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VanEck Biotech ETF

$241.23+1.74% today
16124452-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The Biotech Index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the biotechnology industry. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
226.2202.5178.9241.23DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$162M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$7M of net buying over the past month, about 1.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +26.8% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWM runs the same ground at 0.19%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$469Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$7Mnet flow, trailing month
8Kavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
1999listed November 22, 1999 · beta 0.61
The book at a glance
AMGN+1.3%GILD+1.9%VRTX+1.4%REGN+0.9%MRNA+8.9%NTRA+2.2%RVMD-1.1%IQV+1.5%ARGX+0.2%ILMN+2.9%ONC+1.4%BIIB+1.1%INSM+0.6%ALNY+3.0%INCY+0.5%UTHR-1.5%BNTX+5.1%CRL+1.3%ICLR-1.2%NBIX-0.2%TECHBMRNTEMQGEN

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMGNAMGEN15.57%$439.33+1.3%
2GILDGILEAD SCIENCES12.45%$146.12+1.9%
3VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS8.49%$548.05+1.4%
4REGNREGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS7.06%$834.04+0.9%
5MRNAMODERNA5.49%$145.13+8.9%
6NTRANATERA5.05%$332.03+2.2%
7RVMDREVOLUTION MEDICINES5.11%$209.46-1.1%
8IQVIQVIA HOLDINGS4.89%$259.82+1.5%
9ARGXARGENX SE4.77%$1039.78+0.2%
10ILMNILLUMINA3.30%$219.40+2.9%
11ONCBeiGene3.12%$374.47+1.4%
12BIIBBIOGEN3.08%$216.78+1.1%
13INSMINSMED2.69%$125.77+0.6%
14ALNYALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS2.50%$236.22+3.0%
15INCYINCYTE2.40%$127.81+0.5%

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Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Health Technology86.57%
Commercial Services7.67%
Health Services5.76%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States93.37%
Ireland4.43%
China3.87%
Netherlands2.82%
Germany1.95%
Spain1.67%
Hong Kong1.62%
Switzerland0.81%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+8.5%
1 month+18.5%
3 months+30.6%
6 months+22.4%
YTD+26.8%
1 year+44.4%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$7M
1 month+$7M
3 months+$7M
YTD−$120K
1 year−$28M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
36%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 15.6% of the book; the top ten carry 72%. Spread across 24+ names, it behaves like roughly 14 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
11Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$178M$164M
TEM TEMPUS AI INC$21M$16M
AMGN AMGEN$6M$5M
ALNY ALNYLAM PHARMACEUTICALS$3M$3M
RVMD REVOLUTION MEDICINES$2M$3M

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