Ariel Fund Correlations

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The current 90-days correlation between Ariel Fund Investor and Ariel Appreciation Fund is 0.98 (i.e., Almost no 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 Investor 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 Investor and DJI in the same portfolio, assuming nothing else is changed.
  
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Moving together with Ariel Mutual Fund

  1.0ARAIX Ariel Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.97ARFFX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.97AFOYX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.96AGLYX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  0.96AGLOX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  0.92AINTX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  0.92AINIX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  1.0CAAPX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  1.0CAAIX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  0.99VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.99UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.97FTYPX Fidelity Freedom IndexPairCorr
  0.96FFBTX Fidelity Freedom BlendPairCorr
  0.76GAAVX Gmo Alternative AlloPairCorr
  0.99GCAVX Gmo Small CapPairCorr
  0.97GQLOX Gmo Quality FundPairCorr
  0.96GHVIX Gmo High YieldPairCorr
  0.98GMCQX Gmo Equity AllocationPairCorr
  0.93GNXAX Alphacentric Global Steady GrowthPairCorr
  0.97DLACX Dreyfus Large CapPairCorr
  0.95UTG Reaves Utility IfPairCorr
  0.97MYSPX Mainstay Sp 500PairCorr
  0.97CDDRX Columbia Dividend IncomePairCorr
  0.96TEOJX Transamerica EmergingPairCorr
  0.97NBGPX Columbia Capital AllPairCorr
  0.89FIMYX Federated IntermediatePairCorr
  0.95IRSLX Voya Target RetirementPairCorr
  0.97PMADX Pacific Funds PortfolioPairCorr
  0.98MRFIX Mfs ResearchPairCorr
  0.66FAFOX Nuveen Kansas MunicipalPairCorr
  0.98FLMVX Jpmorgan Mid CapPairCorr

Moving against Ariel Mutual Fund

  0.34GABFX Gmo Asset AllocationPairCorr

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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.