DFA U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio

Class Inst (DFLVX)
Scorecard
3 / 5 Stars
Lipper
4 5 2 5 2
Zacks Investment Research
1 (Strong Buy)
Standard & Poor's
5 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
A- (Buy)

#27 in Large Value

U.S. News evaluated 330 Large Value 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 26.40 percent over the past year, 12.86 percent over the past three years, 5.05 percent over the past five years, and 9.57 percent over the past decade.

Trailing Returns Updated 04.30.2013
Year to date 14.6%
1 Year 26.4%
3 Years (Annualized) 12.9%
5 Years (Annualized) 5.1%
10 Years (Annualized) 9.6%

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Summary

The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio is a Feeder Portfolio and pursues its objective by investing substantially all of its assets in its corresponding Master fund, The U.S. Large Cap Value Series (the "U.S. Large Cap Value Series") of The DFA Investment Trust Company (the "Trust"), which has the same investment objective and policies as the U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the U.S. Large Cap Value Series will invest at least 80% of its net assets in securities of large cap U.S. companies.

Fees

Fees are Low compared to funds in the same category.
DFA U.S. Large Cap Value Portfolio has an expense ratio of 0.27 percent.

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Risk

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

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Fund Opinions

The fund's Value Line Overall Rank, a measure of risk-adjusted performance and relative growth in fund returns, is 2 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the best and 5 the worst.

Value Line 2013-03-12

The fund's Value Line Growth Persistence rank, which awards funds that consistently outperform their broad universes, is 1 for one year, 2 for five years, and 3 for 10 years. Scores are on a 1 to 5 scale, with 1 being the best and 5 the worst.

Value Line 2013-03-12

The fund's Value Line Risk Rank, a measure of volatility, is 4 on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the least volatile and 5 the most.

Value Line 2013-03-12
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