| DFAI | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +93.2% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +11.9% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +14.4% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.83 |
| Deepest drawdown | -27.4% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-11-08 → 2022-09-27 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 2.43% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 5.9 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +93.2% in total (+11.9% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -27.4% from 2021-11-08 to 2022-09-27. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-12.9%), its best 2025 (+34.0%).
| Year | DFAI |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +11.3% |
| 2025 | +34.0% |
| 2024 | +4.7% |
| 2023 | +17.6% |
| 2022 | -12.9% |
| 2021 | +13.9% |
| 2020 | +6.1% |
+93.2% in total, which works out to +11.9% a year over the 6 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -12.9% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+34.0%).
-27.4%, from a peak on 2021-11-08 to a trough on 2022-09-27. From that trough it took 456 days (about 15.0 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 2.43% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say DFAI is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -27.4% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.