- Investment Advisor: "One for All" July, 2010
- U.S. News & World Report: "The Best Funds for the Long Term" Summer, 2010
- Forbes: "Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff" by John Rogers, Jr., June 11, 2010
- Kiplinger's Personal Finance: "Winners Scorecard: Funds with the best returns"
- Dow Jones Newswires: "Ariel Micro-Cap Sees Big Upside From Small Stocks" featuring David Maley, December 2009
- Ticker Magazine: "Contrarian and Concentrated Values"
At Ariel Investments, the same team and philosophy that informs its flagship Ariel Fund guides two of its ‘other’ value funds: Ariel Focus Fund and Ariel Appreciation Fund.
US News & World Report compiled lists of the best long-term performers in some of the most popular fund categories.
Sharp downswings in the market offer investors the chance to buy great companies at bargain prices. When the market appears to be chaotic, it’s time to “be smart and seek opportunities.”
These funds rose to the pinnacle in 11 categories for the past one, three, five, ten and twenty years.
Read more about Ariel’s newest investment strategy—micro-cap value—and its lead portfolio manager David Maley.
Timothy Fidler, co-portfolio manager of Ariel Focus Fund, discusses how a contrarian outlook is integral to maintaining a concentrated portfolio of stocks with solid free cash flows.
- Turtle Thoughts
A compilation of our portfolio manager letters - The Patient Investor
Our mutual fund quarterly report as of June 30, 2010 
| NAV | $ 39.87 |
| Daily Change | 2.07% |
| YTD Return | 3.40% |
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| NAV | $ 35.17 |
| Daily Change | 1.77% |
| YTD Return | -0.79% |
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| NAV | $ 9.02 |
| Daily Change | 1.01% |
| YTD Return | -4.04% |
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