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MORTVanEck

VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF

$9.90-0.30% today
9.6511.4252-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The Mortgage REITs Index may include small-, medium- and large-capitalization companies. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
11.0410.5410.039.90DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$121M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -7.6% so far this year. At 0.43% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VNQ runs the same ground at 0.12%.

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

$10.6Bassets under management
0.43%expense ratio · $43 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
976Kavg daily volume, 30 days
25holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed August 16, 2011 · beta 0.59
Sector weights
Real Estate100%
Finance99.99%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+1.9%
3 months-1.1%
6 months-7.7%
YTD-7.6%
1 year-9.7%
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
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-13.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
311calls today
168puts today
0.54put/call ratio
713Kshares traded
The case against MORT

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-38bp on fee · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
HDV iShares Core High Dividend ETF0.08%$15.1B+$209M-35bp on fee · +$209M in over the monthHead-to-head
SCHD Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF0.06%$60.6B-37bp on fee · 6× the assetsHead-to-head
VYM Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index Fund0.06%$58.1B-37bp on fee · 5× the assetsHead-to-head
DGRO iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF0.08%$43.6B−$50M-35bp on fee · 4× the assetsHead-to-head
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