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      id="ixv-25551"> U.S. Large Company Portfolio</oef:RiskReturnHeading>
    <oef:ObjectiveHeading
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      id="ixv-25552"> Investment Objective</oef:ObjectiveHeading>
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      id="ixv-1858">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The
U.S. Large Company Portfolio (the &#x201c;Portfolio&#x201d;) seeks, as its investment objective, to approximate
the total investment return of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt; Index.&lt;/p&gt;</oef:ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock>
    <oef:ExpenseHeading
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and Expenses of the Portfolio</oef:ExpenseHeading>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-1866">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:bold; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;This table describes the
fees and expenses you may pay if you buy, hold or sell ETF Class shares of the Portfolio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;You
may also incur usual and customary brokerage commissions when buying or selling the ETF Class shares
of the Portfolio, which are not reflected in the table or Example that follows.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock>
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(expenses that you pay each                       year as a percentage of
the value of your investment)</oef:OperatingExpensesCaption>
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      id="ixv-25561">EXAMPLE</oef:ExpenseExampleHeading>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-1959">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;This
Example is meant to help you compare the cost of investing in the Portfolio's ETF Class shares with the
cost of investing in other funds. The Example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Portfolio's ETF
Class shares for the time periods indicated. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return
each year and that the Portfolio&#x2019;s operating expenses remain the same. The costs for the Portfolio's
ETF class shares reflect the net expenses of the Portfolio's ETF Class shares that result from the contractual
expense waiver in the first year only. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these
assumptions your costs whether you redeem or hold your shares would be: &lt;/p&gt;</oef:ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock>
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      unitRef="usd">32</oef:ExpenseExampleYear03>
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      decimals="INF"
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      unitRef="usd">59</oef:ExpenseExampleYear05>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_C000268948Member_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      decimals="INF"
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      unitRef="usd">59</oef:ExpenseExampleYear05>
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    <oef:PortfolioTurnoverHeading
      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-25572">PORTFOLIO TURNOVER</oef:PortfolioTurnoverHeading>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-1986">&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;A fund generally pays
transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or &#x201c;turns over&#x201d;
its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher
taxes when fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Annual
Fund Operating Expenses or in &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;the Example, affect the Portfolio&#x2019;s performance. During
the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, the Portfolio's portfolio turnover rate was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; color:#000000; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;6%&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
of the average value of its investment portfolio. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock>
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    <oef:StrategyHeading
      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-25574"> Principal
Investment Strategies</oef:StrategyHeading>
    <oef:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock
      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-2001">&lt;p style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The U.S. Large Company Portfolio generally invests in the
stocks that comprise the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Index
in approximately the proportions they are represented in the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index. The S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Index comprises a broad
and diverse group of stocks. Generally, these are the U.S. stocks with the largest market capitalizations
and, as a group, they generally represent approximately 80% of the total market capitalization of all
publicly traded U.S. stocks. For the Portfolio, the Advisor considers the stocks that comprise the S&amp;amp;P
500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Index to be those of large companies.
Under normal market conditions, at least 95% of the Portfolio&#x2019;s net assets will be invested in
the stocks that comprise the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index. As a non-fundamental policy, under normal circumstances, the Portfolio will invest at least 80%
of its net assets in securities of large U.S. companies.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Ordinarily, portfolio companies
will not be sold except to reflect additions or deletions of the companies that comprise the S&amp;amp;P
500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Index, including as a result
of mergers, reorganizations and similar transactions and, to the extent necessary, to provide cash to
pay redemptions of the U.S. Large Company Portfolio&#x2019;s shares. Given the impact on prices of securities
affected by the reconstitution of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index around the time of a reconstitution date, the Portfolio may purchase or sell securities that may
be impacted by the reconstitution before or after the reconstitution date of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index. In seeking to approximate the total investment return of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index, the Advisor may also adjust the representation of securities in the Portfolio after considering
such securities&#x2019; characteristics and other factors the Advisor determines to be appropriate.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Serif; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The
U.S. Large Company Portfolio may purchase or sell futures contracts and options on futures contracts
for U.S. equity securities and indices to increase or decrease equity market exposure based on actual
or expected cash inflows to or outflows from the Portfolio.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The U.S. Large Company
Portfolio may lend its portfolio securities to generate additional income.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The
U.S. Large Company Portfolio intends to be &#x201c;diversified,&#x201d; as defined in the Investment Company
Act of 1940, as amended (the &#x201c;1940 Act&#x201d;), to the extent that the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index is diversified. The Portfolio may become &#x201c;non-diversified&#x201d; as defined in the 1940 Act
solely as a result of a change in relative market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents
of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Index. Should the Portfolio
become &#x201c;non-diversified,&#x201d; it will no longer be required to meet certain diversification requirements
under the 1940 Act and may invest a greater portion of its assets in securities of a small group of issuers
or in any one individual issuer than can a diversified fund. Shareholder approval will not be sought
when the Portfolio crosses from diversified to non-diversified status solely due to a change in relative
market capitalization or index weighting of one or more constituents of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;About the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index: The Standard &amp;amp; Poor&#x2019;s 500 Composite Stock Price Index&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
is market capitalization weighted (adjusted for free float). Its performance is usually cyclical because
it reflects periods when stock prices generally rise or fall. For information concerning S&amp;amp;P Global
Ratings, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies (&#x201c;S&amp;amp;P&#x201d;), and disclaimers of S&amp;amp;P
with respect to the U.S. Large Company Portfolio, see &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&#x201c;Standard &amp;amp; Poor&#x2019;s&#x2014;Information
and Disclaimers.&#x201d;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:StrategyNarrativeTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-2057">&lt;p style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:left; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:4.0pt; font-family:Arial; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="" id="x5x2"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Principal Risks&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Because
the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money.
An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. The following is a description of principal
risks of investing in the Portfolio.&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_RiskLoseMoneyMember_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-25575">Because
the value of your investment in the Portfolio will fluctuate, there is the risk that you will lose money.</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-25576">An investment in the Portfolio is not a deposit of a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_EquityMarketRisk2_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-2063">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Equity Market
Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir-HeavyOblique; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Even a long-term investment approach cannot guarantee a profit.
Economic, market, political, and issuer-specific conditions and events will cause the value of equity
securities, and a fund that owns them, to rise or fall. Stock markets are volatile, with periods of rising
prices and periods of falling prices.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-2072">&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Non-Diversification Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir-HeavyOblique; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;In
seeking to approximate the total investment return of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index, the Portfolio may become non-diversified as a result of a change in relative market capitalization
or index weighting of one or more constituents of the S&amp;amp;P 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;&lt;sup&gt;&#xae;&lt;/sup&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
Index. If the Portfolio becomes non-diversified, a change in the value of one or a few issuers&#x2019;
securities will therefore affect the value of the Portfolio more than if it was a diversified fund. This
may increase the Portfolio&#x2019;s volatility and cause the performance of a relatively small number
of issuers to have a greater impact on the Portfolio&#x2019;s performance.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-2083">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Derivatives Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Derivatives are instruments,
such as futures contracts, and options thereon, whose value is derived from that of other assets, rates
or indices. The use of derivatives for non-hedging purposes may be considered to carry more risk than
other types of investments. When a fund uses derivatives, the fund will be directly exposed to the risks
of those derivatives. Derivative instruments are subject to a number of risks including counterparty,
liquidity, interest rate, market, credit and management risks, as well as the risk of improper valuation.
