VanEck Gold Miners ETF vs Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? VanEck Gold Miners ETF trades at $91.66, while Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF trades at $245.97. The key difference: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, VanEck Gold Miners ETF nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| GDX | VIG | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $115.84 | $245.79 |
52-Week Low | $56.60 | $208.67 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks and depositary receipts of companies involved in the gold mining industry. The index is a modified market-capitalization weighted index primarily comprised of publicly traded companies involved in the mining for gold and silver. The fund is non-diversified.
Read more on GDX →The advisor employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, which consists of common stocks of companies that have a record of increasing dividends over time. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
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