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VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$630.60+2.07% vs prior close
32566952-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the semiconductor industry. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
595.0497.0399.0Mon Aug 31 · RIAs rebuilt ETF lineups on momentum, not structure630.60DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$18.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$293M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +75.1% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV has a reported fee of 0.18%.

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

$75Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$293Mnet flow, trailing month
6.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 5, 2000 · beta 2.38
The book at a glance
NVDA+1.3%TSM+3.0%AMD+3.0%AVGO+3.3%MU-2.1%AMAT+2.0%KLAC+3.3%INTC-0.6%TXN+4.4%LRCX+2.2%SKHY+0.8%ASML+3.3%MRVL+1.6%ADI+3.1%QCOM+1.5%CDNS+0.2%SNPS-0.1%TER+8.0%MPWR+5.8%ARMSTMMCHP

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA19.27%$233.95+1.3%
2TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR9.16%$472.78+3.0%
3AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.52%$633.91+3.0%
4AVGOBROADCOM5.01%$355.14+3.3%
5MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY4.98%$1074.89-2.1%
6AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS4.73%$540.04+2.0%
7KLACKLA4.59%$206.89+3.3%
8INTCINTEL4.73%$119.33-0.6%
9TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS4.51%$293.80+4.4%
10LRCXLAM RESEARCH4.51%$347.49+2.2%
11SKHYSK hynix Inc. ADR4.55%$195.13+0.8%
12ASMLASML HOLDING NV4.39%$1867.31+3.3%
13MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.46%$272.29+1.6%
14ADIANALOG DEVICES4.07%$417.15+3.1%
15QCOMQUALCOMM3.62%$184.87+1.5%

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Sector weights
Information Technology100%
Technology99.99%
Electronic Technology84.93%
Producer Manufacturing8.97%
Technology Services6.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States77.78%
Taiwan14.53%
Taiwan (Province of China)12.97%
Taiwan, Province of China11.02%
Netherlands6.79%
France2.47%
Switzerland0.9%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+4.0%
1 month+14.6%
3 months+6.5%
6 months+64.5%
YTD+75.1%
1 year+86.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$243M
1 month+$293M
3 months+$2B
YTD+$8.5B
1 year+$11.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
NovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
31%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
40%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.7%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 19.3% of the book; the top ten carry 67%. Spread across 25+ names, it behaves like roughly 13 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
95Kcalls · latest snapshot
312Kputs · latest snapshot
3.28put/call ratio
7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$849M$948M
NVDA NVIDIA$556M$535M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$444M$425M
INTC INTEL$166M$170M
AVGO BROADCOM$116M$104M

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The case against SMH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SMH on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$882.6B+$4.6B-32bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-33bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-31bp on fee · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-32bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-31bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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