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DFAW holdings

DFAW reports 5 holdings and behaves like 2.8 equally weighted ones, computed from its SEC Form N-PORT filing for 2026-07-31. The fact sheet publishes the first number; this page computes the second, and traces it across 11 quarters of filings.

Measured concentration

as of 2026-07-31

Read this figure with the following in mind

100.0% of net assets carries no asset category in the filing

The figure below is what the filing says, published unchanged. What it may not do is sit beside a plain long-only fund and be read as the same quantity. How comparability is decided.

5 Positions reported
2.8 Effective holdings
1.8× Concentration multiple
100% Top ten weight

Computed by this site from the fund's SEC Form N-PORT filing; what the measure does not tell you · every fund in one table · hold it with other funds? X-ray the mix. Pricing: 100% at a quoted market price (level 1), one issuer country.

What stands out

as of 2026-07-31

The largest line in DFAW's filing is not a stock but Dimensional US Core Equity 2 ETF, a fund position at 52.59% of net assets. Ten companies are 100% of the fund; the other -5 share the rest. Among the 12 unknown funds measured here, DFAW behaves like 2.8 holdings against a median of 3.2 — close to the median. Across 11 quarterly filings DFAW has held roughly steady since 2023-10-31 (2.9 then, 2.8 now).

Each sentence is read from the fund's own SEC filing; the class median is computed across the comparable unknown funds on this site. Nothing here is a view on the fund.

Every filing since 2023

11

Between 2023-10-31 and 2026-04-30, DFAW went from behaving like 2.9 equally weighted positions to 2.8 — 3% fewer, while its top ten went from 100% to 100% of net assets. Read across the funds on the concentration-over-time table.

PeriodHoldingsEffective Top 10Largest
2026-04-30 5 2.8 100% 52.61%
2026-01-31 5 2.8 100% 52.73%
2025-10-31 5 2.8 100% 53.27%
2025-07-31 5 2.8 100% 53.35%
2025-04-30 5 2.8 100% 52.48%
2025-01-31 5 2.7 100% 54.8%
2024-10-31 5 2.8 100% 53.85%
2024-07-31 5 2.8 100% 53.52%
Earlier filings (3 more, back to 2023-10-31)
PeriodHoldingsEffectiveTop 10Largest
2024-04-30 5 2.8 100% 52.78%
2024-01-31 5 2.8 100% 52.76%
2023-10-31 5 2.9 100% 52.22%

One row per filed reporting period, newest first, read from EDGAR. Quarterly because that is the public filing cadence. Rows marked * are published but held out of the comparison above; the methodology page says when and why.

Largest positions, as filed

as of 2026-04-30

The 5 largest of 5 positions in DFAW's Form N-PORT, weight as a share of net assets, securities-lending collateral excluded. Every position, every quarter: DFAW.csv.gz.

#PositionWeightCumulative
1Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF52.61%52.6%
2DFA Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF19.13%71.7%
3Dimensional US Core Equity 1 ETF17.47%89.2%
4DFA Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF9.06%98.3%
5DFA Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF1.72%100.0%

Returns the fund reported

2023-08 – 2026-04

Monthly total returns from Item B.5 of DFAW's own filings, 33 months on record. Not computed here and not from a price feed.

33.6%Last twelve months filed
68%Whole series, compounded
8.7%Best month
-5.7%Worst month

Cross-checked against a series computed separately from prices: median difference — percentage points over 0 months, which is roughly the distributions. Every month with the filing it came from: DFAW.json · all funds.

Who borrows DFAW's shares

2026-04-30

The fund lends its holdings, and Item B.4.a of the filing names every firm holding them. At 2026-04-30, $5m was out to 1 borrower, 0.42% of net assets.

BorrowerOn loanShare of the loan
BofA Securities, Inc. $5m 100.0%

Cash collateral reported against the loan: 0.43% of net assets, 102.8% of the amount lent. That is a floor on the collateral, not the whole of it — collateral the fund does not hold as a position is not in this filing, so a figure under 100% is not evidence of under-collateralisation. How that figure behaves across all funds. Every quarter DFAW has filed, with each borrower: DFAW.json · all funds.

Since the previous filing

2026-01-31 → 2026-04-30

5 positions became 5: 0 added (0.0% of the fund at the later date), 0 dropped (0.0% at the earlier date). Half the sum of all weight changes, a turnover proxy: 0.5%. Positions are matched on identifiers, so a security whose identifier changed shows as one drop and one add. Every filing of DFAW compared this way, as a feed: changes.xml · all funds: filings received.

Largest increases2026-01-312026-04-30Largest decreases2026-01-312026-04-30
DFA Dimensional Emerging Markets Core Equity 2 ETF8.59%9.06% DFA Dimensional International Core Equity 2 ETF19.51%19.13%
DFA Dimensional Global Real Estate ETF1.69%1.72% Dimensional U S Core Equity 2 ETF52.73%52.61%
Dimensional US Core Equity 1 ETF17.49%17.47%

Asset categories and pricing

as of 2026-07-31

100.00% unknown as filed; 100.0% carried at a quoted market price (fair-value level 1). Categories and levels are the filer's; what a low level-1 share does and does not mean is in the measure's page.

Neighbours by effective holdings, unknown funds

10

Every measured unknown fund lined up by how many holdings it behaves like; these sit either side of DFAW (2.8). Same filings, same arithmetic. Position in this list says nothing about which fund is better.

FundReportsBehaves likeTop tenAs of
BITO ProShares Bitcoin ETF 5 1.2 * 100% 2026-05-31
SH ProShares Short S&P500 8 1.6 * 100% 2026-05-31
SDS ProShares UltraShort S&P500 10 2 * 100% 2026-05-31
PSQ ProShares Short QQQ 9 2.5 * 100% 2026-05-31
AOK iShares Core 30/70 Conservative Allocation ETF 8 2.6 100% 2026-07-31
AOM iShares Core 40/60 Moderate Allocation ETF 8 3.1 100% 2026-07-31
SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ 13 3.3 * 99.01% 2026-05-31
AOA iShares Core 80/20 Aggressive Allocation ETF 8 3.4 100% 2026-07-31
SPXU ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 12 3.5 * 98.19% 2026-05-31
AOR iShares Core 60/40 Balanced Allocation ETF 8 3.8 100% 2026-07-31

Essays that examine DFAW

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