Dimensional ETFs

Dimensional Fund Advisors is a pioneer in systematic, factor-based investing, founded on academic research by luminaries including Nobel laureate Eugene Fama. For decades available only through approved financial advisors as mutual funds, Dimensional began converting its strategies to ETFs in 2020, rapidly attracting assets from investors eager to access its research-driven approach in a more tax-efficient and liquid wrapper. Dimensional's investment philosophy focuses on tilting portfolios toward proven return factors — small cap, value, and profitability — while maintaining broad diversification.

Dimensional's ETF lineup includes DFAC, the U.S. Core Equity 2 ETF that provides total market exposure with systematic tilts toward higher-expected-return stocks based on size, value, and profitability factors. DFAS targets U.S. small-cap stocks using similar factor criteria, while DFAT focuses on tax-managed U.S. equity exposure designed to minimize capital gains distributions. Dimensional's ETFs bridge the gap between pure passive indexing and traditional active management, offering systematic, rules-based strategies backed by decades of academic research.