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VanEck Gold Miners ETF

300 hedge funds and large institutions have $2.44B invested in VanEck Gold Miners ETF in 2015 Q4 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 61 funds opening new positions, 71 increasing their positions, 119 reducing their positions, and 60 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

34% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $849M | Put options by funds: $635M

2% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 61 | Existing positions closed: 60

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 1212 (0)

1% less funds holding

Funds holding: 302300 (-2)

4.53% less ownership

Funds ownership: 60.75%56.21% (-4.5%)

11% less capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.73B → $2.44B (-$290M)

40% less repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 71 | Existing positions reduced: 119

Holders
300
Holders Change
-2
Holders Change %
-0.66%
% of All Funds
7.87%
Holding in Top 10
12
Holding in Top 10 Change
Holding in Top 10 Change %
% of All Funds
0.31%
New
61
Increased
71
Reduced
119
Closed
60
Calls
$849M
Puts
$635M
Net Calls
+$214M
Net Calls Change
+$147M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change
Change in
Stake
CS
1
Credit Suisse
Switzerland
$353M +$106M +7,316,465 +40%
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
2
BNP Paribas Financial Markets
France
$331M +$302M +20,763,936 +613%
Wells Fargo
3
Wells Fargo
California
$244M +$235M +16,156,499 +996%
Susquehanna International Group
4
Susquehanna International Group
Pennsylvania
$132M -$167M -11,522,900 -55%
H
5
Hexavest
Quebec, Canada
$124M +$66M +4,546,149 +102%
UBS Group
6
UBS Group
Switzerland
$119M +$4.09M +281,599 +3%
GC
7
Greenlight Capital
New York
$117M
Bank of America
8
Bank of America
North Carolina
$105M +$23.7M +1,635,327 +27%
HI
9
HBK Investments
Texas
$99.6M -$2.66M -183,247 -2%
Morgan Stanley
10
Morgan Stanley
New York
$91.1M -$62.6M -4,308,860 -39%
SPC
11
Slate Path Capital
New York
$85.6M -$9.15M -630,000 -9%
Citigroup
12
Citigroup
New York
$51.5M -$207M -14,284,228 -79%
Barclays
13
Barclays
United Kingdom
$35.9M -$22.1M -1,520,555 -35%
JP Morgan Chase
14
JP Morgan Chase
New York
$33.2M -$5.47M -376,323 -13%
Wellington Management Group
15
Wellington Management Group
Massachusetts
$26.4M -$5.42M -373,473 -16%
Royal Bank of Canada
16
Royal Bank of Canada
Ontario, Canada
$23M +$2.82M +194,476 +13%
Goldman Sachs
17
Goldman Sachs
New York
$21.6M -$7.03M -484,084 -24%
Parallax Volatility Advisers
18
Parallax Volatility Advisers
California
$18.8M -$3.18M -218,730 -14%
MAM
19
Marketfield Asset Management
New York
$15.8M -$3.63M -249,661 -18%
VF
20
Virtu Financial
New York
$14.6M +$15.5M +1,065,104 New
LPL Financial
21
LPL Financial
California
$14.5M +$7.6M +523,353 +102%
Ninety One (UK)
22
Ninety One (UK)
United Kingdom
$12.7M
BCM
23
Bluefin Capital Management
New York
$12M -$6M -413,120 -32%
AIM
24
Assured Investment Management
New York
$11.3M -$737K -50,775 -6%
SG Americas Securities
25
SG Americas Securities
New York
$10.8M -$147M -10,134,127 -93%

GDX Hedge Fund Activity: Q4 2015 in Review

300 of the 3,812 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) for Q4 2015, worth a combined $2.44B — down 11% from $2.73B a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 61 funds opened new GDX positions and 60 closed out — a net gain of 1 holder — while 71 added to existing stakes and 119 trimmed.

The largest buyer was BNP Paribas Financial Markets, adding an estimated $302M. The largest seller was Citigroup, cutting an estimated $207M.

  • 300 institutional investors held VanEck Gold Miners ETF (GDX) as of Q4 2015, down from 302 in Q3 2015.
  • Funds reported $2.44B of VanEck Gold Miners ETF stock for Q4 2015, down 11% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 61 funds opened new VanEck Gold Miners ETF positions in Q4 2015 and 60 closed out, a net change of +1 holder.
  • The largest VanEck Gold Miners ETF buyer in Q4 2015 was BNP Paribas Financial Markets, an estimated $302M added.
  • The largest VanEck Gold Miners ETF seller in Q4 2015 was Citigroup, an estimated $207M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q4 2015.