Matthews India Active ETF

INDE

Market cap $9.25M

India's economy grew at an annual rate of 7.8% in the quarter ending June, topping economists' expectations of 6.7% (Reuters poll), as quoted on CNBC.

We view the current weakness in Indian stocks as a good opportunity to own stocks from an economy that is still likely to be the fastest growing over the next decade. We seek to ascertain if the Matthews India Active ETF which follows a bottoms-up fundamentally driven active approach is worth pursuing. INDE falls short on multiple counts.

The overall market narrative has focused on the U.S. and potential tariffs on China and some neighbors, but that may be missing important opportunities elsewhere. There are some strong reasons to invest abroad right now for U.S. investors.

India ETFs have been gaining momentum lately and hovering around a 52-week high.