GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF

Grow my money20y track recordRanked #300 of 3,055 in this goal

Tracks the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index.

By VanEck · Launched 2006

Annual Cost

0.51%

#2,900 of 6,040 · average

Fund Size

$30.5B

#114 of 6,040 · large

Return (1Y)

+40.0%

Track Record

20 years

#295 of 6,040 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$13,557+35.6%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Smid

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Focus

Gold

Index tracked

Gold Miners Index

Holdings

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 60.6% of fundconcentrated

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd

12.1%

Newmont Corp

10.8%

Barrick Mining Corp

7.6%

Franco-Nevada Corp

5.2%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc

5.1%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp

4.9%

Kinross Gold Corp

4.7%

Gold Fields Ltd

4.5%

Pan American Silver Corp

3.2%

Northern Star Resources Ltd

2.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks

100.0%

By sector

Basic Materials

100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

51.1%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-49.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

1.14Strong risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.64Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Tracks the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index.
Strategy: Uses a passive investment approach to invest at least 80% of total assets in securities that comprise the Gold Miners Index, which includes small- and medium-capitalization companies primarily in the gold and silver mining industry. The Fund does not seek to outperform the Index and may concentrate investments in the gold mining sector.
Inception date: May 16, 2006
Fund family: VanEck