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Anyone have opinions on the new Avantis ETFs that will be launched in September?

Emerging Markets Value (.36% ER)
International Large Cap Value (.25% ER)
US Large Cap Value (.15% ER)
Real Estate (.17% ER)

I am interested in the emerging markets value one.

Going to be quite the battle between them and DFA for this active management value segment of the market…
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Happy to see the EM value offering. And they'll probably do it right.
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I only care for AVES, EM value. Will probably buy it when it's available in September.
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Is the value story strong for EM over a generic EM index fund?
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Just as with other markets, relative performance depends on start date.

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion2_2=100

https://www.portfoliovisualizer.com/bac ... ion2_2=100

Volatility is higher, and that seems to be less dependent on start date.
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I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
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sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
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sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
I'll want to see the top holdings. If it is more BABA, Samsung, and TW Semi I'll probably just stay with VXUS and VWO.
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stan1 wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:54 pm
sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
I'll want to see the top holdings. If it is more BABA, Samsung, and TW Semi I'll probably just stay with VXUS and VWO.
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Cool. When do they come out with an Emerging Market SCV?
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Is the expected value of the value premium large enough in EM that, when seeing an HmL loading of say 0.4, you’d believe it would offset the 0.36% expense ratio?

I suppose that means you’d need a premium of ~1% excess return over VWO to make it worth it. If not, you need to expect a rebalancing bonus due to lower correlation with the rest of your portfolio?

0.36 just feels steep to me
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So what is the benefit of AVES vs. (for example) AVEM, EFGM, FNDE? AVES is value only, the others are multifactor, correct? Why not multifactor for a similar expense ratio?
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comeinvest wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:36 pm So what is the benefit of AVES vs. (for example) AVEM, EFGM, FNDE? AVES is value only, the others are multifactor, correct? Why not multifactor for a similar expense ratio?
AVEM has some fairly weak factor tilts. FNDE has negative size exposure and negative profitability exposure too. Can’t speak to the other fund.

AVES is rumored to have decent exposure to size factor (per intel from MotoTrojan). Wouldn’t be surprised if Avantis got the profitability exposure to 0 or slightly positive (ie avoided the negative profitability present in other EM value funds) but I’m just guessing here. Not sure if we’ll be able to tell much about prof exposure until we have enough data for regressions. But should of course be able to see size exposure on day 1.
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Nathan Drake wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:39 pm
sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
Where is the 16B figure from?
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I currently own AVEM and am very happy with its level of value tilting.

Current AVEM style box figures (Morningstar):

40% - Value
39% - Core
15% - Growth

Edit Addition: Lots of talk about potential small caps in the new ETF, so here is the AVEM size figures (Morningstar):

63% - Large
23% - Mid
8% - Small

My worry about owning the new EM Value ETF is that it wouldn't have any growth stocks. It still seems like the growth companies are the ones that are powering the economies of Asia and I wouldn't want to completely shut myself off from that. But, at the end of the day, I will have to see the new funds composition before I can make any decisions.
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Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:16 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:39 pm
sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
Where is the 16B figure from?
From Mototrojan who has been speaking with an advisor.

Iirc he said it has about 1/3 small cap.
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comeinvest wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 11:36 pm So what is the benefit of AVES vs. (for example) AVEM, EFGM, FNDE? AVES is value only, the others are multifactor, correct? Why not multifactor for a similar expense ratio?
Personally I expect more value and size exposure from AVES than AVEM. Perhaps profitability too. They'll also try to prevent negative momentum, unlike FNDE. If you want significant positive momentum exposure EMGF is probably the better choice. Positive momentum exposure usually leads to higher turnover though, which could be problematic since trading costs tend to be higher in EM, especially in smaller caps.
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I'm not so sure that AVES will target small cap. Looking at the filings for AVEM and AVES, I find the following:

AVEM:
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations.
The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations and securities of companies it defines as high profitability or value companies.

