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

Good diversification

The correlation between Ariel Fund Investor and DJI is -0.03 (i.e., Good 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.
  
Check out Trending Equities to better understand how to build diversified portfolios, which includes a position in Ariel Fund Investor. 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 census.

Moving together with Ariel Mutual Fund

  1.0ARAIX Ariel Fund InstitutionalPairCorr
  0.97ARFFX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.95AFOYX Ariel Focus FundPairCorr
  0.99CAAPX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  0.99CAAIX Ariel AppreciationPairCorr
  0.78VSIIX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.78VISVX Vanguard Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFSVX Us Small CapPairCorr
  0.99DFFVX Us Targeted ValuePairCorr
  0.78UBVCX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.78UBVAX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.78UBVSX Undiscovered ManagersPairCorr
  0.99AVFIX American Beacon SmallPairCorr

Moving against Ariel Mutual Fund

  0.57AINTX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  0.43AINIX Ariel InternationalPairCorr
  0.62FAUDX Strategic Advisers ShortPairCorr
  0.61IOSAX Voya Global BondPairCorr
  0.58BFCCX American Funds PoratePairCorr
  0.56MXECX Great-west CorePairCorr
  0.56AVBNX American Century EtfPairCorr
  0.51FIVOX Fidelity InternationalPairCorr
  0.51VCRCX Mainstay Cbre GlobalPairCorr
  0.49VZICX Vanguard InternationalPairCorr
  0.4VMNVX Vanguard Global MinimumPairCorr
  0.39VMSSX Virtus Multi SectorPairCorr
  0.32CMBFX Columbia Amt FreePairCorr
  0.71RBOHX Intermediate BondPairCorr
  0.7MQLCX Mfs Limited MaturityPairCorr

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Correlation Matchups

Over a given time period, the two securities move together when the Correlation Coefficient is positive. Conversely, the two assets move in opposite directions when the Correlation Coefficient is negative. Determining your positions' relationship to each other is valuable for analyzing and projecting your portfolio's future expected return and risk.
High positive correlations   
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High negative correlations   
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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.