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DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class F

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NAVPS
(04-29-2025) 		$42.29
Change
$0.28 (0.67%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

As at March 31, 2025

Period
Created with Highcharts 10.3.3Jan 2004Jul 2005Jan 2007Jul 2008Jan 2010Jul 2011Jan 2013Jul 2014Jan 2016Jul 2017Jan 2019Jul 2020Jan 2022Jul 2023Jan 2025Apr 2022Jul 2022Oct 2022Jan 2023Apr 2023Oct 2023Jan 2024Apr 2024Jul 2024Oct 2024Jan 2004Jan 2007Jan 2010Jan 2013Jan 2016Jan 2019Jan 2022$10,000$30,000$50,000$70,000-$10,000$8,000$12,000$14,000$16,000Period

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DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class F

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (October 27, 2003): 8.76%

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 -5.77% -4.16% 2.42% -4.16% 6.14% 15.22% 10.46% 9.81% 18.25% 10.90% 9.72% 9.31% 10.93% 9.42%
Benchmark -6.04% -4.36% 4.36% -4.36% 14.85% 22.21% 14.28% 14.44% 18.91% 15.28% 15.02% 14.45% 15.05% 13.91%
Category Average -6.07% -4.74% 0.55% -4.74% 8.12% 16.90% 9.63% 9.68% 15.48% 11.36% 10.89% 10.70% 11.23% 9.90%
Category Rank 504 / 1,319 511 / 1,307 571 / 1,305 511 / 1,307 919 / 1,275 895 / 1,205 643 / 1,135 638 / 1,083 197 / 1,022 656 / 957 660 / 864 606 / 795 471 / 702 435 / 648
Quartile Ranking 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 1 3 4 4 3 3

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -3.62% 2.33% -0.71% 6.34% -1.92% 1.47% 2.01% 8.75% -3.67% 4.83% -2.97% -5.77%
Benchmark -2.70% 4.13% 3.97% 2.12% 0.07% 2.23% 2.12% 6.59% 0.26% 3.46% -1.62% -6.04%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

13.08% (April 2009)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-17.10% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund 13.57% 15.79% 7.60% -5.92% 19.24% 3.36% 26.89% -3.59% 13.70% 24.21%
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 1 1 4 3
Category Rank 402/ 641 23/ 689 709/ 766 683/ 852 787/ 924 871/ 999 222/ 1,064 133/ 1,115 943/ 1,178 841/ 1,264

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

26.89% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.92% (2018)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 94.85
International Equity 4.37
Cash and Equivalents 0.61
Canadian Equity 0.12
Income Trust Units 0.05

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Technology 20.93
Financial Services 20.28
Healthcare 10.08
Industrial Goods 8.03
Consumer Services 7.62
Other 33.06

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.62
Europe 3.17
Latin America 1.07
Asia 0.13
Africa and Middle East 0.01

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Apple Inc 3.73
NVIDIA Corp 2.33
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A 1.77
Microsoft Corp 1.74
Amazon.com Inc 1.45
JPMorgan Chase & Co 1.21
Berkshire Hathaway Inc Cl B 1.00
Alphabet Inc Cl A 0.94
UnitedHealth Group Inc 0.94
Canadian Dollars - London 0.79

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)

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DFA U.S. Vector Equity Fund Class F

Median

Other - U.S. Equity

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 15.82% 15.02% 15.35%
Beta 0.95% 0.92% 1.02%
Alpha -0.03% 0.01% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.73% 0.70% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.46% 1.04% 0.56%
Sortino 0.87% 1.96% 0.71%
Treynor 0.08% 0.17% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 93.68% 96.03% 93.85%
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 15.51% 15.82% 15.02% 15.35%
Beta 1.08% 0.95% 0.92% 1.02%
Alpha -0.09% -0.03% 0.01% -0.04%
Rsquared 0.70% 0.73% 0.70% 0.75%
Sharpe 0.20% 0.46% 1.04% 0.56%
Sortino 0.45% 0.87% 1.96% 0.71%
Treynor 0.03% 0.08% 0.17% 0.08%
Tax Efficiency 88.17% 93.68% 96.03% 93.85%

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

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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

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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

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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

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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 27, 2003
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Fee Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
DFA223

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
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 0.33%
Management Fee 0.25%
Load No Load
FE Max -
DSC Max -
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) -
Trailer Fee Max (NL) 0.00%
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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