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VanEck Natural Resources ETF

$77.27+1.41% today
557752-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index is comprised of publicly traded companies engaged (derive greater than 50% of revenues from applicable sources) in the production and distribution of commodities and commodity-related products and services in the following sectors: 1) Agriculture; 2) Alternatives (Water & Alternative Energy); 3) Base and Industrial Metals; 4) Energy; 5) Forest Products; and 6) Precious Metals.

Price & daily flows
72.365.859.377.27DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$71M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$4M walked out over the past month, about 1.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +26.3% so far this year. At 0.43% 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

$320Massets under management
0.43%expense ratio · $43 per $10,000 a year
−$4Mnet flow, trailing month
22Kavg daily volume, 30 days
434holdings · US-domiciled
2008listed November 10, 2008 · beta 0.59
The book at a glance
DE+4.3%XOM-0.6%CVX-0.2%NEE-1.6%BHP+3.6%CTVA+2.9%NTR+2.9%SHEL-0.3%AEM+1.9%NEM+3.1%RIO+3.1%TTE-1.1%FCX+7.6%ADM-1.7%B+2.9%CF+3.1%COP-0.0%BE-0.5%WPM+5.0%TSN+0.1%AU+5.3%ENB-1.0%BP-0.8%VALE+2.5%CCJ+7.2%CNQ+0.7%BG-3.0%FNV+2.9%DAR-3.1%MPC+0.7%VLO+2.2%CNH+8.4%SU+0.7%NUE+1.3%PSX+1.2%KGC+4.2%TTC+1.7%GFI+5.2%TECK+4.6%WMB-1.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1DEDEERE &5.03%$647.47+4.3%
2XOMEXXON MOBIL5.00%$165.11-0.6%
3CVXCHEVRON4.92%$205.27-0.2%
4NEENEXTERA ENERGY3.49%$83.65-1.6%
5BHPBHP GROUP3.20%$97.03+3.6%
6CTVACORTEVA2.81%$81.79+2.9%
7NTRNUTRIEN2.30%$75.27+2.9%
8SHELSHELL2.04%$93.33-0.3%
9AEMAGNICO EAGLE MINES1.95%$216.06+1.9%
10NEMNEWMONT1.90%$131.58+3.1%
11RIORIO TINTO1.80%$105.30+3.1%
12TTETOTALENERGIES SE1.73%$89.89-1.1%
13FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN1.56%$76.66+7.6%
14ADMARCHER-DANIELS-MIDLAND1.62%$80.30-1.7%
15BBARRICK GOLD CORP1.36%$47.60+2.9%

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Sector weights
Basic Materials39.5%
Materials39.02%
Energy Minerals37.41%
Energy29.8%
Non-Energy Minerals17%
Process Industries12.63%
Utilities10.09%
Industrials9.51%
Producer Manufacturing8.12%
Industrial Services8.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States47.32%
Canada11.03%
United Kingdom10.47%
Australia6.4%
Spain3.34%
Brazil2.72%
Other2.53%
Germany2.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+4.3%
1 month+8.4%
3 months+6.8%
6 months+6.9%
YTD+26.3%
1 year+39.6%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$4M
3 months−$24M
YTD+$62M
1 year+$71M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.0% of the book; the top ten carry 36%. Spread across 120+ names, it behaves like roughly 51 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
5calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
14Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
BE BLOOM ENERGY$34M$38M
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN$34M$37M
NEM NEWMONT$16M$19M
AEM AGNICO EAGLE MINES$15M$12M
CCJ CAMECO$16M$7M

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