To determine whether a company is related to an emerging market country, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the company’s principal operations are located, where the company’s revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the fund’s benchmark—the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... is485b.htm
This seems to indicate that AVEM targets small market cap and its fund's benchmark index from my brief glance has companies of all sizes. https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/97 ... 7095acf1d3

Now let's take a look at AVES:
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations.

The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies it defines as high profitability or value companies.

To determine whether a company is related to an emerging market country, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the company’s principal operations are located, where a majority of the company’s revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the fund’s benchmark—the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index.
If you notice, AVES leaves out emphasizing small market capitalization companies. Also, when I looked at the MSCI Emerging Markets value IMI Index, it seems to be only mid and large cap companies. https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/2e ... e1fb2d1f06


Maybe I'm missing something, but when I put this altogether, it looks like AVES is going to have heavier weights to the value factor than AVEM since it picks companies from a benchmark that is already value focused while AVEM does not, but I'm not so sure about the size factor. The language in the documents gives them flexibility, so we shall see.
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Massdriver wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 9:16 am I'm not so sure that AVES will target small cap. Looking at the filings for AVEM and AVES, I find the following:

AVEM:
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations.
The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies with smaller market capitalizations and securities of companies it defines as high profitability or value companies.

To determine whether a company is related to an emerging market country, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the company’s principal operations are located, where the company’s revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the fund’s benchmark—the MSCI Emerging Markets IMI
Source: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... is485b.htm
This seems to indicate that AVEM targets small market cap and its fund's benchmark index from my brief glance has companies of all sizes. https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/97 ... 7095acf1d3

Now let's take a look at AVES:
Principal Investment Strategies
The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations.

The fund seeks securities of companies that it expects to have higher returns by placing an enhanced emphasis on securities of companies it defines as high profitability or value companies.

To determine whether a company is related to an emerging market country, the portfolio managers will consider various factors, including where the company is headquartered, where the company’s principal operations are located, where a majority of the company’s revenues are derived, where the principal trading market is located, the country in which the company was legally organized, and whether the company is in the fund’s benchmark—the MSCI Emerging Markets Value IMI Index.
If you notice, AVES leaves out emphasizing small market capitalization companies. Also, when I looked at the MSCI Emerging Markets value IMI Index, it seems to be only mid and large cap companies. https://www.msci.com/documents/10199/2e ... e1fb2d1f06


Maybe I'm missing something, but when I put this altogether, it looks like AVES is going to have heavier weights to the value factor than AVEM since it picks companies from a benchmark that is already value focused while AVEM does not, but I'm not so sure about the size factor. The language in the documents gives them flexibility, so we shall see.
It is more of a value fund, but it does capture smaller size (16B avg mkt cap)
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YRT70 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:16 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:39 pm
sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
Where is the 16B figure from?
From Mototrojan who has been speaking with an advisor.

Iirc he said it has about 1/3 small cap.
Thanks. 16B and 1/3 in small cap seems contradictory to me though.

As a reference point Morningstar has DFEVX at average of 11.6B and 9% small caps.
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It appears the index it picks securities from is mid and large cap only. The mid cap exposure is probably pushing the average market cap down. I'm very interested in the fund regardless. I currently hold EMGF in my tax advantaged accounts for EM factor exposure, but plan on switching to AVES when it comes out.
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Massdriver wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:03 am It appears the index it picks securities from is mid and large cap only. The mid cap exposure is probably pushing the average market cap down. I'm very interested in the fund regardless. I currently hold EMGF in my tax advantaged accounts for EM factor exposure, but plan on switching to AVES when it comes out.
the "IMI" at the end of the index name means it is a total market cap index (including small caps).

https://www.msci.com/msci-investable-market-indexes
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I hope Avantis's picking helps them stray from the benchmark. I don't see any compelling reason to own the benchmark index for AVES at a 0.36 ER, it's too concentrated in megacaps (top10 companies = 20% of holdings, BABA, Samsung & infosys comprise >10% of holdings). You can already get significant exposure to these companies in broad emerging market or even total international indexes. I was hoping for something closer to the emerging markets + value companies in the index tracked by VSS, it looks like at best, this will be something in between.
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US and Int'l Large Cap Value will significantly lower the ERs I currently pay for RPV and EFV. If the prospecti and liquidity look good, I'll likely go in.
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Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:11 am
Massdriver wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:03 am It appears the index it picks securities from is mid and large cap only. The mid cap exposure is probably pushing the average market cap down. I'm very interested in the fund regardless. I currently hold EMGF in my tax advantaged accounts for EM factor exposure, but plan on switching to AVES when it comes out.
the "IMI" at the end of the index name means it is a total market cap index (including small caps).

