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GDXVanEck Gold Miners ETF

Grow my money20y track recordRanked #299 of 2,993 in this goal

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

By VanEck · Launched 2006

Annual Cost

0.51%

#2,794 of 5,853 · average

Fund Size

$22.8B

#138 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+44.1%

Track Record

20 years

#289 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,732+17.3%

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

What it actually holds

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
99.9%
Cash
0.1%

By sector

Basic Materials
100.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
48.5%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-49.7%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.86Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.22Good 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

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Data updated on 2026-08-02