The VanEck Junior Miners Index: What It Consists Of And Why It''s Interesting Now
The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ ) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) consisting of mostly medium to smallish precious metals companies. For investors looking to diversify broadly in that sector, it’s quite interesting. Some of the components include Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE: AUY ) with 5.97% of the fund, Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC ) with 5.74% and Pan American Silver Corp. (NYSE: PAAS ) with 4.57% – he best known of the miners represented. Among the lesser-known names are smaller outfits such as Endeavour Mining PLC (OTCMKTS: EDVMF) with 4.05%, B2Gold Corp. (NYSE: BTG ) with 3.95% and Alamos Gold Inc. (NYSE: AGI ) with 3.54%. As of Sept. 7, the fund held 100 positions with most of the rest of the components representing small and very small operations, all of which are publicly traded. The idea here is that investors gain broad ownership … Full story available on Benzinga.com
The VanEck Junior Miners Index: What It Consists Of And Why It''s Interesting Now
The VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSE: GDXJ ) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) consisting of mostly medium to smallish precious metals companies. For investors looking to diversify broadly in that sector, it’s quite interesting. Some of the components include Yamana Gold Inc. (NYSE: AUY ) with 5.97% of the fund, Kinross Gold Corp. (NYSE: KGC ) with 5.74% and Pan American Silver Corp. (NYSE: PAAS ) with 4.57% – he best known of the miners represented. Among the lesser-known names are smaller outfits such as Endeavour Mining PLC (OTCMKTS: EDVMF) with 4.05%, B2Gold Corp. (NYSE: BTG ) with 3.95% and Alamos Gold Inc. (NYSE: AGI ) with 3.54%. As of Sept. 7, the fund held 100 positions with most of the rest of the components representing small and very small operations, all of which are publicly traded. The idea here is that investors gain broad ownership … Full story available on Benzinga.com