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VanEck Social Sentiment ETF

Market Updates*

  • Investors today have unprecedented access to resources and information, blurring the line between ‘professional’ and ‘retail’ investors.
  • The Index that BUZZ tracks launched in December 2015 and has outperformed the S&P 500 in 4 out of 5 calendar years and over multiple trailing periods since its inception.1
  • To help ensure quality of picks and strength of conviction, the Index targets only those stocks that have a history of consistent and broad conversations.

1Source: BUZZ Holdings ULC and Morningstar Direct as of 06/30/2021.

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.

 
 

  • Fund Ticker

    BUZZ

  • Exchange

    NYSE Arca

  • ETF Structure

    Physical

  • Administrator

    Van Eck Associates

  • Custodian

    State Street Bank and Trust Company

  • Index Ticker

    BUZZTR

  • Index Reconstitution

    Monthly

 
as of 10/18/21

  • 30-Day SEC Yield1

    -0.25%

  • Total Net Assets

    $194.5M

  • Number of Holdings

    75

  • Options

    Available

  • Gross Expense Ratio2

    0.75%

  • Net Expense Ratio/TER2

    0.75%

  • Distribution Frequency

    Annual
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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

  • Ticker

    BUZZTR

  • Inception Date

    12/18/15

  • Rebalance Frequency

    Monthly

Index Top 10 Constituents (%) as of 09/30/21 Download All Index Constituents

Total Constituents: 75
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Constituent Name
Ticker
Weightings (%)
Tesla Inc
TSLA US
3.32
Plug Power Inc
PLUG US
3.20
Amazon.Com Inc
AMZN US
3.04
Pfizer Inc
PFE US
3.03
Advanced Micro Devices
AMD US
3.03
Palantir Technologies Inc-A
PLTR US
3.01
Apple Inc
AAPL US
2.97
Nvidia Corp
NVDA US
2.97
Blackberry Ltd
BBRY US
2.87
Gamestop Corp-Class A
GME US
2.83
Top 10 Total (%) 30.27
These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security. Securities and holdings may vary.

Index Country Weightings (%) as of 09/30/21

  • Country

    Weightings (%)
  • ■

    United States

    95.7
  • ■

    Canada

    4.3

Index Sector Weightings (%) as of 09/30/21

  • Sector

    Weightings (%)
  • ■

    Information Technology

    30.1
  • ■

    Consumer Discretionary

    25.7
  • ■

    Communication Services

    14.2
  • ■

    Industrials

    10.5
  • ■

    Health Care

    10.4
  • ■

    Financials

    3.7
  • ■

    Materials

    2.4
  • ■

    Consumer Staples

    1.4
  • ■

    Real Estate

    0.8
  • ■

    Energy

    0.8