Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company's revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver. The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its total assets in companies that are involved in the gold mining industry. The Index is the exclusive property of 4asset-management GmbH, which has contracted with Structured Solutions AG to maintain and calculate the Index. The Fund's investment advisor is Van Eck Associates Corporation.
Basic Details
Issuer Van Eck
Fund NameVanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF
Tax ClassificationRegulated Investment Company
SymbolNYSEARCA:GDXJ
Inception Date11/10/2009
Fund ManagerHao-Hung (Peter) Liao, Guo Hua (Jason) Jin
Phone-800-8261115
Fund Focus
Asset ClassEquity
BenchmarkMV Global Junior Gold Miners NR USD
CategorySector
FocusBasic Materials
Development LevelBlended Development
RegionGlobal
Fund Statistics
Assets Under Management$4.31 billion
Average Daily Volume$14.70 million
Discount/Premium-1.70%
ETF Expenses
Management Fee0.50%
Other Expenses0.04%
Total Expenses0.54%
Fee Waiver0.00%
Net Expenses0.54%
Administrator, Advisor and Custodian
AdministratorVan Eck Associates Corporation
AdvisorVan Eck Associates Corporation
CustodianThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
DistributorVan Eck Securities Corporation
Transfer AgentThe Bank of New York Mellon Corporation
Trustee
Lead Market MakerVirtu Financial
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) Frequently Asked Questions
What is VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's stock symbol?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF trades on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)ARCA under the ticker symbol "GDXJ."
How often does VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF pay dividends? What is the dividend yield for VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF announced an annual dividend on Thursday, December 20th. Shareholders of record on Friday, December 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.136 per share on Thursday, December 27th. This represents a yield of 0.47%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, December 20th. This is a positive change from VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's previous annual dividend of $0.01. View VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's Dividend History.
Has VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF been receiving favorable news coverage?
Headlines about GDXJ stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF earned a news impact score of 1.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media stories about the exchange traded fund a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days.
Are investors shorting VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF saw a decline in short interest in the month of February. As of February 15th, there was short interest totalling 5,865,988 shares, a decline of 47.2% from the January 31st total of 11,109,649 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 10,361,811 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 0.6 days. View VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's Current Options Chain.
Who are VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's major shareholders?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (8.27%), Hexavest Inc. (7.26%), Bank of Montreal Can (2.86%), Rafferty Asset Management LLC (2.05%), Elephas Investment Management Ltd (1.05%) and Squarepoint Ops LLC (0.87%).
Which institutional investors are selling VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF stock?
GDXJ stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Rafferty Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Hexavest Inc., SG Americas Securities LLC, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Pennsylvania Trust Co, Lord Abbett & CO. LLC and Quad Capital Management Advisors LLC.
Which institutional investors are buying VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF stock?
GDXJ stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Elephas Investment Management Ltd, Squarepoint Ops LLC, OLD Mission Capital LLC, Essex Investment Management Co. LLC, Tibra Equities Europe Ltd, Commonwealth Equity Services LLC, Millennium Management LLC and Thiel Macro LLC.
How do I buy shares of VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF?
Shares of GDXJ can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.
What is VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's stock price today?
One share of GDXJ stock can currently be purchased for approximately $32.34.
How big of a company is VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF has a market capitalization of $4.16 billion.
What is VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's official website?
How can I contact VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF?
VanEck Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF's mailing address is 335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, 10017, United States. The exchange traded fund can be reached via phone at -800-8261115.
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