The ASTON/River Road Independent Value Fund managed by Eric Cinnamond is the number 13th best performing of all domestic equity funds year-to-date as of yesterday’s market close, according to Morningstar.com.  It is also the number one performing small cap value fund YTD and the only small cap value fund that is still positive YTD, up .20%.  In fact the fund is one of only two domestic small cap funds that is still positive this year.