https://www.msci.com/msci-investable-market-indexes
Thanks for the information. That's good to know.
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I read the thread carefully, and I'm still confused how AVES would differentiate itself from AVEM. I get it that AVES omits the "small" from the prospectus which is pretty much the only difference. But supposedly there is an advisor who thinks that AVES is "smaller" than AVEM. (How can there be a known average 16B size before the fund's inception?)

Both AVES and AVEM have a value tilt, but AVES achieves this based on a value index, while AVEM achieves this based on a "regular" index. I personally would not conclude from this that AVES has a stronger value tilt. It may be that the managers of AVEM might classify a company as "value" even though it's not in the value index. But all that is just speculation.
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comeinvest wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 1:10 am I read the thread carefully, and I'm still confused how AVES would differentiate itself from AVEM. I get it that AVES omits the "small" from the prospectus which is pretty much the only difference. But supposedly there is an advisor who thinks that AVES is "smaller" than AVEM. (How can there be a known average 16B size before the fund's inception?)

Both AVES and AVEM have a value tilt, but AVES achieves this based on a value index, while AVEM achieves this based on a "regular" index. I personally would not conclude from this that AVES has a stronger value tilt. It may be that the managers of AVEM might classify a company as "value" even though it's not in the value index. But all that is just speculation.
Fund info has been sent to RIA’s already

AVES is value focused, so it will have larger value loadings than AVEM
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Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:01 am
YRT70 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:16 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:39 pm
sunnywindy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:28 pm I just found the SEC filing for the new Avantis EM Value ETF (AVES). Should be coming out on September 16, 2021. It will be interesting to see how well this ETF does against the new Dodge & Cox EM Mutual Fund (DODEX) in the battle for AUM; I bet the ETF format puts the wind in Avantis' sails, but the Dodge & Cox Fund should slowly but surely collect AUM, too.

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data ... 021485.htm
AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
Where is the 16B figure from?
From Mototrojan who has been speaking with an advisor.

Iirc he said it has about 1/3 small cap.
Thanks. 16B and 1/3 in small cap seems contradictory to me though.

As a reference point Morningstar has DFEVX at average of 11.6B and 9% small caps.
Good point. It's strange because AVEM has avg. market cap of 13B according to Morningstar. I wouldn't expect AVES to be larger than AVEM. I'll ask Moto for clarification.
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YRT70 wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:01 am
YRT70 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:16 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 8:39 pm

AVES isn’t quite SCV but the average market cap is 16B, so fairly small

Hard to get true SC exposure in EM without running into liquidity issues
Where is the 16B figure from?
From Mototrojan who has been speaking with an advisor.

Iirc he said it has about 1/3 small cap.
Thanks. 16B and 1/3 in small cap seems contradictory to me though.

As a reference point Morningstar has DFEVX at average of 11.6B and 9% small caps.
Good point. It's strange because AVEM has avg. market cap of 13B according to Morningstar. I wouldn't expect AVES to be larger than AVEM. I'll ask Moto for clarification.
I took a look at Avantis's monthly field guide. They report AVEM's weighted average market cap at 76B. AVES could then indeed be pretty small. Somewhere between DFA's Emerging Markets Targeted Value Portfolio (5B) and Emerging Markets Value Portfolio (42B).
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I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
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Hallman wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:31 am
YRT70 wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 10:01 am
YRT70 wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 8:20 am
Hallman wrote: Tue Aug 24, 2021 3:16 am

Where is the 16B figure from?
From Mototrojan who has been speaking with an advisor.

Iirc he said it has about 1/3 small cap.
Thanks. 16B and 1/3 in small cap seems contradictory to me though.

