DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio

Data updated: 2026-06-24

C000130944 — DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Short Corporate Bond · $2.19B AUM · 0.22% expense ratio · 4.5% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.

C000130944 Fund Overview

DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio is a US mutual fund managed by Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC, categorised as Short Corporate Bond. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.

  • Type: US mutual fund
  • Manager: Dfa Investment Dimensions Group INC
  • Category: Short Corporate Bond
  • Assets under management: $2.19B
  • 1-year return: 4.5%
  • SEC CIK: 0000355437
  • SEC series ID: S000042173
  • Share class ID: C000130944

C000130944 Holdings

Top 10 holdings of DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Holding% of net assets
New Zealand Government2.38%
United States Treasury2.19%
The DFA Investment Trust Company1.67%
Dimensional Holdings Inc.1.65%
Jp Morgan Chase Bank Na1.02%
Amazon.com, Inc.0.99%
Asian Development Bank0.92%
Dbs Group Holdings Ltd.0.91%
Inter-American Devel Bk0.91%
Intl Bk Recon & Develop0.89%

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C000130944 Portfolio Allocation

Asset-class allocation of DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Asset classAllocation
Fixed Income96.0%
Cash & Equivalents4.1%
Equity1.7%
Real Estate0.7%

C000130944 Performance

Total returns for C000130944 (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.

PeriodTotal return
YTD2.0%
1 year4.5%
3 years (annualised)5.6%
5 years (annualised)3.9%

C000130944 Risk Information

Risk metrics for C000130944, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.

  • 1-year volatility (annualised): 1.2%

C000130944 Costs and Fees

C000130944 costs about $22 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.

  • Net expense ratio: 0.22%
  • Gross expense ratio: 0.22%
  • Portfolio turnover: 36%
  • Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)

C000130944 Cashflows

Over the 12 months to 2026-04, DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio had net inflows of $235.10M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.

MonthNet flow
2026-04$2.39M
2026-03$26.24M
2026-02$18.36M
2026-01$16.55M
2025-12$68.73M
2025-11$17.86M

C000130944 Debt Constituents

Largest debt holdings of DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.

Debt holding% of net assets
New Zealand Government2.38%
United States Treasury2.19%
Jp Morgan Chase Bank Na1.02%
Amazon.com, Inc.0.99%
Asian Development Bank0.92%
Dbs Group Holdings Ltd.0.91%
Inter-American Devel Bk0.91%
Intl Bk Recon & Develop0.89%
United States Treasury0.89%
European Bk Recon & Dev0.78%

C000130944 Prospectus and SEC Filings

Official DFA Short-Duration Real Return Portfolio filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.

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Data Sources

ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.