Beirne Wealth Consulting Services LLC Purchases 6,648 Shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF $GDXJ

Beirne Wealth Consulting Services LLC increased its position in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDXJ) by 21.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 37,287 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after acquiring an additional 6,648 shares during the period. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF comprises about 1.3% of Beirne Wealth Consulting Services LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Beirne Wealth Consulting Services LLC’s holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF were worth $4,477,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the company. Lingotto Investment Management LLP grew its holdings in shares of VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 0.8% during the fourth quarter. Lingotto Investment Management LLP now owns 2,602,894 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $296,157,000 after purchasing an additional 20,157 shares during the last quarter. Morgan Stanley boosted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. Morgan Stanley now owns 2,306,483 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $262,432,000 after buying an additional 145,362 shares during the period. Invesco Ltd. boosted its position in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 1.2% during the 3rd quarter. Invesco Ltd. now owns 1,982,116 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $196,289,000 after buying an additional 23,234 shares during the period. Rafferty Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 30.1% during the 4th quarter. Rafferty Asset Management LLC now owns 1,750,475 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $199,169,000 after acquiring an additional 404,916 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd grew its holdings in VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF by 90.7% during the 4th quarter. Nearwater Capital Markets Ltd now owns 1,640,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $186,599,000 after acquiring an additional 780,000 shares during the last quarter.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Stock Performance

Shares of NYSEARCA GDXJ opened at $98.88 on Friday. VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has a 52-week low of $63.90 and a 52-week high of $157.49. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $109.46 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $121.60. The stock has a market cap of $7.12 billion, a P/E ratio of 24.09 and a beta of 0.84.

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF Profile

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.