As a reference point Morningstar has DFEVX at average of 11.6B and 9% small caps.
Good point. It's strange because AVEM has avg. market cap of 13B according to Morningstar. I wouldn't expect AVES to be larger than AVEM. I'll ask Moto for clarification.
I took a look at Avantis's monthly field guide. They report AVEM's weighted average market cap at 76B. AVES could then indeed be pretty small. Somewhere between DFA's Emerging Markets Targeted Value Portfolio (5B) and Emerging Markets Value Portfolio (42B).
Yep. According to MotoTrojan AVES has 21% mid, 25% small, & 11% micro cap.
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Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Stocks and bonds are often negatively correlated too. It creates rebalancing opportunities via diversified portfolio components, assuming positive expected values and lowish correlations
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Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.
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Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.

Yes, which is why people just buy VTSAX.

VTSAX has everything.
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How does this thing compare to Avantis ETFs?

https://investor.vanguard.com/mutual-fu ... file/VFMFX
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Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:43 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.

Yes, which is why people just buy VTSAX.

VTSAX has everything.
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Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:47 am How does this thing compare to Avantis ETFs?

https://investor.vanguard.com/mutual-fu ... file/VFMFX
VFMF would come close to a combination of AVLV and AVUV. One of the differences is that VFMF has significant momentum exposure while Avantis only tries to avoid negative momentum.

A downside of momentum is that it causes turnover, which leads VFMF to have higher turnover than the Avantis products.
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Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.
Factors identified in most forms of statistical analysis are to explain sources of variance and not exactly negative correlation. In fact, the analysis often results in factors with no correlation; but the factor might not amount to anything because it has so little impact in reality. The factors identified in such an analysis are not identified by returns; they could be negative/positive/zero alpha.

I only consider factors for their impact on the complete distribution; not whether the overweight/underweight of the factor is good for alpha or variance.
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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secondopinion wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:12 pm
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.
Factors identified in most forms of statistical analysis are to explain sources of variance and not exactly negative correlation. In fact, the analysis often results in factors with no correlation; but the factor might not amount to anything because it has so little impact in reality. The factors identified in such an analysis are not identified by returns; they could be negative/positive/zero alpha.

I only consider factors for their impact on the complete distribution; not whether the overweight/underweight of the factor is good for alpha or variance.
I wasn’t trying to suggest it was negatively correlated. But the variance in the sequence of returns is useful to smooth out performance, regardless of alpha expectation.

Certain asset classes can go out of favor for long periods of time while others have high out performance, so it’s nice to capture the diversification benefits.
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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YRT70 wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:33 am
Hallman wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 3:31 am I took a look at Avantis's monthly field guide. They report AVEM's weighted average market cap at 76B. AVES could then indeed be pretty small. Somewhere between DFA's Emerging Markets Targeted Value Portfolio (5B) and Emerging Markets Value Portfolio (42B).
Yep. According to MotoTrojan AVES has 21% mid, 25% small, & 11% micro cap.
So this fund would cover both large-cap value and small-cap value, with equal amounts in each. (I use VFVA for my US value allocation, as it fills both categories for me; for development markets, I have separate IVLU for large-cap value and AVDV for small-cap value.)
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Top 10 holdings (company name, percentage of ETF assets, country) will be what I need to move further towards buying in.

For comparison once similar for AVES comes out:
DFEVX (DFA Emerging Value)
https://us.dimensional.com/funds/emerging-markets-value

Reliance Industries Ltd 2.75% India
China Construction Bank Corp 2.31% China
Petroleo Brasileiro SA 1.84% Brazil
Vale SA 1.63% Brazil
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd 1.38% China
Hon Hai Precision Industry Co Ltd 1.21% Taiwan (dba Foxconn)
Baidu Inc 1.07% China
Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd 1.02% China
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd 1.01% South Korea
Bank of China Ltd 0.95% China

15.17% of assets in Top 10 (not bad for a fund like this)
3170 holdings which is a lot
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:01 pm
secondopinion wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 4:12 pm
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.
Factors identified in most forms of statistical analysis are to explain sources of variance and not exactly negative correlation. In fact, the analysis often results in factors with no correlation; but the factor might not amount to anything because it has so little impact in reality. The factors identified in such an analysis are not identified by returns; they could be negative/positive/zero alpha.

