Dimensional Fund Advisors

since 1981
  • 1,001-5,000 employees 1,678 associated members
  • Financial Services

Dimensional Fund Advisors

expected returns through a systematic investment process that integrates research insights with advanced portfolio design, management, and trading while balancing tradeoffs that can impact returns. Dimensional is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and has 15 global offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As of December 31, 2023, Dimensional manages $677 billion for investors worldwide.

Dimensional Fund Advisors LP is an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

*“Dimensional” refers to the Dimensional separate but affiliated entities generally, rather than to one particular entity. These entities are Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd., DFA Australia Limited, Dimensional Fund Advisors Canada ULC, Dimensional Fund Advisors Pte. Ltd., Dimensional Ireland Limited, Dimensional Japan Ltd., and Dimensional Hong Kong Limited. Dimensional Hong Kong Limited is licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission to conduct Type 1 (dealing in securities) regulated activities only and does not provide asset management services.

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Large and In Charge? Why to Think Twice Before Chasing Only Big Stocks
  • 3 months ago

Giant tech stocks can, after their rise, have marketlike returns. And tech advances can help all kinds of firms. Mark Gochnour and Jake DeKinder explain.

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Equities
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In Shaky Times, Investors Should Hold Their Nerve
  • 4 months ago

When markets feel as shaky as they do now in the US, it is normal to ask: Is this time different?

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Macro
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Looking Beyond Fed Moves in Fixed Income
  • 4 months ago

Much of talk in the bond market last year was about when the US Federal Reserve would cut interest rates and by how much. But after the Fed’s rate reductions, many US Treasury yields moved higher....

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Macro, Fixed Income
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Mag 7 Gravity
  • 4 months ago

If top stocks exert a gravitational pull on the broad market’s return, the Magnificent 7 have acted like the TON 618 black hole over the US the past few years.1 Accounting for about one-third of th...

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Equities, Macro
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Quarterly Review: After a Promising Start to the Year, Market Gains Fade
  • 4 months ago

US stocks lagged their global counterparts in the first quarter amid uncertainty about the economy and the impact of tariffs.

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Macro, Equities, Sustainability
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How Dimensional Is Going Beyond Indexing
  • 4 months ago

Index funds are often viewed as low-cost, passive investments designed to avoid subjective decisions and to simply deliver the returns of an asset class. However, the providers who manage the bench...

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Indexing / Passive, Portfolio Construction, Sustainability
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Managing your Practice Podcast Series
  • 4 months ago

Managing your Practice is a podcast series from Dimensional Fund Advisors that delivers insights based on our history of industry-leading financial advisor benchmark studies and client surveys. We...

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Industry, Wealth Practice, Equities
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Tariff Target Markets
  • 4 months ago

Non-US stocks have delivered a positive return thus far in 2025, helping offset the US stock market’s disappointing start to the year. But some of the sources for these positive returns may be surp...

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Macro, Equities
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Measuring the Costs of Index Reconstitution: A Global Perspective
  • 4 months ago

Our research across US and international indices shows that index-tracking funds may incur trading costs tied to reconstitution that hurt returns.

By Dimensional Fund Advisors In Macro, Indexing / Passive
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