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GDXJVanEck

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

$132.59+2.67% today
7615652-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the index. The index includes companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining/royalties/streaming or have mining projects with the potential to generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver when developed. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
138.9116.193.2132.59DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +17.1% so far this year. At 0.52% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VAW runs the same ground at 0.10%.

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

$68.7Bassets under management
0.52%expense ratio · $52 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
5.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
103holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed November 10, 2009 · beta 2.06
Sector weights
Materials100%
Basic Materials100%
Non-Energy Minerals99.74%
Other16.37%
Finance0.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Canada55.49%
Australia16.28%
South Africa6.42%
United States5.08%
Mexico4.23%
Peru4.21%
United Kingdom3.58%
China1.96%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+12.3%
1 month+35.9%
3 months+18.8%
6 months-1.1%
YTD+17.1%
1 year+73.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
57%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
56%realized volatility, 1 year
-41.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-15.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
8Kcalls today
4Kputs today
0.52put/call ratio
4.9Mshares traded
The case against GDXJ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GDXJ on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
GLD SPDR Gold Shares0.40%$146B+$4.4B-12bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$4.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
RING iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF0.39%$2.4B−$386M-13bp on feeHead-to-head
SLVP iShares MSCI Global Silver and Metals Miners ETF0.39%$978M−$10M-13bp on feeHead-to-head
SLV iShares Silver Trust0.50%$38.5B-2bp on feeHead-to-head
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