An actively managed ETF: Cambria holds large US companies, worth $8 billion or more, directly or through other ETFs. Its name indicates equal weighting.
USEW, the Cambria US EW ETF ($187 million), sits in StoryVector’s Beta Book: a manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme. It carries no market story, so it is not ranked against one.
USEW · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+10.5%Total return since launch, December 2025
+10.3%Year to date
11.9%Volatility since launch
Checked, and added to the Beta Book
A manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme.
We check every ETF against the 22 narratives. This one follows the market, a factor or a manager’s choices rather than a story, so it has no narrative and no Share of Narrative. See the narratives on the board → · See the whole Beta Book →
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
1M
3M
YTD
1Y
3Y*
5Y*
USEW
−1.2%
0.0%
+10.3%
–
–
–
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 December 19, 2025: +10.5%.
$10,000 invested December 31, 2025
USEW $11,032The market $11,464
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 market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
USEW has traded for less than a year, so how it moves against the market is not shown yet.
Where it sits among discretionary Beta Book ETFs
Each dot is one of 96 unlevered discretionary Beta Book ETFs, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year.
Risk
11.9%Volatility, last year
−7.8%Largest fall, last year
−3.4%Below its high now
0.30%Expense ratio, a year · 5th cheapest of 85
$48,384Traded each day, 3-month average
$187.2mAssets
Issued by Cambria · launched December 17, 2025
Cost against its peers
USEW is the 5th cheapest of 85 discretionary Beta Book ETFs. The dashed line is the middle of the group, 0.79% a year.
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF.
Leverage1xMoves one for one with what it holds
OptionsNoneNo options on top of what it holds
Exposure–
Underlyings1A single asset or index
Common questions
Why does USEW have no story?
A manager chooses its holdings without a stated theme.
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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 →