Changes in the value of a derivative may not correlate perfectly with the underlying asset, rate or index,
and a fund could lose more than the principal amount invested. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-2087">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Securities Lending Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; Securities lending involves
the risk that the borrower may fail to return the securities in a timely manner or at all. As a result,
a fund may lose money and there may be a delay in recovering the loaned securities. A fund could also
lose money if it does not recover the securities and/or the value of the collateral falls, including
the value of investments made with cash collateral. Securities lending also may have certain adverse
tax consequences.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_OperationalRisk2_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-2091">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Operational Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir-HeavyOblique; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Operational risks include human error, changes in personnel, system changes, faults
in communication, and failures in systems, technology, or processes. Various operational events or circumstances
are outside a fund&#x2019;s or its advisor&#x2019;s control, including instances at third parties. A fund
and its advisor seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures. However, measures
that seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures may not address every possible
risk and may be inadequate to address these risks.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
    <oef:RiskTextBlock
      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_CyberSecurityRisk2_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-2096">&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Cyber
Security Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir-HeavyOblique; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;A fund and its service providers&#x2019;
use of internet, technology and information systems may expose the fund to potential risks linked to
cyber security breaches of those technological or information systems. Cyber security breaches, amongst
other things, could allow an unauthorized party to gain access to proprietary information, customer data,
or fund assets, or cause the fund and/or its service providers to suffer data corruption or lose operational
functionality.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The following is a description of additional principal risks
of investing in the ETF Class shares of the Portfolio, due to the shares being listed and traded on a
national securities exchange.&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
    <oef:RiskTextBlock
      contextRef="Context_20251031_20251031_S000001014Member_MarketTradingRisk2_S000001014Summary1Member"
      id="ixv-2102">&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:italic; color:#000000; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Market Trading Risk:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir-HeavyOblique; font-style:italic; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;
&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;Active trading markets for the ETF Class shares may not be developed or maintained
by market makers or authorized participants. Authorized participants are not obligated to make a market
in the ETF Class shares or to submit purchase or redemption orders for creation units, which may widen
bid-ask spreads. Trading in shares on an exchange may be halted in certain circumstances. There can be
no assurance that the requirements of the listing exchange necessary to maintain the listing of the ETF
Class shares will continue to be met. Additionally, in stressed market conditions, the market for the
ETF Class shares may become less liquid in response to deteriorating liquidity in the markets for a fund&#x2019;s
portfolio holdings, which may cause a significant variance in the market price of the ETF Class shares
and their underlying value as well as an increase in the ETF Class shares&#x2019; bid-ask spread.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
    <oef:RiskTextBlock
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of the ETF Class shares and the value of your investment may fluctuate. Disruptions to creations and
redemptions or the market price of a fund&#x2019;s holdings, the existence of extreme market volatility
or potential lack of an active trading market for shares may widen bid-ask spreads and result in shares
trading at a significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases shares at a time when
the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells shares at a time when the market price is at a discount
to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</oef:RiskTextBlock>
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      id="ixv-2117">&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The
bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the Portfolio&#x2019;s returns
and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The ETF Class shares
of the Portfolio are a new &lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p style="-sec-ix-redline:true;font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; font-style:normal;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;class of shares for which performance information is not available,
and therefore, for periods prior to the inception of the ETF Class shares, the bar chart and table show
performance information for the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio, a mutual fund class of shares
of the Portfolio not offered in this Prospectus. Returns of the ETF Class shares of the Portfolio may
vary from the returns of the Institutional Class shares due to differences in expenses. The bar chart
shows the changes in performance of the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio from year to year.
The table illustrates how annualized returns of the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio for certain
periods, both before and after taxes,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:none;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;compare
with those of a broad measure of market performance. The Portfolio&#x2019;s past performance (before and
after taxes) is not an indication of future results. Updated performance information for the Portfolio
can be obtained by visiting https://www.dimensional.com/us-en/funds.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p style="font-size:9.0pt; font-family:Avenir LT Pro 45 Book; text-align:justify; font-weight:normal; text-decoration:none;"&gt;The
after-tax returns presented in the table for the Portfolio are calculated using the historical highest
individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
 Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor&#x2019;s tax situation and may differ from those shown
in the table.  In addition, the after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold shares
of the Portfolio through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.&lt;/p&gt;</oef:PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock>
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bar chart and table immediately following illustrate the variability of the Portfolio&#x2019;s returns
and are meant to provide some indication of the risks of investing in the Portfolio. The ETF Class shares
of the Portfolio are a new

class of shares for which performance information is not available,
and therefore, for periods prior to the inception of the ETF Class shares, the bar chart and table show
performance information for the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio, a mutual fund class of shares
of the Portfolio not offered in this Prospectus. Returns of the ETF Class shares of the Portfolio may
vary from the returns of the Institutional Class shares due to differences in expenses. The bar chart
shows the changes in performance of the Institutional Class shares of the Portfolio from year to year.</oef:PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns>
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