Strategy. To achieve the Funds investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, the Funds sub-adviser (Sub-Adviser), implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Funds design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Sub-Advisers research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Sub-Advisers portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs. The Fund, using a market capitalization weighted approach, is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. small capitalization companies. The Sub-Adviser generally defines a U.S. company as one that is listed and … Show more… To achieve the Funds investment objective, Dimensional Fund Advisors LP, the Funds sub-adviser (Sub-Adviser), implements an integrated investment approach that combines research, portfolio design, portfolio management, and trading functions. As further described below, the Funds design emphasizes long-term drivers of expected returns identified by the Sub-Advisers research, while balancing risk through broad diversification across companies and sectors. The Sub-Advisers portfolio management and trading processes further balance those long-term drivers of expected returns with shorter-term drivers of expected returns and trading costs. The Fund, using a market capitalization weighted approach, is designed to purchase a broad and diverse group of readily marketable securities of U.S. small capitalization companies. The Sub-Adviser generally defines a U.S. company as one that is listed and principally traded on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Sub-Adviser. A companys market capitalization is the number of its shares outstanding times its price per share. Under a market capitalization weighted approach, companies with higher market capitalizations generally represent a larger proportion of the Fund than companies with relatively lower market capitalizations. The Fund may emphasize certain stocks, including smaller capitalization companies, lower relative price stocks, and/or higher profitability stocks as compared to their representation in the small-cap segment of the U.S. market. An equity issuer is considered to have a low relative price (i.e., a value stock) primarily because it has a low price in relation to its book value. In assessing relative price, the Sub-Adviser may consider additional factors such as price to cash flow or price to earnings ratios. An equity issuer is considered to have high profitability because it has high earnings or profits from operations in relation to its book value or assets. The criteria the Sub-Adviser uses for assessing relative price and profitability are subject to change from time to time. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets (net assets plus the amount of any borrowings made for investment purposes) in securities of U.S. small-capitalization companies. As of the date of this Prospectus, for purposes of the Fund, the Sub-Adviser considers small-capitalization companies to be companies whose market capitalizations are generally in the lowest 10% of total market capitalization or companies whose market capitalizations are smaller than the 1,000 th largest U.S. company, whichever results in the higher market capitalization break. Total market capitalization is based on the market capitalization of eligible U.S. operating companies listed on a securities exchange in the United States that is deemed appropriate by the Sub-Adviser. Under the Sub-Advisers market capitalization guidelines described above, based on market capitalization data as of December 31, 2024, the market capitalization of a small-capitalization company would be $13.60 billion or below. This threshold will change due to market conditions. The Sub-Adviser may also increase or reduce the Funds exposure to an eligible company, or exclude a company, based on shorter-term considerations, such as a companys price momentum, short run-reversals, and investment characteristics. In assessing a companys investment characteristics, the Sub-Adviser considers ratios such as recent changes in assets divided by total assets. The criteria the Sub-Adviser uses for assessing a companys investment characteristics are subject to change from time to time. In addition, the Sub-Adviser seeks to reduce trading costs using a flexible trading approach that looks for opportunities to participate in the available market liquidity, while managing turnover and explicit transaction costs. The Fund may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts for U.S. equity securities and indices to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Fund. Show less