I only consider factors for their impact on the complete distribution; not whether the overweight/underweight of the factor is good for alpha or variance.
I wasn’t trying to suggest it was negatively correlated. But the variance in the sequence of returns is useful to smooth out performance, regardless of alpha expectation.

Certain asset classes can go out of favor for long periods of time while others have high out performance, so it’s nice to capture the diversification benefits.
Right. I am just saying that factors are not "magical"; one has to know what they actually mean and come from before they tilt to unknown numbers.
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Somebody mentioned September above, but does anyone know when these new funds are expected to go live?

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P.S. Anybody know if the real estate fund will be US-only or global?
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Winthorpe wrote: Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:39 pm Somebody mentioned September above, but does anyone know when these new funds are expected to go live?

Thanks,
Winthorpe

P.S. Anybody know if the real estate fund will be US-only or global?

September 16th per the SEC filing
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Any word on AVES? Tomorrow is approx launch date.
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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FiveFactor wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 6:49 pm Any word on AVES? Tomorrow is approx launch date.
Apparently it's been postponed until the end of the month.

Edit: according to this tweet it should be available today: https://twitter.com/etfhearsay/status/1 ... 13285?s=21
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:43 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.

Yes, which is why people just buy VTSAX.

VTSAX has everything.
Not arguing against a market cap index fund, but by definition, VTSAX has zero exposure to all factors other than the market factor. Having exposure to the US size and value factor doesn't just mean holding small value stocks-- it means holding more of it than the weighting in the market index, and with no offsetting position (such as a simultaneous tilt to large growth).
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Northern Flicker wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:19 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:43 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.

Yes, which is why people just buy VTSAX.

VTSAX has everything.
Not arguing against a market cap index fund, but by definition, VTSAX has zero exposure to all factors other than the market factor. Having exposure to the US size and value factor doesn't just mean holding small value stocks-- it means holding more of it than the weighting in the market index, and with no offsetting position (such as a simultaneous tilt to large growth).

Market cap has only beta, which describes 70-% of portfolio returns.

Factor portfolios have 95% + of portfolio returns explained.

Which one is a gamble?
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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Interesting. I’ll have to pay attention to see what Paul Merriman, Ben Felix and others have to say about these offerings. I wonder if or when DFA will release a Global ETF, or just more ETFs. I doubt they ever offer their Small Value funds as ETF offerings though.
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Re: New Avantis ETFs

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FiveFactor wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 5:29 am
Northern Flicker wrote: Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:19 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 9:43 am
Nathan Drake wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 8:25 am
Booogle wrote: Wed Aug 25, 2021 6:14 am I don't understand factor investing, because the 5 factors are often negatively correlated.
Negative correlation combined with similar expected long term returns is a great thing.

Yes, which is why people just buy VTSAX.

VTSAX has everything.
Not arguing against a market cap index fund, but by definition, VTSAX has zero exposure to all factors other than the market factor. Having exposure to the US size and value factor doesn't just mean holding small value stocks-- it means holding more of it than the weighting in the market index, and with no offsetting position (such as a simultaneous tilt to large growth).

Market cap has only beta, which describes 70-% of portfolio returns.

Factor portfolios have 95% + of portfolio returns explained.

Which one is a gamble?
The market factor explains essentially 100% of the return of a market index fund. Everything else is diversified away.

There is no guarantee that other factors will not all be negative during a market meltdown. Multifactor funds may perform worse than the market or may perform better. An S&P small-cap 600 value fund has exposure to the market, size, value, and quality factors. It nonetheless will be a riskier investment than a market index fund, though you may be able to meet your objective while holding less exposure to stock than with a market index fund.

A market index portfolio and a factor-tilted portfolio are both valid approaches, and I frankly don't take seriously viewpoints that extol one of them while denying the validity of the other. There are tradeoffs with each.
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