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DFA World ex U.S. Core Equity Portfolio (DFWIX) Diversifiers

Mutual Fund · Currency in USD · Last updated Jul 14, 2026

The Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective through exposure to a broad and diverse group of securities of non-U.S. companies in countries with developed and emerging markets. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, it will invest at least 80% of its net assets in non-U.S. equity securities and/or investments that provide exposure to non-U.S. securities.

Looking to diversify beyond DFWIX? The mutual funds below have the lowest correlation with DFWIX — they tend to move on their own, which can help reduce risk when the rest of your portfolio drops. The stock ideas table highlights individual companies that behave independently from DFWIX.

Best Diversifiers for DFWIX

1 mutual funds have low correlation with DFWIX (below 0.3), 0 of which are negatively correlated. The least correlated is Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund Admiral Shares (VFIRX) (Government Bonds) with a 1Y correlation of 0.30, up from 0.13 over 5 years.

SymbolNameCorrelation 1YCorrelation 3YCorrelation 5YRisk / Return RankCategoryCompare
VFIRX
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Fund Admiral Shares0.300.190.13
51
Government BondsDFWIX vs VFIRX
IVFIX
Federated Hermes International Strategic Value Div...0.510.580.69
63
Foreign Large Cap EquitiesDFWIX vs IVFIX
DFSVX
DFA U.S. Small Cap Value Portfolio I0.580.640.69
55
Small Cap Value EquitiesDFWIX vs DFSVX
DFFVX
DFA U.S. Targeted Value Portfolio Institutional Cl...0.590.650.70
55
Small Cap Value EquitiesDFWIX vs DFFVX
PTSIX
PIMCO RAE PLUS International Fund0.630.660.69
83
Foreign Large Cap EquitiesDFWIX vs PTSIX
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Low-Correlation Stock Ideas

If you're looking for individual stocks that move independently from DFWIX, these are worth exploring. The table shows U.S. companies ($1B+ market cap) with low correlation to DFWIX and solid risk/return profiles. The least correlated is NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) (Technology) with a 1Y correlation of 0.39, down from 0.51 over 5 years.

SymbolNameCorrelation 1YCorrelation 3YCorrelation 5YRisk / Return RankSector
NVDA
NVIDIA Corporation0.390.420.51
65
Technology

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