GDX
Vaneck ETF Trust
A global investment manager best known for its exchange-traded funds, VanEck built its name on giving everyday investors a way to buy into gold-mining companies. Its flagship fund, the Gold Miners ETF, launched in 2006 and is one of the most heavily traded funds of its kind. The firm was founded in 1955 by John C. van Eck, who started it to help American investors reach overseas markets like post-war Europe and Japan — and later made a splash as one of the first to offer a US fund focused on gold mining. A fun detail: the founder's name literally spells out "van Eck," and the company kept that family name on its funds ever since.
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VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) tracks the MarketVector Global Gold Miners Index