Ariel Fund Correlations

ARAIX Fund  USD 73.87  0.12  0.16%   
The current 90-days correlation between Ariel Fund Institutional and Ariel Focus Fund is -0.05 (i.e., Good diversification). The correlation of Ariel Fund 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.

Ariel Fund Correlation With Market

Very poor diversification

The correlation between Ariel Fund Institutional and DJI is 0.85 (i.e., Very poor diversification) for selected investment horizon. Overlapping area represents the amount of risk that can be diversified away by holding Ariel Fund Institutional and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Ariel Fund Institutional. 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 gross domestic product.

Moving together with Ariel Mutual Fund

  0.71ARFFX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.74ARGFX Ariel Fund InvestorPairCorr
  0.97AFOYX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.75AGLYX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  0.75AGLOX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  0.76AINTX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  0.91AINIX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  0.74CAAPX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  1.0CAAIX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  0.75VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.7DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.76DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.7UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.74UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.69UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.74AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.74FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.74FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.64GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.73GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.77GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.96GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.98GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.95DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.95UTG Reaves Utility IfPairCorr
  0.74MYSPX Mainstay Sp 500PairCorr
  0.95CDDRX Columbia Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.96TEOJX Transamerica EmergingPairCorr
  0.97NBGPX Columbia Capital AllPairCorr
  0.74FIMYX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.72IRSLX Voya Target RetirementPairCorr
  0.97PMADX Pacific Funds PortfolioPairCorr
  0.98MRFIX Mfs ResearchPairCorr
  0.98FLMVX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr

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Risk-Adjusted Indicators

There is a big difference between Ariel Mutual Fund performing well and Ariel Fund 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 Ariel Fund'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.
Mean DeviationJensen AlphaSortino RatioTreynor RatioSemi DeviationExpected ShortfallPotential UpsideValue @RiskMaximum Drawdown
ARAIX  1.02  0.14  0.13  0.24  1.03 
 2.37 
 8.16 
ARFFX  0.71  0.29  0.17 (3.59) 0.50 
 1.93 
 5.56 
ARGFX  0.98  0.39  0.19 (1.96) 0.86 
 2.37 
 8.14 
AFOYX  0.73  0.13  0.12  0.28  0.66 
 2.00 
 5.55 
AGLYX  0.45  0.19  0.09 (3.96) 0.00 
 1.10 
 3.10 
AGLOX  0.45  0.19  0.09 (3.34) 0.00 
 1.20 
 3.09 
AINTX  0.48  0.16  0.05  7.08  0.35 
 1.19 
 3.26 
AINIX  0.53  0.21  0.11 (2.04) 0.19 
 1.38 
 3.32 
CAAPX  0.98  0.37  0.18 (2.56) 0.84 
 2.36 
 8.52 
CAAIX  1.02  0.12  0.12  0.23  1.02 
 2.35 
 8.52