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Dimensional Fund Advisors
American private investment firm
Dimensional Fund Advisors
Dimensional Fund Advisors, L.P. (branded Dimensional abbreviated DFA) is a privately owned investment firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. Dimensional was founded in Brooklyn in 1981 by David Booth, Rex Sinquefield and Larry Klotz. The company has 15 international offices in the U.S., Canada, U.K., Germany, Netherlands, Australia, Singapore, and Japan. Dimensional maintains additional U.S. offices in Charlotte, North Carolina and Santa Monica, California. The company's founders studied at the University of Chicago under Eugene Fama. Kenneth French is co-chair of the firm's investment research committee. DFA's investment strategy is based on application of the efficient market hypothesis. Dimensional was one of the earliest firms to offer passive investing and "runs the oldest small-cap index fund" in the United States. While academic research had long indicated smaller company stocks had potential for exceptionally good investing returns, Dimensional was one of the first to offer smaller...
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