DFEV
Dimensional ETF Trust - Dimensional Emerging Markets Value ETF
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Yes, these are my core holdings. - US: AVLV, although the vast majority of my equities are stock picks. I'm trying to switch more to AVLV as I get busier. - Developed: DFIV for large cap, AVDV for small cap. - Emerging: DFEV in taxable, AVEM for tax advantaged (and thinking of switching to DFEV for both).
I use DF for my international (non-US) portion. I don't really see much overperformance for the US large/mid cap portion since the market is so scrutinized, but makes sense to me that in less developed markets the pricing is less efficient, so I use DFIV and DFEV. These have performed remarkably well since I went into them 2 years ago, but most of that the outperformance was in 2025.
Not at all. I assume by growth you mean "during accumulation phase". In international markets, the value factor has historically given better returns. - [DFIV](https://testfol.io/?s=k6MOsA4sWYi), a developed large cap value fund, has outperformed VOO by nearly 3% per year since inception (about 5 years) at lower volatility - [AVDV](https://testfol.io/?s=1ip8wFDnHWm), a developed small cap value fund, slightly trails VOO since inception (7 years) with similar volatility, but has dramatically outperformed since January 2025 by 23 percentage points per year. - [DFEV](https://testfol.io/?s=f8VmzxSFdPA), an emerging value fund, also slightly trails VOO since inception (4.5 years) with similar volatility, but has dramatically outperformed since January 2025 by 16 percent points per year.
Academic research suggests that value is supposed to beat growth in the long run. Curiously, as soon as it was published, value started underperforming in the US, but it has been extremely strong internationally, likely because of how dominant US tech is. The funny thing is that you chose the worst international ETF as the example. Of the four international ETFs I own, DFIV is actually the worst one https://testfol.io/?s=cXnQTZD1r0T - DFIV: +75.03% cumulatively over the time frame - AVDV: +89.33% - AVEM: +83.14% - DFEV +82.40%
I didn’t leave the US market, but I stayed in the good stuff (large growth tech) and ditched the garbage (consumer facing retail value traps with high tariff exposure) Added to factor-tilted international like DFIV, AVDV, AVEM, and DFEV. These are up +57.99%, +72.08%, +70.67%, and +69.66% when I started rebalancing at the start of February 2025, when I realized we were actually serious about the tariffs on China, Canada, and Mexico. For reference, VOO and VXUS are up +28.09% and +27.90% over the same time frame.
I wouldn't recommend anyone to "sell America", but it can't hurt to hedge. Rather than selling America, the hedge is probably to hold assets from markets where capital would most likely move to - which would probably be Europe and Asia. ETFs like DFEV, INTF and NTSE all hold less than 1% in US equities, and returned 35%-45% in the last 12 months. Those are just examples - there are many of these. Full list: [https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts\_7wpbhffb](https://www.sharestep.co/pub?tid=ts_7wpbhffb)
I like DFEV, it’s an emerging markets value fund
Spot gold is up (barely) International value is up (DFIV, DISV). DFEV is down, but overall, it's up.
I would put 500k in ETF's (VTI/VEA/DFEV/AVUV/AVDV/EDV in portion of 37.8 / 21.6 / 10.8 / 12.6 / 7.2 / 10), then I would set aside 300k in money market and corporate bond etf's until 2030 (adjust for your living cost needs) and the rest (1.7M) I would put into Harrow. Because I want to get rich fast, and I rarely see an opportunity like it that has such a large margin of safety and huge upside.
I am factor investing for retirement with a 20 year time horizon. For the equity portion of the portfolio, why not do 100% small cap value? All model portfolios for factor investing I've seen have a tilt towards small cap value mixed in with total stock market funds. Would it be alright if I cut out total stock market ETFs in favor of more SCV? Here are 3 portfolios I am considering. Please give me your opinion on what is best, I want to be as aggressive as possible: Portfolio 1: VTI (42%), DFSV (14%), VXUS (24%), DISV (8%), DFEV (12%) Portfolio 2: VTI (28%), DFSV (28%), VXUS (16%), DISV (16%), DFEV (12%) Portfolio 3: DFSV (56%), DISV (32%), DFEV (12%) I have portfolio 3 in my individual account. Is it too risky/not diversified enough for an IRA? Please help.
I major in economic quantitative analysis. My allocation is 56% DFSV, 32% DISV, 12% DFEV
Just did some quick research and it looks like AVES, DGS, DFEV, or EYLD will probably be the best EM value options. Probably going to go with AVES as it's the cheapest and most trade volume.
I think AVES is a good fund and I do like how they weight value. I would probably go with DHEP high profitability emerging markets. Dimensional also has DFEV for emerging value. They tend to put more emphasis on book value which is used traditionally to measure value. While avantis tends to put more emphasis on profitability ratios leading to holdings that you would not traditionally find in value ETFs and value factor research. Their performance is almost identical, so I don't know how much of a difference it will really make one way or the other .
AVES is a solid emerging markets value ETF that filters for profitability. DFEV is a similar fund from Dimensional (the mutual fund version is older, the ticker is DFEVX). I also saw your reply about VXUS. Make sure that when assessing long-term performance, you aren’t checking price charts. You need to look at total return to account for dividends. Portfolio Visualizer is one website that makes it very easy to do this.