DFA Global Real Estate Securities

Class Inst (DFGEX)
Scorecard
5 / 5 Stars
Lipper
5 5 5 5 1
Zacks Investment Research
2 (Buy)
Standard & Poor's
2 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
A+ (Buy)

#2 in Global Real Estate

U.S. News evaluated 55 Global Real Estate Funds. Our list highlights the top-rated funds for long-term investors based on the ratings of leading fund industry researchers.

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Performance

The fund has returned 22.98 percent over the past year, and 17.14 percent over the past three years.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 13.7%
1 Year 23.0%
3 Years (Annualized) 17.1%
5 Years (Annualized) N/A
10 Years (Annualized) N/A

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Summary

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in DFA Real Estate Securities Portfolio and the DFA International Real Estate Securities Portfolio (the "underlying funds"). It seeks to achieve exposure to a broad portfolio of securities of U.S. and non-U.S. companies in the real estate industry, with a focus on real estate investment trusts ("REITs") or companies that the Advisor considers REIT-like entities by primarily purchasing shares of the underlying funds.

Fees

Fees are Average compared to funds in the same category.
DFA Global Real Estate Securities has an expense ratio of 0.34 percent.

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Risk

Risk is Low compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.

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