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Ariel Investments Global Fund’s Q4 2024 Investor Letter

Ariel Investments, an investment management company, released its “Ariel Global Fund” fourth-quarter 2024 investor letter. In 2024, global markets surpassed expectations, driven by U.S. tech companies and AI-themed stocks. However, Eurozone challenges, uncertainty over interest rates, and a strengthening U.S. dollar impacted MSCI ACWI and EAFE Indices. Against this backdrop, the Ariel Global fund traded -3.66% lower compared to the -0.99% return of its primary benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Index, and -4.71% return of its secondary benchmark, the MSCI ACWI Value Index. The fund returned...