GDMZX — Defensive Market Strategies Fund
Data updated: 2026-08-27
GDMZX — Defensive Market Strategies Fund. Long-Short · $1.28B AUM · 0.92% expense ratio · 12.9% 1-yr return. Holdings, fees, performance and SEC filings.
GDMZX Fund Overview
GDMZX — Defensive Market Strategies Fund is a US mutual fund managed by GuideStone Funds, categorised as Long-Short. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: GuideStone Funds
- Category: Long-Short
- Assets under management: $1.28B
- 1-year return: 12.9%
- Ticker: GDMZX
- SEC CIK: 0001131013
- SEC series ID: S000033730
- Share class ID: C000104140
GDMZX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Defensive Market Strategies Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 15.35% |
| Chicago Board of Trade | 12.54% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.49% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.41% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.38% |
| Guidestone Funds | 7.82% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 7.69% |
| S&P 500 Index Pm/eur Flex | 3.79% |
| S&P 500 Flex C01/31/2031 | 3.46% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 3.26% |
GDMZX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Defensive Market Strategies Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Fixed Income | 53.7% |
| Equity | 31.0% |
| Real Estate | 12.5% |
| Derivatives | 9.8% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 7.8% |
GDMZX Performance
Total returns for GDMZX (as of 2026-09-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.8% |
| 1 year | 12.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 10.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 6.0% |
GDMZX Risk Information
Risk metrics for GDMZX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.4%
GDMZX Costs and Fees
GDMZX costs about $92 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.92%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.92%
- Portfolio turnover: 68%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.50 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
GDMZX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-06, Defensive Market Strategies Fund had net outflows of $166.73M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-06 | $6.37M |
| 2026-05 | −$1.20M |
| 2026-04 | $8.37M |
| 2026-03 | −$118.28K |
| 2026-02 | $9.21M |
| 2026-01 | −$14.23M |
GDMZX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Defensive Market Strategies Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 15.35% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.49% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.41% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 8.38% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 7.69% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 3.26% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 1.37% |
| United States Of America - Bureau Of The Public Debt | 0.69% |
GDMZX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Defensive Market Strategies Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2026-04-29
- Prospectus (485BPOS) — filed 2025-04-29
- Prospectus supplement (497) — filed 2026-02-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-08-27
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-05-28
- Portfolio holdings (N-PORT) — filed 2026-02-23
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2026-03-11
- Annual census (N-CEN) — filed 2025-03-11
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.