing Services

Bloomberg Finance L.P.
Global Market Index Limited
ICE Data Derivatives, Inc.
ICE Data Services, Inc
National Securities Clearing Corporation
Nordic Bond Pricing AS
PricingDirect, Inc.
London Stock Exchange Group PLC
Refinitiv US LLC
S&P Global Inc.
Markit North America, Inc
SIX Financial Information AG
Markit Group Limited
FIS Data Systems, Inc.

Custodians

The Northern Trust Company
Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC

Shareholder Servicing Agents

GuideStone Financial Resources
GuideStone Resource Management, Inc.

Admins

The Northern Trust Company

Brokers

GOLDMAN SACHS & CO. LLC