Overview
Dimensional's broad emerging-markets portfolio — thousands of EM stocks with systematic tilts toward smaller, cheaper, more profitable companies.
Top Holdings
| Ticker | Holding | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 2330 | Taiwan Semiconductor | 6.9% |
| 005930 | Samsung Electronics | 2.8% |
| 700 | Tencent Holdings | 2.6% |
| BABA | Alibaba Group | 1.7% |
| 000660 | SK Hynix | 1.3% |
| RELIANCE | Reliance Industries | 0.9% |
| HDFCBANK | HDFC Bank | 0.8% |
| 1211 | BYD Co. | 0.7% |
| 939 | China Construction Bank | 0.7% |
| VALE3 | Vale SA | 0.6% |
Fund Details
Investment Thesis
Emerging markets are the noisiest equity universe on earth, which is precisely where Dimensional's patient, tilt-and-rebalance machinery earns its keep — five thousand holdings, overweighting the small and cheap, trading only when prices are favourable. The +28% year captured the EM revival with the tilts working alongside it. The advisor-channel counterpart to AVEM, from the firm that trained AVEM's founders.
Who It's For
EM allocators who want the whole asset class with factor discipline rather than cap-weight drift. Choosing between DFEM and AVEM mostly comes down to fee and brand loyalty.
10-Year History
| Year | Close | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | $19.66 | -- |
| 2023 | $22.41 | +14.0% |
| 2024 | $24.21 | +8.0% |
| 2025 | $30.50 | +26.0% |
| Year | Yield |
|---|---|
| 2016 | -- |
| 2017 | -- |
| 2018 | -- |
| 2019 | -- |
| 2020 | -- |
| 2021 | -- |
| 2022 | 2.60% |
| 2023 | 2.40% |
| 2024 | 2.20% |
| 2025 | 1.90% |
| Year | AUM | % Chg |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | -- | -- |
| 2017 | -- | -- |
| 2018 | -- | -- |
| 2019 | -- | -- |
| 2020 | -- | -- |
| 2021 | -- | -- |
| 2022 | $1.5B | -- |
| 2023 | $3.5B | +133.3% |
| 2024 | $6B | +71.4% |
| 2025 | $8.5B | +41.7% |
Price history from exchange data. Dividend yields from reported distributions; some earlier years are derived from total-return vs price-return data or are ETFHub estimates. AUM history is an ETFHub estimate modelled from current assets and annual returns (fund flows not reflected) and may differ from official fund records. Data as of October 2026.
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