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3 Mutual Funds From Dimensional Portfolio for Stable Returns

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Dimensional Fund Advisor offers investment solutions from different asset classes to institutional and individual investors, investment consultants and financial advisors. With a workforce of more than 1400, Dimensional Fund Advisor has 13 offices in nine countries, including the United States.

It invests in both domestic and foreign equities, fixed-income securities, retirement income funds, real estates and commodity markets. As of Dec 31, 2020, Dimensional Fund Advisor had nearly $601 billion of assets under management. For the past three decades, the company has been providing investment management strategies to its clients. Founded 39 years ago, this fund family is headquartered in Austin, TX.

Below we share with you three top-ranked Dimensional Fund Advisor mutual funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.

DFA Tax Managed U.S. Equity Portfolio  fund aims for long-term capital growth while lowering federal income taxes on returns. It invests the majority of its assets in securities of domestic companies. The fund focuses on purchasing a diverse group of these securities. DTMEX has three-year annualized returns of 11.9%.

Jed S. Fogdall is one of the fund managers of DTMEX since 2012.

DFA U.S. Sustainability Core 1 Portfolio (DFSIX - Free Report) fund aims for long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests in a broad and diverse group of securities of U.S. companies and the managers put great emphasis on small capitalization, value and high-profitability companies based on the sustainability impact. DFSIX fund has three-year annualized returns of 15.1%.

As of the end of January 2021, DFSIX held 2,099 issues, with 4.93% of its assets invested in Apple Inc.

DFA U.S. Social Core Equity 2 Portfolio (DFUEX - Free Report) fund aims for long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests the majority of its net assets in a broad and diverse group of securities of U.S. companies based on its social issue screens. The fund managers put great emphasis on small capitalization, value and high-profitability companies. DFUEX has three-year annualized returns of 12.6%.

DFUEX has an expense ratio of 0.23% compared with the category average of 0.89%.

To view the Zacks Rank and past performance of all Dimensional Investments mutual funds, investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.

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