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GDXJVanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Grow my money16y track recordRanked #369 of 2,993 in this goal

Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index.

By VanEck · Launched 2009

Annual Cost

0.52%

#2,812 of 5,853 · average

Fund Size

$7.1B

#359 of 5,853 · large

Return (1Y)Goal

+50.7%

Track Record

16 years

#697 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$11,919+19.2%

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

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Equity

Region

Global

Cap

Small

Strategy

Index tracking

Sector

Materials

Focus

Gold

Index tracked

MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 44.6% of fundmoderately concentrated

Alamos Gold Inc
7.1%
Coeur Mining Inc
6.7%
Equinox Gold Corp
6.6%
Endeavour Mining PLC
6.1%
Evolution Mining Ltd
6.0%
First Majestic Silver Corp
2.8%
Industrias Penoles SAB de CV
2.4%
IAMGOLD Corp
2.4%
Hecla Mining Co
2.3%
Lundin Gold Inc
2.3%

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)
53.9%High

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-58.9%Severe

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.89Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.26Good downside protection

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Seeks to replicate the price and yield performance of the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in securities of companies involved in the gold mining industry, using a passive indexing approach to replicate the Junior Gold Miners Index. Includes small- and medium-cap companies and may concentrate investments in the gold mining sector.
Inception date
November 10, 2009
Fund family
VanEck

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Data updated on 2026-08-02