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REMXVanEck

VanEck Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF

$80.75+6.69% today
5711052-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index includes companies primarily engaged in a variety of activities that are related to the producing, refining and recycling of rare earth and strategic metals and minerals. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
98.383.468.680.75DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.8B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$22M walked out over the past month, about 1.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +5.2% so far this year. At 0.56% 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

$2.2Bassets under management
0.56%expense ratio · $56 per $10,000 a year
−$22Mnet flow, trailing month
757Kavg daily volume, 30 days
25holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed October 27, 2010 · beta 1.94
The book at a glance
AMG+1.0%ALB+6.8%MP+9.1%SQM+4.5%ALM+4.6%ELVR+10.1%LAC+5.7%LAR+14.2%SGML+11.6%UAMY+4.2%TROX-0.9%SLIPLS7.5%LYC7.0%6001116.6%6019585.3%6005495.2%76104.3%ILU3.9%6003923.7%17723.3%LTR3.2%6030672.4%6036632.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMGAFFILIATED MANAGERS GROUP2.49%$356.21+1.0%
2ALBALBEMARLE8.12%$143.25+6.8%
3MPMP MATERIALS6.88%$60.05+9.1%
4SQMCHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE5.88%$81.96+4.5%
5ALMAlmonty Industries Inc.5.79%$18.51+4.6%
6ELVRSAYONA MINING LTD2.16%$67.76+10.1%
7LACLITHIUM AMERICAS1.91%$3.14+5.7%
8LARLithium Argentina AG1.54%$6.83+14.2%
9SGMLSIGMA LITHIUM1.28%$11.97+11.6%
10UAMYUNITED STATES ANTIMONY1.25%$5.49+4.2%
11TROXTRONOX HOLDINGS1.28%$5.56-0.9%
12SLISTANDARD LITHIUM1.02%$2.48+9.3%
13IPXIPERIONX0.94%$22.50+9.0%
14VULVULCAN ENERGY RESOURCES LTD1.44%
15600456Baoji Titanium Industry Co Ltd1.18%

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Sector weights
Basic Materials100%
Materials100%
Non-Energy Minerals64.73%
Process Industries32.51%
Producer Manufacturing2.47%
Cash0.28%
Other0.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China27.66%
Australia26.5%
United States21.06%
Canada7.9%
Japan7.67%
Chile6.94%
Hong Kong6.29%
Brazil3.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+2.3%
1 month+19.6%
3 months-16.6%
6 months-10.4%
YTD+5.2%
1 year+37.1%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$8M
1 month−$22M
3 months−$58M
YTD+$733M
1 year+$1.8B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
45%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
50%realized volatility, 1 year
-41.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-26.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.1% of the book; the top ten carry 63%. Spread across 30+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1Kcalls today
401puts today
0.32put/call ratio
1.3Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MP MP MATERIALS$9M$7M
ALB ALBEMARLE$3M$4M
ALM Almonty Industries Inc.$617,410$579,178
UAMY UNITED STATES ANTIMONY$333,436$186,379
SGML SIGMA LITHIUM$281,166$111,070

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