DFA Emerging Markets Value I

… of the month) I was thinking of taking that 8% that will be going into Euro Pacific Growth and putting it in DFA EM Value ( DFEVX ). I'm 47 and have a good 20-25 yrs till I retire. I'd like some of my International allocations to go into some EM …

… of the month) I was thinking of taking that 8% that will be going into Euro Pacific Growth and putting it in DFA EM Value ( DFEVX ). I'm 47 and have a good 20-25 yrs till I retire. I'd like some of my International allocations to go into some EM …

Link Strictly By the Book EMERGING-MARKETS FUND MANAGERS are supposed to be swashbuckling types who restlessly circumnavigate the globe in search of market intelligence-grilling the finance minister of Malaysia one day, inspecting the output of a Brazilian paper mill the next. Not Karen Umland, who runs Dimensional Fund Advisors' $9.4 billion Emerging Markets Value I fund. She seldom leaves DFA's home base in Santa Monica if she can help it, takes no interest in the politics of any of the 17 countries where she invests, and completely ignores the quality or otherwise of company managements. She never plays market hunches. "We don't think market timing works well," she says flatly. "Emerging markets can move too quickly." Yet Umland and her six-member portfolio management team have proved to be just about the best in their business over time. Emerging Markets Value I (ticker: DFEVX ) ranks third among 204 emerging-markets funds tracked by Morningstar in five-year returns, with an annualized rise of 16.42%. Nicking it for second, at 16.71% is its smaller sister fund, the $1.4 billion DFA Emerging Markets Small Cap I (DEMSX) , which Umland also manages. [ DFEVX 10-yr return: 16.54%]  

… valuecruncher.com (paid subscription; broader coverage of US and foreign stocks). Pg 31: Karen Umland of DFA Emerging Markets Value I Fund ( DFEVX ) and DFA Emerging Markets Small Cap I ( DEMSX ) doesn’t like to travel, but finds cheapest stocks …

Hello, I am new in investing and would like to know your opinion/advice on those funds and my situation. I am 35 years old and would like to invest $35,000, and I am in a low tax bracket. I would like to invest that money for about retirement. I have research some funds on my own and would like to know your opinion on it or advice of other funds that would make more sense. Domestic Stock: Yacktman YACKX Yacktman Focused YAFFX Royce Special Equity RYSEX CGM Realty CGMRX International Stock: T. Row Price Latin America PRLAX DFA Emerging Markets Value I DFEVX Matthews China MCHFX Bonds: T. Rowe Price Emerging Markets Bond PREMX TCW Total Return Bond I TGLMX Thank you!