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VanEck Gold Miners ETF

340 hedge funds and large institutions have $4.89B invested in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in 2014 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 46 funds opening new positions, 100 increasing their positions, 118 reducing their positions, and 53 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

14% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $4.29B → $4.89B (+$600M)

4.91% more ownership

Funds ownership: 55.15%60.06% (+4.9%)

5% less call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $1.07B | Put options by funds: $1.13B

3% less funds holding

Funds holding: 349340 (-9)

13% less first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 46 | Existing positions closed: 53

15% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 100 | Existing positions reduced: 118

27% less funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2216 (-6)

Holders
340
Holders Change
-9
Holders Change %
-2.58%
% of All Funds
9.77%
Holding in Top 10
16
Holding in Top 10 Change
-6
Holding in Top 10 Change %
-27.27%
% of All Funds
0.46%
New
46
Increased
100
Reduced
118
Closed
53
Calls
$1.07B
Puts
$1.13B
Net Calls
-$59.2M
Net Calls Change
-$494M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
Deutsche Bank
1
Deutsche Bank
Germany
$745M -$122M -5,071,703 -15%
CS
2
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$562M +$178M +7,439,008 +54%
Susquehanna International Group
3
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$359M -$21.1M -878,824 -6%
UIM
4
USS Investment Management
United Kingdom
$265M
MAM
5
Marketfield Asset Management
New York
$242M +$118M +4,906,579 +116%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
6
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$240M +$135M +5,631,538 +163%
GC
7
Greenlight Capital
New York
$229M
Citigroup
8
Citigroup
New York
$164M +$76.4M +3,187,746 +106%
Morgan Stanley
9
Morgan Stanley
New York
$152M -$4.23M -176,572 -3%
GC
10
Guggenheim Capital
Illinois
$135M
U
11
UBS
Switzerland
$120M +$35.3M +1,473,247 +48%
BA
12
BlackRock Advisors
Delaware
$117M -$1.85M -77,320 -2%
DFO
13
Duquesne Family Office
New York
$103M +$93.4M +3,895,000 New
HSBC Holdings
14
HSBC Holdings
United Kingdom
$82.5M +$71.9M +2,999,249 +2,513%
JAM
15
Jupiter Asset Management
United Kingdom
$81.2M
Bank of America
16
Bank of America
North Carolina
$77.7M -$1.6M -66,882 -2%
Wells Fargo
17
Wells Fargo
California
$71.7M -$7.13M -297,513 -10%
Goldman Sachs
18
Goldman Sachs
New York
$56.4M +$29.9M +1,245,171 +140%
Wellington Management Group
19
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$55.8M +$20.7M +865,288 +70%
JP Morgan Chase
20
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$55.4M -$34.9M -1,453,753 -41%
SFM
21
Soros Fund Management
New York
$54.2M +$21.4M +892,579 +77%
Royal Bank of Canada
22
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$52.1M -$13.5M -564,872 -22%
BIT
23
BlackRock Institutional Trust
California
$35.6M +$16.5M +688,409 +104%
Rafferty Asset Management
24
Rafferty Asset Management
New York
$27.3M -$109M -4,539,024 -81%
CA
25
Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft
Germany
$26.6M -$9.5M -396,352 -28%

GDX Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2014 in Review

340 of the 3,479 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) for Q2 2014, worth a combined $4.89B — up 14% from $4.29B a quarter earlier.

Sellers outnumbered buyers: 53 funds closed out of GDX and 46 opened new positions — a net loss of 7 holders — while 118 trimmed existing stakes and 100 added.

The largest buyer was Credit Suisse, adding an estimated $178M. The largest seller was Deutsche Bank, cutting an estimated $122M.

  • 340 institutional investors held VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) as of Q2 2014, down from 349 in Q1 2014.
  • Funds reported $4.89B of VanEck Gold Miners ETF stock for Q2 2014, up 14% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 46 funds opened new VanEck Gold Miners ETF positions in Q2 2014 and 53 closed out, a net change of -7 holders.
  • The largest VanEck Gold Miners ETF buyer in Q2 2014 was Credit Suisse, an estimated $178M added.
  • The largest VanEck Gold Miners ETF seller in Q2 2014 was Deutsche Bank, an estimated $122M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2014.