DFA's funds have generally fared well in recent years.

After its introduction in 2000, the fund fared a bit better than average one year, a bit worse the next.

Over the last year, international funds have fared much better, gaining 17.8 percent on average.

For the most part, funds with little exposure to technology fared best.

Latin American funds fared the worst, dropping by 11.14 percent after a 12.41 percent decline in the second quarter.

So far this year, funds without AT&T shares have mostly fared better than those with.

But many mid-cap and small-cap funds fared much better than their market indexes.

Other international funds that have attracted attention of late also fared well.

The fund fared relatively well in July in large part because of the absence of technology stocks.

Mutual funds that invest dollars in Japan fared even worse because of the yen's 16 percent slide against the dollar.