Vanderbilt University Cuts Holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Vanderbilt University reduced its stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 50.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 83,060 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after selling 84,450 shares during the period. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF accounts for about 1.9% of Vanderbilt University’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 7th biggest holding. Vanderbilt University’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $9,971,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. RIA Advisory Group LLC boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 45.1% in the fourth quarter. RIA Advisory Group LLC now owns 37,327 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $4,247,000 after acquiring an additional 11,605 shares in the last quarter. Southland Equity Partners LLC bought a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF during the fourth quarter worth approximately $752,000. FNY Investment Advisers LLC raised its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 90,525.0% during the fourth quarter. FNY Investment Advisers LLC now owns 14,500 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $1,649,000 after purchasing an additional 14,484 shares in the last quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC lifted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 69.4% in the fourth quarter. Harbor Investment Advisory LLC now owns 51,862 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $5,901,000 after purchasing an additional 21,255 shares during the period. Finally, MRA Advisory Group acquired a new stake in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF in the fourth quarter worth approximately $6,706,000.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $96.08 on Thursday. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $115.59 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $122.72. The firm has a market cap of $7.19 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.79. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 1 year low of $63.90 and a 1 year high of $157.49.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners Index (the Index). The Index provides exposure to a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the Company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.