Precious-metals miner ETFs
GDX vs RING.
VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSE Arca Gold Miners) against iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF (MSCI ACWI Select Gold Miners IMI) — fees, long-horizon total returns, holdings overlap, and sector tilt, side by side.
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Fund facts
| GDX | RING | |
|---|---|---|
| Name | VanEck Gold Miners ETF | iShares MSCI Global Gold Miners ETF |
| Category | Equity Precious Metals | Equity Precious Metals |
| Style | Passive | Passive |
| Expense ratio | 0.51% | — |
| Assets (AUM) | $22.8B | $2.2B |
| Dividend yield | 0.84% | 1.40% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 22.4M | 488K |
| Inception | May 16, 2006 | January 31, 2012 |
| Benchmark proxy | Gold (LBMA proxy) | S&P 500 |
Expense ratios verified against issuer fact sheets. Dividend yield is trailing 12-month distributions divided by price, as reported by the fund data provider.
Holdings overlaptop-25 holdings · coverage GDX 58.4% · RING 69.3%
46.4%of portfolio weight overlaps7 shared of top 10
| Shared holding | GDX | RING | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEM.TOAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd | 10.52% | 12.66% | 10.52% |
| NEMNewmont Corp | 10.48% | 16.45% | 10.48% |
| ABX.TOBarrick Mining Corp | 7.95% | 9.28% | 7.95% |
| WPM.TOWheaton Precious Metals Corp | 5.51% | 7.38% | 5.51% |
| AUAnglogold Ashanti PLC | 5.07% | 4.66% | 4.66% |
| K.TOKinross Gold Corp |
Sector tilt GDX RING
Basic Materials100.0% / 100.0%+0.0pp
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