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ETF investors don’t have to sacrifice performance for low cost. The VanEck Vectors Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is up over 60% within the past year with just a 0.35% expense ratio. With a categorical average of 0.51%, SMH’s expense ratio comes in at 12 basis points lower. For that low cost of entry, ETF investors have snagged a top performer over the last 12 months: SMH seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Listed ...

A confluence of factors are affecting gold prices, including Bitcoin's upward run, rising Treasury yields, and a stronger dollar.

January 15, 2021 Both ESG investing and energy have been prevailing trends getting a lot of investor interest to start the new year. ETF issuer VanEck is seeing interest in some more places forward-thinking investors may want to consider. ® Agribusiness ETF (MOO): seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS ® Global Agribusiness Index (MVMOOTR), which is intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in: a...

“Vietnam’s success in curbing the coronavirus so far, while its Southeast Asia neighbours struggle, is helping the country power ahead in economic growth and attracting funds, foreign investors, experts and analysts say,” a Reuters article noted. Analysts from around the globe are certainly taking notice. “The successful management of the pandemic to date has already enabled the country to capture a larger share of global trade and FDI (foreign direct investment) during 2020,” said Ca...

By Natalia Gurushina, Chief Economist, Emerging Markets Fixed Income Strategy, VanEck EM inflation drumbeat is not yet very strong, despite local risks and the louder chatter in DM. Brazil’s industrial production is recovering, but the pace of the emergency aid withdrawal will be key in many respects. Inflation is one of today’s big stories, supported by renewed hopes for the U.S. stimulus (especially after the weak labor report), rising market-based inflation expectations in Developed Mark...

Top Moat Stocks in 2020: Veeva, ServiceNow and Amazon The  SM (the “Index”) finished 2020 on a strong note, outpacing the S&P 500 Index by over 3% in the fourth quarter (15.28% vs. 12.15%, respectively). Its strong performance erased much of its mid-year underperformance but wasn’t enough to close the gap for the year, ending behind the S&P 500 (15.09% vs. 18.40%, respectively). This was the first year in which the Index underperformed the S&P 500 by a notable amount since its 2014 and ...

Biotech exchange-traded funds rallied Monday as the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine across America shed a bullish light on the industry. The First Trust NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index Fund FBJ jumped 4% by the afternoon, while the Defiance Nasdaq Junior Biotechnology ETF IBBJ, -1.01% and the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF XBI, -0.01% both gained 3.5%. The VanEck Vectors Biotech ETF BBJ, gained 2.7%, and the Global X Genomics & Biotechnolog...