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EMAG
VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF

Fund Description

The VanEck Vectors® Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF (EMAG®) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® EM Aggregate Bond Index (MVEMAG), which is comprised of sovereign bonds and corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, Euros or local emerging markets currencies, and includes both investment grade and below investment grade rated securities.

 
 

  • Fund Ticker

    EMAG

  • Exchange

    NYSE Arca

  • ETF Structure

    Physical

  • Administrator

    Van Eck Associates

  • Custodian

    State Street Bank and Trust Company

  • Index Ticker

    MVEMAG

†Effective December 10, 2013, VanEck Vectors® LatAm Aggregate Bond ETF (BONO) changed its underlying index and changed its name to VanEck Vectors Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF (EMAG). See details below.

 
as of 01/25/21

  • 30-Day SEC Yield1

    2.81%

  • Total Net Assets

    $16.2M

  • Number of Holdings

    310

  • Options

    Expected

  • Gross Expense Ratio2

    1.49%

  • Net Expense Ratio/TER2

    0.35%

  • Distribution Frequency

    Monthly
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Country Weightings (%) as of 12/31/20

  • Country

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Mexico

    10.30
  • ■

    Brazil

    8.38
  • ■

    Indonesia

    7.39
  • ■

    Russia

    6.34
  • ■

    South Africa

    4.66
  • ■

    China

    4.57
  • ■

    Malaysia

    4.43
  • ■

    Thailand

    3.82
  • ■

    Israel

    3.74
  • ■

    Uae

    3.62
  • ■

    Saudi Arabia

    3.59
  • ■

    Turkey

    3.55
  • ■

    Colombia

    3.42
  • ■

    Chile

    3.21
  • ■

    Peru

    3.02
  • ■

    Poland

    2.90
  • ■

    India

    2.40
  • ■

    United Kingdom

    2.30
  • ■

    Czech

    2.07
  • ■

    Philippines

    1.89
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    14.39

Portfolio Composition (%)
as of 12/31/20

  • % of Net Assets

  • Stocks

    0.00

  • Bonds

    99.45

  • Other

    0.00

  • Cash

    0.55

Currency Exposure (%)
as of 12/31/20

  • U.S. Dollar

    54.82

  • Euro

    5.99

  • Brazilian Real

    4.19

  • Mexican Peso

    3.87

  • Thailand Baht

    3.82

  • Indonesian Rupiah

    3.82

  • Malaysian Ringgit

    3.75

  • South African Rand

    3.10

  • Polish Zloty

    2.90

  • Russian Ruble

    2.71

  • Israeli Shekel

    2.01

  • Colombian Peso

    1.75

  • Peruvian New Sol

    1.43

  • Czech Koruna

    1.20

  • Hungarian Forint

    1.10

  • Romanian Leu

    1.02

  • Chilean Peso

    0.77

  • Turkish Lira

    0.66

  • Nigeria Naira

    0.35

  • Uruguay Peso

    0.10

  • Chinese Renminbi

    0.09

  • Other/Cash

    0.55

Credit Quality (%) as of 12/31/20

Composite % of Net Assets
Investment Grade AA 4.55
A 20.78
BBB 37.88
Non-Investment Grade BB 16.93
B 6.29
CCC 0.80
CC 0.04
D 0.37
Total Investment Grade -- 63.20
Total Non-Investment Grade -- 24.42
Not Rated -- 12.37
Source: Bloomberg.  Rating is a proprietary composite of various rating agencies. A bond must be rated by two or more rating agencies to receive a composite rating; otherwise it is classified as Not Rated.

3-YR Risk Measures*
as of 12/31/20

  • Beta vs. S&P 500 Index

    0.33

  • Correlation vs. S&P 500 Index

    0.70

  • Volatility (Standard Deviation)

    8.90

  • Sharpe Ratio

    0.35

Source: VanEck, FactSet

*Beta is a measure of sensitivity to market movements. Correlation measures the extent of linear association between the ETF performance and the index performance. Volatility is the annualized standard deviation of the ETF's monthly returns. Sharpe ratio measures risk-adjusted return, and represents the ETF's return less the risk free rate divided by the standard deviation. See S&P 500 Index definition.6

Sector Weightings (%) as of 12/31/20

  • Sector

    % of Net Assets
  • ■

    Government Activity

    62.5
  • ■

    Financials

    12.7
  • ■

    Energy

    8.2
  • ■

    Basic Materials

    5.1
  • ■

    Utilities

    3.0
  • ■

    Technology

    2.8
  • ■

    Industrials

    2.3
  • ■

    Real Estate

    1.3
  • ■

    Healthcare

    1.0
  • ■

    Consumer Cyclicals

    0.5
  • ■

    Other/Cash

    0.6

Maturity (%) as of 12/31/20

 Average Portfolio Maturity: 8.06 Years