Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC Acquires Shares of 1,444 VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX)

Ashton Thomas Private Wealth LLC bought a new stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund bought 1,444 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock, valued at approximately $49,000.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in GDX. Jane Street Group LLC grew its stake in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 649.7% in the 1st quarter. Jane Street Group LLC now owns 16,209,056 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $512,530,000 after buying an additional 14,046,913 shares in the last quarter. Capitolis Liquid Global Markets LLC bought a new stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF during the 1st quarter valued at $104,346,000. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp lifted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 132.1% during the 1st quarter. Alaska Permanent Fund Corp now owns 3,940,340 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $124,594,000 after purchasing an additional 2,242,823 shares in the last quarter. GLOBALT Investments LLC GA bought a new position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the 4th quarter worth about $58,686,000. Finally, National Bank of Canada FI grew its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 89.0% during the 2nd quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 3,913,211 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $132,617,000 after buying an additional 1,842,885 shares in the last quarter.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Trading Up 2.2 %

Shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF stock opened at $40.09 on Monday. The company’s 50-day moving average price is $37.57 and its 200-day moving average price is $34.74. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a 12-month low of $25.62 and a 12-month high of $40.22. The company has a market cap of $16.03 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.03 and a beta of 0.85.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.