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DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class A

U.S. Equity

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NAVPS
(12-12-2025)
$50.09
Change
-$0.51 (-1.01%)

As at November 30, 2025

As at September 30, 2025

As at November 30, 2025

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DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 29, 2003): 7.98%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.84% 5.45% 16.81% 9.48% 5.35% 18.83% 12.95% 10.71% 13.27% 10.89% 10.26% 9.04% 9.23% 9.35%
Benchmark -0.03% 8.17% 18.44% 14.45% 14.74% 25.89% 21.96% 14.84% 17.03% 16.62% 16.53% 15.65% 15.90% 15.16%
Category Average 0.08% 5.46% 14.22% 10.22% 8.36% 19.89% 16.54% 10.18% 12.44% 12.41% 12.45% 11.45% 11.93% 11.20%
Category Rank 356 / 1,396 821 / 1,377 507 / 1,347 795 / 1,303 973 / 1,302 814 / 1,258 874 / 1,173 568 / 1,111 489 / 1,061 722 / 999 731 / 919 702 / 852 640 / 766 558 / 687
Quartile Ranking 2 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 4 4 4 4

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Fund -3.77% 4.73% -3.06% -5.86% -6.77% 5.18% 4.18% 3.70% 2.54% 3.30% 1.23% 0.84%
Benchmark 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04% -4.57% 5.88% 4.21% 3.75% 1.28% 5.00% 3.05% -0.03%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

12.94% (April 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.16% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 12.20% 14.46% 6.43% -7.01% 17.92% 2.16% 25.48% -4.67% 12.42% 22.81%
Benchmark 20.77% 8.65% 13.80% 3.98% 25.18% 16.07% 28.16% -12.52% 23.32% 36.01%
Category Average 10.40% 6.16% 13.43% -2.19% 22.72% 13.97% 23.22% -14.41% 18.85% 26.98%
Quartile Ranking 3 1 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 3
Category Rank 434/ 640 32/ 689 730/ 767 718/ 853 831/ 925 917/ 999 362/ 1,064 147/ 1,111 984/ 1,173 911/ 1,259

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

25.48% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-7.01% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 95.01
International Equity 4.25
Cash and Equivalents 0.65
Canadian Equity 0.09
Derivatives 0.00

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 28.35
Financial Services 17.48
Healthcare 8.54
Consumer Services 8.41
Industrial Goods 7.92
Other 29.30

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.74
Europe 3.01
Latin America 1.07
Asia 0.15
Africa and Middle East 0.02
Other 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
NVIDIA Corp 4.91
Microsoft Corp 4.42
Apple Inc 4.01
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 2.37
Amazon.com Inc 1.60
Alphabet Inc Cl A 1.50
Alphabet Inc Cl C 1.17
JPMorgan Chase & Co 0.89
Eli Lilly and Co 0.63
Canadian Dollars - London 0.62

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class A

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 13.76% 13.84% 15.32%
Beta 0.98% 0.88% 1.04%
Alpha -0.07% -0.01% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.68% 0.69% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.67% 0.78% 0.54%
Sortino 1.22% 1.25% 0.69%
Treynor 0.09% 0.12% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 98.61% 98.77% 98.61%
Volatility Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 8 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 9 on a scale of 1 to 10

Risk Rating

Rating 8 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 14.79% 13.76% 13.84% 15.32%
Beta 1.05% 0.98% 0.88% 1.04%
Alpha -0.09% -0.07% -0.01% -0.05%
Rsquared 0.86% 0.68% 0.69% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.24% 0.67% 0.78% 0.54%
Sortino 0.30% 1.22% 1.25% 0.69%
Treynor 0.03% 0.09% 0.12% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 95.62% 98.61% 98.77% 98.61%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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Fund Details

Start Date October 29, 2003
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DFA222

Investment Objectives

The fundamental investment objective of the fund is to achieve long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies. Fundamental investment objectives may only be changed with the approval of a majority of unitholders at a meeting called for that purpose. However, we may change the fund’s investment strategies described below, at our discretion.

Investment Strategy

Information regarding the general investment approach and strategies followed in the management of the Dimensional Funds is set out in the section above called “Investment approach”. To achieve the fund’s investment objectives, the Sub-Advisor implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC

  • Jed S. Fogdall
  • Allen Pu
  • John Hertzer
Sub-Advisor

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP

  • Stephen A. Clark

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC

Custodian

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Registrar

RBC Investor Services Trust (Canada)

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 2,500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance -
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 1.43%
Management Fee 1.22%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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