Junior Gold Miners ETF
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
Junior Gold Miners ETF
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF
Fund Description
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF invests in the stocks of small gold miners, some of which are in the early stages of exploration. Junior gold miners bring on new supply and are prime beneficiaries of rising gold demand. Typically they have greater sensitivity to underlying gold price movements than more established, senior gold mining companies.
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NAV$36.77
as of 07 May 2024 -
YTD RETURNS9.91%
as of 07 May 2024 -
Total Net Assets$415.5 million
as of 07 May 2024 -
Total Expense Ratio0.55%
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Inception Date25 Mar 2015
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SFDR ClassificationArticle 6
Overview
Fund Description
VanEck Junior Gold Miners UCITS ETF invests in the stocks of small gold miners, some of which are in the early stages of exploration. Junior gold miners bring on new supply and are prime beneficiaries of rising gold demand. Typically they have greater sensitivity to underlying gold price movements than more established, senior gold mining companies.
- Potential for additional upside as premium takeover targets for larger producers
- Ideal complement to more traditional gold or gold equity allocations
- Only ETF in Europe providing exposure to junior gold miners
Risk Factors: Risk of investing in natural resources companies, industry or sector concentration risk, risk of investing in smaller companies. Please refer to the
and the Prospectus for other important information before investing.
Underlying Index
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR)
Fund Highlights
- Potential for additional upside as premium takeover targets for larger producers
- Ideal complement to more traditional gold or gold equity allocations
- Only ETF in Europe providing exposure to junior gold miners
Risk Factors: Risk of investing in natural resources companies, industry or sector concentration risk, risk of investing in smaller companies. Please refer to the
and the Prospectus for other important information before investing.
Underlying Index
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR)
Performance
Holdings
Portfolio
Literature
Index
Index Description
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index is a pure-play, global index, tracking the performance of the most liquid junior companies in the global gold and silver mining industry that generate or intend to generate at least 50% of their revenues from this sector.
Index Key Points
Underlying Index
MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR)
Pure Play
Index constituents have to generate at least 50% of their revenues from global gold and silver mining.
Liquid
Demanding liquidity criteria are applied when potential index companies are selected.
Diversified
Capping factors guarantee well-balanced and diversified index exposure, thus preventing large companies from dominating an index
Transparent
Full methodology details, selection and review processes as well as realtime index values and weightings are disclosed on www.mvis-indices.com.