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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| 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) | $22.7B | $2.0B |
| Dividend yield | 0.85% | 1.42% |
| Avg volume (3-mo) | 23.7M | 755K |
| 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.
| Shared holding | GDX | RING | MIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEMNewmont Corp | 10.49% | 17.41% | 10.49% |
| AEM.TOAgnico Eagle Mines Ltd | 10.18% | 12.47% | 10.18% |
| ABX.TOBarrick Mining Corp | 8.01% | 9.77% | 8.01% |
| WPM.TOWheaton Precious Metals Corp | 5.56% | 7.53% | 5.56% |
| AUAnglogold Ashanti PLC | 5.04% | 4.59% | 4.59% |
| K.TOKinross Gold Corp |
| 4.32% |
| 4.48% |
| 4.32% |
| PAAS.TOPan American Silver Corp | 2.87% | 3.45% | 2.87% |
Sum of min(weight in each fund) across shared tickers — the standard fund-overlap measure. Computed on the top 25 holdings each fund reports, so it is a lower bound; the coverage figures show how much of each fund those top holdings represent.