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Market Intelligence Center  Apr 20  Comment 
Vectors Gold Miners (AMEX:GDX) closed Thursday's choppy trading session at $46.61. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $45.98 and 52-week high of $66.98. Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) has been showing support around $45.94 and...
The Market Financial  Apr 18  Comment 
This afternoon, all of the leading gold mining stocks are coming under selling pressure. The popular Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF Trust (NYSEARCA:GDX) is trading lower by 0.65 cents to $46.48 a share. The trend on this leading ETF remains down...
Benzinga  Apr 18  Comment 
Earnings will likely be the focus from here on out. I knew there was an outside chance we have a last gasp up but it's never easy to sit through when it happens. In this video I take a look at why I think the market is still heading down, gold...
Market Intelligence Center  Apr 16  Comment 
Vectors Gold Miners (AMEX:GDX) closed Friday's negative trading session at $47.50. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $45.98 and 52-week high of $66.98. Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) has been showing support around $46.79 and...
Penny Stock DD  Apr 15  Comment 
Here’s our Fast Money Final Trade. Our gang gives you tomorrow’s best trades, right now.Mike Murphy suggests long JPMorgan [JPM  43.21  -1.63  (-3.64%)   ]. “CEO Jamie Dimon has said he’s going out and buying his own stock....
The Market Financial  Mar 27  Comment 
The leading gold mining stocks have been declining lower since February 29, 2011. At that time, the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) was trading as high as $57.91 a share. This afternoon, the popular GDX is trading lower by 0.73...
Clusterstock  Mar 26  Comment 
Bad news is good news. First the scoreboard: Dow: 13,241.6, +160.9, +1.2% S&P 500: 1,416.5, +19.4, +1.3% NASDAQ: 3,122.5, +54.6, +1.7% And now the top stories: On an otherwise quiet day, markets exploded higher after the Fed said more...
Comments for thetechnicaltake  Mar 22  Comment 
The technical picture for the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (symbol: GDX) is not pretty.  See figure 1, a weekly chart.   Figure 1. GDX/ weekly The pink and black dots are key pivot points, which are the best areas of buying (support)...
Market Intelligence Center  Mar 20  Comment 
Vectors Gold Miners (AMEX: GDX) closed Monday's trading session at $49.60. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $49.22 and 52-week high of $66.98. Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) has been showing support around $48.97 and resistance in the...
Market Intelligence Center  Mar 14  Comment 
Vectors Gold Miners (AMEX: GDX) closed Tuesday's trading session at $52.11. In the past year, the ETF has hit a 52-week low of $49.22 and 52-week high of $66.98. Vectors Gold Miners (GDX) has been showing support around $51.18 and resistance in...




 
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The Gold Miners ETF seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index. The Index provides exposure to publicly traded companies worldwide involved primarily in the mining for gold, representing a diversified blend of small-, mid- and large- capitalization stocks. As such, the Fund is subject to the risks of investing in this sector.[1]

Fund Information

  • Fund Manager - Van Eck Funds
  • Inception Date - 05/16/2006
  • Exchange – NYSE Arca
  • Index Ticker – GDX
  • Intra-day NAV Ticker – GDX.IV
  • Expense Ratio – 0.55%

Top Holdings (as of July 23, 2010)[2]

Holdings % of Portfolio
Barrick Gold (ABX) 16.45%
Goldcorp Inc (G) 11.87%
Newmont Mining Corporation (NEM)11.47%
AngloGold Ashanti (AU)5.74%
Kinross Gold (KGC)4.85%
Compania Mina Buenaventura, S.A. (BVN)4.79%
Lihir Gold (LIHR)4.71%
Randgold Resources (GOLD)4.52%
Gold Fields (GFI)4.49%
Agnico-Eagle Mines (AEM)4.39%

Other Gold ETFs

ELEMENTS MLCX Gold Index ETN (GOE) Elements Exchange Traded Notes 0.38%
ETFS Gold ETF (BULL-LSE)ETF Securities0.49%
ETFS Leveraged Gold ETF (LBUL-LSE)ETF Securities0.98%
ETFS Physical Gold ETF (PHAU-LSE)ETF Securities0.39%
ETFS Physical Gold Sterling ETF (PHGP-LSE)ETF Securities0.39%
ETFS Short Gold ETF (SBUL-LSE)ETF Securities0.98%
E-TRACS CMCI Gold ETN (UBG)UBS E-Tracs0.30%
Global Gold and Precious Metals Portfolio ETF (PSAU)Invesco PowerShares0.75%
Horizons BetaPro COMEX Gold Bullion Bear Plus ETF (HBD-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
Horizons BetaPro COMEX Gold Bullion Bull Plus ETF (HBU-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX Global Gold Bear Plus ETF (HGD-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
Horizons BetaPro S&P/TSX Global Gold Bull Plus ETF (HGU-TSX)Horizons BetaPro ETFs1.15%
iShares CDN Gold Sector Index Fund (XGD-TSX)iShares0.55%
iShares COMEX Gold Trust ETF (IAU)iShares0.40%
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)Van Eck Funds0.55%
PowerShares DB Gold Double Long ETN (DGP)DB Commodity Services0.75%
PowerShares DB Gold Double Short ETN (DZZ)DB Commodity Services0.75%
PowerShares DB Gold Fund (DGL)DB Commodity Services0.75%
PowerShares DB Gold Short ETN (DGZ)DB Commodity Services0.75%
ProShares Ultra Gold ETF (UGL)InvescoPoweshares0.95%
ProShares UltraShort Gold ETF (GLL)ProShares ETFs0.95%

References

  1. - Overview of Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
  2. Van Eck Global: "Gold Miners ETF (GDX)"
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