MEM

Matthews Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF

Matthews · $54.2m in assets, October 8, 2026

MEM, the Matthews Emerging Markets Equity Active ETF, is a $54 million ETF whose main story is dollar displacement. Over the past year it returned +24.8%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

MEM · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+17.9% a yearTotal return since launch, July 2022
+24.8%Last 12 months
+23.4%Year to date
19.4%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

This is its only narrative.

Dollar displacement →

Stocks and bonds outside the United States, and the dollar that sets what they are worth to a US holder.

Dollar displacement · the narrative this week
41.5WARM level, 19 of 22
last four weeks
641ETFs carry it
35.5%held by the top five
VEAlargest holder, 9.6%
$2,497 bncapital, 1st of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
VEA 9.6%IEFA 7.7%VXUS 6.6%IEMG 6.5%VWO 5.1%636 other ETFs 64.5%35.5%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1VEA9.6%$235.49bn+20.7%0.03%
2IEFA7.7%$190.21bn+14.1%0.07%
3VXUS6.6%$162.13bn+18.2%0.05%
4IEMG6.5%$160.08bn+26.5%0.09%
5VWO5.1%$125.81bn+11.4%0.06%
636 other ETFs64.5%
MEM: 0.0%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 641 ETFs on the narrative page →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
MEM+0.1%+1.3%+23.4%+24.8%+23.7%–
Dollar displacementits narrative−1.6%+1.2%+14.8%+19.3%+21.1%+9.9%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on July 14, 2022: +17.9% a year.

$10,000 invested July 31, 2022

MEM $18,856Dollar displacement $18,399The market $19,598
$0$10,000$20,000Jul 2022Jul 2023Jul 2024Jul 2025Jul 2026$0$10,000$20,000Jul 2022Jul 2024Jul 2026

Year by year

MEMDollar displacementThe market
0%10%20%30%40%MEM 2023: +6.9%Narrative 2023: +16.5%The market 2023: +27.9%2023MEM 2024: +10.3%Narrative 2024: +5.8%The market 2024: +23.1%2024MEM 2025: +28.4%Narrative 2025: +31.7%The market 2025: +16.8%2025MEM YTD: +23.4%Narrative YTD: +14.8%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD0%10%20%30%40%MEM 2023: +6.9%Narrative 2023: +16.5%The market 2023: +27.9%2023MEM 2024: +10.3%Narrative 2024: +5.8%The market 2024: +23.1%2024MEM 2025: +28.4%Narrative 2025: +31.7%The market 2025: +16.8%2025MEM YTD: +23.4%Narrative YTD: +14.8%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if MEM traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is MEM selling?

MEM’s main story is dollar displacement, which covers stocks and bonds outside the United States, and the dollar that sets what they are worth to a US holder.

Which ETFs compete with MEM?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like MEM’s over the past 3 years are REMG (0.98), EEM (0.97) and XSOE (0.97).

How has MEM performed against its story?

Over the past year MEM returned +24.8%, the ETFs carrying dollar displacement +19.3% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.88 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →