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Market: United States

Underlying: MSCI EM Net USD

Asset Class: Equity

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Total Assets: 3.86B

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Find basic information about the Dfa Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio Institutional Class mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add DEMSX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change11.1%

Prev. Close26.94

Risk Rating

TTM Yield3.17%

ROE13.02%

IssuerN/A

Turnover12%

ROA6.37%

Inception DateMar 05, 1998

Total Assets3.86B

Expenses0.62%

Min. InvestmentN/A

Market Cap1.57B

CategoryDiversified Emerging Mkts

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Dfa Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio Institutional Class News

UEM outperforms MSCI Index amid market volatility By Investing.com - May 13, 2025

LONDON - Utilico Emerging Markets Trust PLC (UEM) reported that its net asset value (NAV) total return increased by 1.4% in April, significantly outperforming the MSCI Emerging...

Stock gains may fade as U.S. trade talks progress, BofA’s Hartnett says By Investing.com - May 09, 2025

Investing.com -- Cash attracted the strongest investor interest in the week to May 7, with money market funds pulling in $51.9 billion, the largest weekly inflow in over two...

JPMorgan's Matejka says U.S. assets ‘not a good place to hide’ By Investing.com - May 06, 2025

Investing.com -- JPMorgan strategist Mislav Matejka said U.S. equities remain expensive and sentiment is still elevated, warning that the market is “not a good place to hide in, in...

Dfa Emerging Markets Small Cap Portfolio Institutional Class Analysis

Emerging Markets Look Cheap but Face Lingering Geopolitical Risks By Dewi John - Aug 12, 2025

There’s a danger that every piece on regional equity markets I write currently goes along the lines of “if you’re worried about US exposure, consider diversifying to x”: “x” being...

Foreign Markets Could Yield Better Returns Than the U.S. in the Mid Term By Ismael De La Cruz - Jul 19, 2023

U.S. stock market has outperformed other markets in the last 15 years, but this has not always been the case Which is why diversification across geographical areas is critical Some...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1127	1124	1116	1365	1630	1991
Fund Return	12.7%	12.39%	11.59%	10.92%	10.27%	7.13%
Place in category	593	316	559	274	44	77
% in Category	75	45	71	44	11	18

Top Equity Funds by Dimensional Fund Advisors

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
DFA US Core Equity 1 I	36.97B	7.24	15.30	12.41
DFA International Core Equity I	36.39B	20.01	13.74	7.01
DFA US Core Equity 2 I	35.15B	7.10	14.86	11.91
DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity I	31.19B	15.37	11.94	6.84
DFA US Large Cap Value I	24.38B	5.41	10.28	9.06

Top Funds for Diversified Emerging Mkts Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
DFA Emerging Markets Core Equity I	31.19B	15.37	11.94	6.84
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets	24.51B	18.29	12.50	7.21
American Funds New World R6	22.68B	14.84	11.91	7.91
US00771X4198	20.92B	2.36	10.11	-
American Funds New World F2	21.24B	14.75	11.79	7.80

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3SBio	KYG8875G1029	0.43	29.16	+5.50%
Industrias CH	MXP524131127	0.40	169.54	+0.68%
Harmony Gold Mining	US4132163001	0.39	13.280	+5.31%
EMBRAER ON	BREMBRACNOR4	0.37	76.20	-0.01%
Qfin Holdings DRC	US88557W1018	0.35	29.12	+0.38%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Strong Buy	Buy	Buy
Technical Indicators	Strong Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy
Summary	Strong Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy

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