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 weak diversification

The correlation between Ariel Fund Investor and DJI is 0.41 (i.e., Very weak 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
  0.93AGLYX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  0.93AGLOX Ariel GlobalPairCorr
  1.0CAAPX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  1.0CAAIX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  0.95VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.96DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.96UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.96AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr
  0.61ASG Liberty All StarPairCorr
  0.88IFN India ClosedPairCorr
  0.65USA Liberty All StarPairCorr

Moving against Ariel Mutual Fund

  0.74RYAQX Inverse Government LongPairCorr
  0.6OOSYX Oppenheimer SeniorPairCorr
  0.57SNPIX Short Oil GasPairCorr
  0.57PSDLX Putnam Short DurationPairCorr
  0.44ACSUX Short DurationPairCorr
  0.43EILMX Eaton Vance AmtPairCorr
  0.4PGIPX Pgim Esg ShortPairCorr
  0.35CII Blackrock EnhancedPairCorr

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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.