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BUZZVanEck Social Sentiment ETF
Fund Description
VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ) seeks to track, as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index (BUZZTR), which is intended to track the performance of the 75 large cap U.S. stocks which exhibit the highest degree of positive investor sentiment and bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets.
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Fund Ticker
BUZZ -
Exchange
NYSE Arca -
Inception Date
03/02/2021 -
ETF Structure
Physical -
Administrator
Van Eck Associates -
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company -
Index Ticker
BUZZTR -
Index Reconstitution
Monthly
as of 05/18/22
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30-Day SEC Yield1
0.41% -
Total Net Assets
$74.2M -
Number of Holdings
75 -
Options
Available -
Gross Expense Ratio2
0.75% -
Net Expense Ratio/TER2
0.75% -
Distribution Frequency
Annual -
Next Distribution Date
12/16/2022
Index Key Points
Underlying Index:
BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index
The Index Composition:
The index is a designed to track the performance of the 75 large cap US stocks which exhibit the highest degree of positive investor sentiment and bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets.
Companies eligible for inclusion in the Index:
- Security must be an equity security traded on a major U.S. exchange (over-the-counter securities are ineligible for inclusion);
- Security must have a minimum market capitalization of at least $5 billion;
- Security must have a 3-month minimum average daily trading volume of at least $1 million; and
- All equity securities meeting the above criteria and satisfying the minimum number of mentions requirement are selected for inclusion in the universe. Mentions are defined as investment related posts from relevant online sources that may include news articles, blog posts, social media or other online discussion forums that are classified as relevant for analysis. The minimum number of mentions requirement threshold is based on a proprietary scoring methodology and incorporates a review of a rolling four quarters of data within the analysis.
Weighting Scheme:
- Constituents are weighted using a proprietary scoring model and no single constituent may comprise more than 3% weight in the index.
Index provider:
BUZZ Holdings ULC
Effective August 18, 2016, BUZZ Holdings ULC implemented changes to the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index construction rules. The index constituent count was increased from 25 stocks to 75 stocks and the maximum constituent weight was reduce from 15% to 3%. This change may result in more a diversified exposure to index constituents than under the rules in effect prior to this date. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Index Profile
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Ticker
BUZZTR -
Inception Date
12/18/2015 -
Rebalance Frequency
Monthly
Index Top 10 Constituents (%) as of 04/30/22
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Constituent Name | Ticker | Weightings (%) |
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Twitter Inc | TWTR US | 3.55 |
General Motors Co | GM US | 3.19 |
Apple Inc | AAPL US | 3.18 |
Facebook Inc-Class A | FB US | 3.17 |
Amazon.Com Inc | AMZN US | 3.08 |
Advanced Micro Devices | AMD US | 3.04 |
Nvidia Corp | NVDA US | 2.95 |
Tesla Inc | TSLA US | 2.84 |
Gamestop Corp-Class A | GME US | 2.84 |
Sofi Technologies Inc | SOFI US | 2.81 |
Top 10 Total (%) | 30.67 |
Index Country Weightings (%) as of 04/30/22
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Country
% of Net Assets -
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United States
97.4 -
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Canada
1.7 -
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Israel
1.0
Index Sector Weightings (%) as of 04/30/22
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Sector
% of Net Assets -
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Information Technology
25.6 -
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Consumer Discretionary
25.4 -
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Communication Services
15.2 -
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Financials
14.1 -
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Industrials
6.7 -
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Energy
6.1 -
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Health Care
3.0 -
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Consumer Staples
1.9 -
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Materials
1.2 -
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Real Estate
0.8