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Dimensional VA Short-Term Fixed Port
Release date as of 2024-10-31. Data on page is subject to change.
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Overall Morningstar
Rating™
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As of 2024-10-31
Out of 201
Ultrashort Bond Funds
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As of 2024-09-30
Total Fund Assets ($ Mil)
387.52
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  Investment Objective & Strategy  
The investment seeks to achieve a stable real return in excess of the rate of inflation with a minimum of risk.
The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by generally investing in a universe of high quality fixed income securities that typically mature in one year or less from the date of settlement. It may, however, take a large position in securities maturing within two years from the date of settlement when higher yields are available. Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities and maintain a dollar-weighted average portfolio maturity that will not exceed one year.
  Morningstar Category: Ultrashort Bond
Ultrashort-bond portfolios invest primarily in investment-grade U.S. fixed-income issues and have durations typically of less than one year. This category can include corporate or government ultrashort bond portfolios, but it excludes international, convertible, multisector, and high-yield bond portfolios. Because of their focus on bonds with very short durations, these portfolios offer minimal interest-rate sensitivity and therefore low risk and total return potential. Morningstar calculates monthly breakpoints using the effective duration of the Morningstar Core Bond Index in determining duration assignment. Ultrashort is defined as 25% of the three-year average effective duration of the MCBI. 
  Investment Risks
There are no additional fund specific investment risks (e.g. liquidity risk, currency risk, foreign investment risk, etc.) associated with this fund beyond the normal risks generally associated with investing in a mutual fund.
  Portfolio Profile
Asset Allocation
% of Net Assets
Bullet U.S. Stocks U.S. Stocks 0.0
Bullet Non-U.S. Stocks Non-U.S. Stocks 0.0
Bullet Bonds Bonds 42.7
Bullet Cash Cash 57.3
Bullet Other Other 0.0
Asset Allocation Rescaled Graph
Data through 2024-09-30
Morningstar Fixed-Income Sectors
% Fund
Government 37.64
Corporate 8.53
Securitized 0.00
Municipal 0.00
Cash & Equivalents 53.83
Derivative 0.00
Data through 2024-09-30
Credit Analysis
% Bonds
AAA 10.18
AA 89.17
A 0.65
BBB 0.00
BB 0.00
B 0.00
Below B 0.00
Not Rated 0.00
Data through 2024-09-30
Credit Analysis Graph
Holding Status
Total Number of Stock Holdings 0
Total Number of Bond Holdings 34
% of Net Assets in Top 10 Holdings 35.28
Turnover % (as of 2023-10-31) 61.00
30 Day SEC Yield % 4.81
Top Holdings
Maturity
Date 		Shares
 Value
$000 		% of Net
Assets
United States Treasury Notes 4.71771% 2025-07-31 31,350 31,324 8.10
United States Treasury Notes 4.76271% 2025-10-31 28,750 28,736 7.43
United States Treasury Notes 4.76171% 2025-04-30 27,905 27,887 7.22
United States Treasury Notes 4.74271% 2026-04-30 13,500 13,483 3.49
United States Treasury Notes 4.83771% 2026-01-31 9,750 9,751 2.52
DBS Group Holdings Ltd. 5.84275% 2025-09-12 5,950 5,960 1.54
United States Treasury Notes 4.77471% 2026-07-31 5,800 5,793 1.50
Westpac Banking Corp. 5.73981% 2026-04-16 5,000 4,999 1.29
United States Treasury Bills 0% 2025-01-14 5,000 4,935 1.28
National Australia Bank Ltd. 6.03807% 2025-06-09 3,500 3,512 0.91
Data through 2024-09-30
  Principal Risks   
Lending, Credit and Counterparty, Prepayment (Call), Currency, Foreign Securities, Loss of Money, Not FDIC Insured, Income, Interest Rate, Market/Market Volatility, Other, Restricted/Illiquid Securities, Derivatives, Sovereign Debt, Management
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  Other Information
Inception Date: 1995-10-03
Portfolio Manager(s)
David A. Plecha   (1995-10-03)
David Plecha is Dimensional’s Global Head of Fixed Income. A member of the Investment Committee and Investment Research Committee, he not only manages US and global portfolios but also maintains much of the fixed income research and client communications. Dave received his Chartered Financial Analyst® designation in 1996. Prior to joining Dimensional in 1989, he managed stock index futures and options for Leland O’Brien Rubinstein Associates and was an operations planner for Texas Instruments.
Ryan C. Haselton   (2021-02-28)
Joseph F. Kolerich   (2012-02-28)
Joseph Kolerich is Head of Fixed Income, Americas, Senior Portfolio Manager and Vice President of Dimensional and a member of the Investment Committee. Mr. Kolerich has an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BS from Northern Illinois University. Mr. Kolerich joined DFA as a portfolio manager in 2001 and has been responsible for the fixed income portfolios since 2012.
Investment Advisor(s)
Dimensional Fund Advisors LP
Issuer
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Subadvisor(s)
Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd
DFA Australia Limited
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