DFA Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio

Class Inst (DEMSX)

7.5 in Diversified Emerging Markets

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Terms & Conditions

Scorecard
Morningstar 4 / 5 Stars
Lipper 5 5 1 5 3
Zacks Investment Research 3 (Hold)
Standard & Poor's 4 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com B+ (Buy)

Fund Overview

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund normally invests substantially all of its assets in the Emerging Markets Small Cap Series. It purchases a broad market coverage of smaller companies associated with each emerging market, which may include frontier markets (emerging market countries in an earlier stage of development), authorized for investment by the Advisor's Investment Committee ("Approved Markets"). The fund may gain exposure to companies associated with Approved Markets by purchasing equity securities in the form of depositary receipts, which may be listed or traded outside the issuer's domicile country.

Trailing Returns Updated 03.31.2012
Year to date 17.2%
1 Year -7.5%
3 Years (Annualized) 33.8%
5 Years (Annualized) 6.6%
10 Years (Annualized) 17.5%

Performance

The fund has returned -7.53 percent over the past year, 33.75 percent over the past three years, 6.63 percent over the past five years, and 17.49 percent over the past decade.

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000

Updated 03.31.2012

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Holdings

Asset Allocation

% Long % Short % Net
Cash 0.26 0.0 0.26
Stocks 0.37 0.0 0.37
Bonds 0.0 0.0 0.0
Other 0.23 0.0 0.23
Foreign Bonds 0.0 0.0 0.0
Foreign Stocks 99.11 0.0 99.11
Convertible 0.0 0.0 0.0
Preferred 0.03 0.0 0.03

Updated 01.31.2012

Top Holdings

Performance as of 03.31.2012

Portfolio as of 01.31.2012

Ticker % Net Assets
Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. AC 0.86
Lojas Renner S.A. LREN3 0.44
Spar Group Limited SPP 0.42
Tongaat-Hulett Group Limited TON 0.39
CIA Hering SA HGTX3 0.39

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Fees

DFA Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio has an expense ratio of 0.79 percent.

Expenses

Above Average (within category)

Updated 04.04.2012

Fees per $10,000.00
3 Years $252.00
5 Years $439.00
10 Years $978.00

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Risk

Morningstar Risk Rating

Above Average (within category)

Updated 03.31.2012

Other Risk Measurements Standard Index
MSCI EAFE NR USD
3YR R-Squared 78.51
3YR Beta 1.19
3YR Alpha 11.72

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