GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF

Grow my money20y track recordRanked #279 of 2,960 in this goal

Seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses.

By VanEck · Launched 2006

Annual Cost

0.51%

#2,701 of 5,562 · average

Fund Size

$27.1B

#111 of 5,562 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+55.3%

Track Record

20 years

#295 of 5,562 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD

Growth of $10,000

$14,818+48.2%

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

Classification

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Smid

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Focus

Gold

Index tracked

Gold Miners Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 56.4% of fundmoderately concentrated

Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd

8.9%

Newmont Corp

8.8%

Barrick Mining Corp

7.2%

Wheaton Precious Metals Corp

5.0%

Anglogold Ashanti Plc

4.9%

Gold Fields Ltd

4.8%

Franco-Nevada Corp

4.8%

Kinross Gold Corp

4.4%

Pan American Silver Corp

4.0%

Northern Star Resources Ltd

3.6%

Asset allocation

Stocks

100.0%

Cash

0.0%

By sector

Basic Materials

100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years

Volatility (1Y)

47.4%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown

-49.8%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)

0.99Decent risk-adjusted returns

Sortino (3Y)

1.39Good downside protection

Where to buy

Listing

Exchange: NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective: Seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses.
Strategy: Invests primarily in securities that comprise the Gold Miners Index, which includes small- and medium-cap companies in the gold and silver mining industry. Uses a passive investment approach to approximate index performance.
Inception date: May 16, 2006
Fund family: VanEck