VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ Position Reduced by Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University reduced its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 50.4% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 83,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 84,450 shares during the quarter. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF accounts for 1.9% of Vanderbilt University’s portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest position. Vanderbilt University owned about 0.11% of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF worth $9,971,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in GDXJ. Baird Financial Group Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 22.2% during the 2nd quarter. Baird Financial Group Inc. now owns 26,075 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $1,762,000 after acquiring an additional 4,731 shares in the last quarter. Amundi boosted its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 97.1% in the second quarter. Amundi now owns 138,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $9,418,000 after buying an additional 68,000 shares during the period. Cerity Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 15.7% in the second quarter. Cerity Partners LLC now owns 39,266 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $2,654,000 after buying an additional 5,320 shares in the last quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd acquired a new stake in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the second quarter valued at about $7,914,000. Finally, NewEdge Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 13.8% during the 2nd quarter. NewEdge Advisors LLC now owns 14,604 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $987,000 after buying an additional 1,767 shares during the period.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Down 4.5%

NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $96.08 on Thursday. The stock has a market cap of $7.19 billion, a PE ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.79. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a fifty-two week low of $63.90 and a fifty-two week high of $157.49. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $115.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $122.72.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.