AVEE
Avantis Emerging Markets Small Cap Equity ETF
stock NYSE ETF

Yeah that makes sense. Also avantis funds have quality screening which adds a third factor to AVEE.

Posters above specifically mentioned AVUV and AVDV, which are small cap value funds) in addition to VOO and VXUS, which are large cap or all cap funds; so I assume the suggestion was for small cap focus more than value.
AVES is a pure value fund and AVEE is small cap fund with a tilt toward value.
Unfortunately, Avantis does not offer a "pure" small cap value fund, you have to choose which factor is more important, small cap or value.
I go with AVEE, because while it doesn't tilt as *strongly* toward value as AVES, it does still tilt toward value, and it is definitely small cap; which goes well with my large and medium cap VEU investment.

Nothing. I love the Small Value funds (I have AVDV but FSEV for US, for now anyway) the mid cap momentum is an interesting bet. Any reason you went Dimensional for US and Avantis for International? Have you looked into the Avantis emerging markets small value fund AVEE? I don’t have it myself, I have DFAE which is more of a multifactor blend approach but definitely tilts to small value.
I keep asking more questions but I guess I’m curious about the weighting of the portfolio in general. You are 75% US, 25% international. Global market cap is 60-65% US, 35-40% international. Is the weight toward US stock a deliberate strategy?
The short answer is I’d make the ratio something in the ballpark of DFUS - 40%, XMMO - 10%, AVUV - 10%, AVNM - 30%, AVDV - 10%
Last question I promise as if I haven’t asked more than enough: have you seen the global active managed funds DFAW or AVGE??

The purpose of AVDV and AVUV is exposure to value factor and size factor but the value factor is far more important. AVES is value factor but not concentrated on size factor. AVEE is size factor but not concentrated on value factor.
Personally, I think value factor is more important here, so I’d choose AVES.

Yeah that makes sense. Also avantis funds have quality screening which adds a third factor to AVEE.

Posters above specifically mentioned AVUV and AVDV, which are small cap value funds) in addition to VOO and VXUS, which are large cap or all cap funds; so I assume the suggestion was for small cap focus more than value.
AVES is a pure value fund and AVEE is small cap fund with a tilt toward value.
Unfortunately, Avantis does not offer a "pure" small cap value fund, you have to choose which factor is more important, small cap or value.
I go with AVEE, because while it doesn't tilt as *strongly* toward value as AVES, it does still tilt toward value, and it is definitely small cap; which goes well with my large and medium cap VEU investment.

Nothing. I love the Small Value funds (I have AVDV but FSEV for US, for now anyway) the mid cap momentum is an interesting bet. Any reason you went Dimensional for US and Avantis for International? Have you looked into the Avantis emerging markets small value fund AVEE? I don’t have it myself, I have DFAE which is more of a multifactor blend approach but definitely tilts to small value.
I keep asking more questions but I guess I’m curious about the weighting of the portfolio in general. You are 75% US, 25% international. Global market cap is 60-65% US, 35-40% international. Is the weight toward US stock a deliberate strategy?
The short answer is I’d make the ratio something in the ballpark of DFUS - 40%, XMMO - 10%, AVUV - 10%, AVNM - 30%, AVDV - 10%
Last question I promise as if I haven’t asked more than enough: have you seen the global active managed funds DFAW or AVGE??

The purpose of AVDV and AVUV is exposure to value factor and size factor but the value factor is far more important. AVES is value factor but not concentrated on size factor. AVEE is size factor but not concentrated on value factor.
Personally, I think value factor is more important here, so I’d choose AVES.