DFGX
Dimensional Global ex US Core Fixed Income ETF
Dimensional ETF Trust
ETF
Expense ratio1
0.20%
Net assets2
$1.52B
Holdings2
710
Category
Taxable Bond
2025 return3
3.51%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 27, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The investment objective of the Dimensional International Core Fixed Income ETF (the International Core Fixed Income ETF or Portfolio) is to seek to maximize total returns. Total return is comprised of income and capital appreciation.

Strategy. The International Core Fixed Income ETF seeks its investment objective by investing primarily in a universe of non-U.S. dollar-denominated foreign and U.S. debt securities. The Portfolio also may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities to manage cash or to maintain liquidity. The Portfolio may invest in obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign and U.S. governments, their agencies and instrumentalities, corporate debt obligations, bank obligations, commercial paper, repurchase agreements, money market funds, and obligations of supranational organizations. At the present time, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the Advisor) expects that the Portfolio will primarily invest in the obligations of issuers that are in developed countries. However, the Advisor may invest in issuers located in other countries as well, which may include emerging … The International Core Fixed Income ETF seeks its investment objective by investing primarily in a universe of non-U.S. dollar-denominated foreign and U.S. debt securities. The Portfolio also may invest in U.S. dollar-denominated debt securities to manage cash or to maintain liquidity. The Portfolio may invest in obligations issued or guaranteed by foreign and U.S. governments, their agencies and instrumentalities, corporate debt obligations, bank obligations, commercial paper, repurchase agreements, money market funds, and obligations of supranational organizations. At the present time, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP (the Advisor) expects that the Portfolio will primarily invest in the obligations of issuers that are in developed countries. However, the Advisor may invest in issuers located in other countries as well, which may include emerging markets. The Advisor selects the Portfolios foreign country and currency compositions based on an evaluation of various factors, including, but not limited to, relative interest rates and exchange rates. The Portfolio may invest in fixed income securities considered investment grade at the time of purchase (e.g., rated AAA to BBB- by S&P Global Ratings ("S&P") or Fitch Ratings Ltd. ("Fitch") or Aaa to Baa3 by Moody's Ratings ("Moody's")). The Portfolio may invest with an emphasis on fixed income securities rated A+ to BBB- by S&P or Fitch or A1 to Baa3 by Moody's. The Portfolio will be managed with a view to capturing expected credit premiums and expected term premiums. The term "expected credit premium" means the expected incremental return on investment for holding obligations considered to have greater credit risk than direct obligations of the U.S. Treasury, and "expected term premium" means the expected incremental return on investment for holding securities having longer-term maturities as compared to shorter-term maturities. In managing the Portfolio, the Advisor will increase or decrease investment exposure to intermediate-term securities depending on the expected term premium and also increase or decrease investment exposure to lower-rated investment grade securities (i.e., those rated A+ to BBB- by S&P or Fitch or A1 to Baa3 by Moodys) depending on the expected credit premium. The Portfolio intends to invest its assets to gain exposure to at least three different countries, excluding the United States. An issuer may be considered to be of a country if it is organized under the laws of, maintains its principal place of business in, has at least 50% of its assets or derives at least 50% of its operating income in, or is a government, government agency, instrumentality or central bank of, that country. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will invest at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities. Generally, the Portfolio will purchase fixed income securities that mature within twenty years from the date of settlement. Under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will generally maintain a weighted average duration of no more than one half year greater than, and no less than one year below, the weighted average duration of the Bloomberg Global Aggregate ex-USD Bond Index (Hedged to USD), which was approximately 6.69 years as of December 31, 2025. From time to time, the Portfolio may deviate from this duration range when the Advisor determines it to be appropriate under the circumstances. Duration is a measure of the sensitivity of a securitys price to changes in interest rates. The longer a securitys duration, the more sensitive it will be to changes in interest rates. Because many of the Portfolios investments may be denominated in foreign currencies, the Portfolio may enter into foreign currency forward contracts to attempt to protect against uncertainty in the level of future foreign currency rates, to hedge against fluctuations in currency exchange rates or to transfer balances from one currency to another. The Portfolio also may enter into credit default swaps on issuers or indices to buy or sell credit protection to hedge its credit exposure; gain market or issuer exposure without owning the underlying securities; or increase the Portfolio's total return. The Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts, to hedge its interest rate or currency exposure or for non-hedging purposes, such as a substitute for direct investment or to increase or decrease market exposure, including adjustments based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio. The Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income. The Portfolio is an actively managed exchange-traded fund and does not seek to replicate the performance of a specific index and may have a higher degree of portfolio turnover than such index funds.

Top holdings

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
JAPAN GOVT 30-YR $30.06M 1.98%
JAPAN GOVT 20-YR $28.49M 1.87%
ALPHABET INC SR UNSECURED 05/33 3 GOOGL $18.95M 1.25%
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland $16.73M 1.10%
JAPAN GOVT 10-YR $16.25M 1.07%
JAPAN GOVT 20-YR $15.44M 1.02%
CDP FINANCIAL INC $15.28M 1.00%
PROVINCE OF ALBERTA CANADA $14.48M 0.95%
CPPIB CAPITAL INC COMPANY GUAR REGS 06/34 4.3 $14.15M 0.93%
VISA INC 2.375% 06/15/2034 $13.59M 0.89%
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Allocation by sector

As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Jan 31, 2026 → Apr 30, 2026
Opened
91
Exited
38
Increased
98
Decreased
13
Unchanged
508

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP Adviser
Dimensional Fund Advisors Ltd. Sub-adviser
DFA Australia Limited Sub-adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of April 30, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.

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