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SLXVanEckINDEX

VanEck Steel ETF

$101.81-0.44% vs prior close
7211452-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks and depositary receipts of companies involved in the steel sector. Such companies may include small- and medium-capitalization companies and foreign and emerging market issuers. It may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Steel Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
104.692.780.8101.81DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$36M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$3M in net outflows over the past month, about 2.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +20.0% so far this year. At 0.56% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EINC has a reported fee of 0.46%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$161Massets under management
0.56%expense ratio · $56 per $10,000 a year
−$3Mnet flow, trailing month
13Kavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed October 17, 2006 · beta 1.29
The book at a glance
VOE+0.9%BHP-0.2%VALE+0.3%NUE+1.0%MT-3.3%STLD+2.1%RS+2.2%PKX-0.5%RIO-1.4%TS+0.9%GGB+1.9%CMC+1.0%CLF+4.2%BSL-0.2%TX+1.8%APAM+0.2%MINACXOUT1V807854630.9%54441.0%RUS1.3%SGM0.9%SSABB2.5%54112.5%54014.6%20023.0%FMG4.3%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1VOEVANGUARD MID-CAP VALUE INDEX FUND2.31%$197.30+0.9%
2BHPBHP GROUP7.21%$84.65-0.2%
3VALEVALE6.55%$13.45+0.3%
4NUENUCOR6.46%$235.98+1.0%
5MTARCELORMITTAL5.75%$64.56-3.3%
6STLDSTEEL DYNAMICS5.00%$226.17+2.1%
7RSRELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM4.79%$393.04+2.2%
8PKXPOSCO HOLDINGS4.41%$56.13-0.5%
9RIORIO TINTO4.75%$92.87-1.4%
10TSTENARIS SA3.81%$55.65+0.9%
11GGBGERDAU SA2.14%$4.81+1.9%
12CMCCOMMERCIAL METALS1.97%$62.72+1.0%
13CLFCLEVELAND-CLIFFS1.85%$11.47+4.2%
14BSLBLACKSTONE SENIOR FLOATING RATE 2027 TERM FUND2.43%$12.92-0.2%
15TXTERNIUM SA1.17%$55.30+1.8%

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Sector weights
Non-Energy Minerals92.99%
Materials80.68%
Basic Materials80.31%
Industrials14.99%
Energy4.7%
Producer Manufacturing3.52%
Energy Minerals3.44%
Cash0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States60.13%
Brazil16.29%
Luxembourg13.73%
United Kingdom9.6%
India5.8%
Korea (the Republic of)4.67%
Netherlands4.57%
Italy4.54%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.8%
1 month-6.0%
3 months+5.1%
6 months+15.0%
YTD+20.0%
1 year+37.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month−$3M
3 months−$15M
YTD−$25M
1 year+$36M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
25%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 7.2% of the book; the top ten carry 54%. Spread across 38+ names, it behaves like roughly 23 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
2puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
7Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
BHP BHP GROUP$2M$437,156
CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS$574,918$990,751
NUE NUCOR$726,977$634,308
RIO RIO TINTO$705,246$370,399
VALE VALE$538,294$323,450

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