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VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF
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160 hedge funds and large institutions have $1.96B invested in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in 2016 Q2 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 52 funds opening new positions, 47 increasing their positions, 32 reducing their positions, and 27 closing their positions.

New
Increased
Maintained
Reduced
Closed

164% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $744M → $1.96B (+$1.22B)

107% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $505M | Put options by funds: $244M

93% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 52 | Existing positions closed: 27

47% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 47 | Existing positions reduced: 32

15.11% more ownership

Funds ownership: 37.44% → 52.55% (+15%)

14% more funds holding

Funds holding: 140 → 160 (+20)

0% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 8 → 8 (0)

Holders
160
Holders Change
+20
Holders Change %
+14.29%
% of All Funds
4.27%
Holding in Top 10
8
Holding in Top 10 Change
–
Holding in Top 10 Change %
–
% of All Funds
0.21%
New
52
Increased
47
Reduced
32
Closed
27
Calls
$505M
Puts
$244M
Net Calls
+$261M
Net Calls Change
+$243M

Top Buyers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
Wells Fargo
Wells Fargo
California
+$168M
2
Toronto Dominion Bank
Toronto Dominion Bank
Ontario, Canada
+$166M
3
Citigroup
Citigroup
New York
+$139M
4
DCM
Discovery Capital Management
Connecticut
+$68.1M
5
Morgan Stanley
Morgan Stanley
New York
+$39.2M

Top Sellers

Rank Fund Capital Flow
1
PI
Putnam Investments
Massachusetts
-$16.8M
2
CI Investments Inc
CI Investments Inc
Ontario, Canada
-$16M
3
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
-$15.9M
4
QIM
Quantitative Investment Management
Virginia
-$15.2M
5
ACM
Arlington Capital Management
Illinois
-$8.33M
Name Holding Trade Value Shares
Change 		Change in
Stake
TSS
101
Two Sigma Securities
New York
$344K +$292K +8,078 New
GC
102
Garde Capital
Washington
$343K – – –
BFM
103
Boston Financial Management
Massachusetts
$341K +$289K +8,000 New
PFS
104
Prospera Financial Services
Texas
$311K -$751K -20,815 -74%
JMPWA
105
JP Morgan Private Wealth Advisors
California
$305K +$258K +7,148 New
SB
106
Suntrust Banks
Georgia
$274K +$233K +6,450 New
SCI
107
S&CO Inc
Massachusetts
$272K +$230K +6,380 New
RIG
108
Roosevelt Investment Group
New York
$271K +$230K +6,370 New
RA
109
Royce & Associates
New York
$264K – – –
IC
110
Inverness Counsel
New York
$256K – – –
NA
111
NewEdge Advisors
Louisiana
$256K +$217K +6,000 New
HighTower Advisors
112
HighTower Advisors
Illinois
$256K +$219K +6,070 New
EFS
113
Essex Financial Services
Connecticut
$233K +$198K +5,475 New
BMO
114
Beck Mack & Oliver
New York
$230K +$195K +5,400 New
Creative Planning
115
Creative Planning
Kansas
$223K +$76.2K +2,110 +67%
BCA
116
Benchmark Capital Advisors
New York
$222K +$188K +5,200 New
WT
117
Whittier Trust
California
$213K +$180K +5,000 New
UCFA
118
United Capital Financial Advisors
Texas
$207K +$174K +4,819 New
HCM
119
Highlander Capital Management
New Jersey
$172K – – –
GT
120
Glenmede Trust
Pennsylvania
$162K -$50.5K -1,400 -27%
SJIM
121
St. Johns Investment Management
Florida
$149K – – –
P3I
122
Progeny 3 Inc
Washington
$130K +$46.9K +1,300 +74%
CPA
123
Cowen Prime Advisors
New York
$108K +$90.2K +2,500 +7,143%
TRCT
124
Tower Research Capital (TRC)
New York
$97K +$17.6K +487 +27%
Envestnet Asset Management
125
Envestnet Asset Management
Illinois
$97K +$81.9K +2,270 New
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5
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GDXJ Hedge Fund Activity: Q2 2016 in Review

160 of the 3,748 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) for Q2 2016, worth a combined $1.96B — up 164% from $744M a quarter earlier.

Buyers outnumbered sellers: 52 funds opened new GDXJ positions and 27 closed out — a net gain of 25 holders — while 47 added to existing stakes and 32 trimmed.

The largest buyer was Wells Fargo, adding an estimated $168M. The largest seller was Putnam Investments, exiting entirely with an estimated $16.8M sold.

  • 160 institutional investors held VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) as of Q2 2016, up from 140 in Q1 2016.
  • Funds reported $1.96B of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF stock for Q2 2016, up 164% quarter-over-quarter.
  • 52 funds opened new VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF positions in Q2 2016 and 27 closed out, a net change of +25 holders.
  • The largest VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF buyer in Q2 2016 was Wells Fargo, an estimated $168M added.
  • The largest VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF seller in Q2 2016 was Putnam Investments, an estimated $16.8M sold.

Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q2 2016.