Investment objective & strategy
As of Jan. 27, 2026 · prospectusObjective. VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (the Fund) seeks to track as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index (the Sentiment Leaders Index or the Index).
Strategy. The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Funds benchmark index. For purposes of this policy, the term assets means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The Sentiment Leaders Index is comprised of common stocks of U.S. companies selected by a rules-based quantitative methodology developed by BUZZ Holdings ULC (the Index provider), which is designed to identify the U.S. common stocks with the most positive insights collected from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets. Positive insights are a measure of the degree of positive company sentiment as well as the breadth of active discussion about each company by participants on … The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Funds benchmark index. For purposes of this policy, the term assets means net assets plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes. The Sentiment Leaders Index is comprised of common stocks of U.S. companies selected by a rules-based quantitative methodology developed by BUZZ Holdings ULC (the Index provider), which is designed to identify the U.S. common stocks with the most positive insights collected from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets. Positive insights are a measure of the degree of positive company sentiment as well as the breadth of active discussion about each company by participants on online platforms. The 75 companies with the highest positive insight scores that meet certain market capitalization and average daily trading volume requirements will be selected for inclusion in the Sentiment Leaders Index. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies. As of December 31, 2025, the Sentiment Leaders Index included 75 securities of companies with a market capitalization range of between approximately $4.2 billion and $4.5 trillion and a weighted average market capitalization of $717.8 billion. T hes e amounts are subject to change. The Funds 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The Sentiment Leaders Index is reconstituted and rebalanced monthly. The Fund, using a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Sentiment Leaders Index by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Sentiment Leaders Index. Unlike many investment companies that try to beat the performance of a benchmark index, the Fund does not try to beat the Sentiment Leaders Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions that are inconsistent with its investment objective of seeking to track the Sentiment Leaders Index. The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Sentiment Leaders Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of September 30, 2025, each of the information technology, consumer discretionary, communication services and financials sectors represented a significant portion of the Fund.
Top holdings
As of March 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| State Street Navigator Securities Lending Government Money Market Portfolio | — | $4.64M | 5.37% |
| NETFLIX INC | — | $2.82M | 3.27% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $2.75M | 3.19% |
| Nebius Group NV, Class A | YNDX | $2.66M | 3.08% |
| PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC | — | $2.64M | 3.05% |
| NVIDIA CORP | — | $2.63M | 3.05% |
| AST SPACEMOBILE INC | — | $2.63M | 3.05% |
| GAMESTOP CORP CL A | — | $2.61M | 3.02% |
| TESLA INC | — | $2.60M | 3.02% |
| MICROSOFT CORP | — | $2.55M | 2.95% |
Portfolio moves
Dec 31, 2025 → Mar 31, 2026How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| Sofi Social 50 ETF · SFYF | 39% | 0.29% |
| VALUE LINE LARGER COMPANIES FOCUSED FUND, INC. · VALLX, VLLIX | 37% | 0.89% |
| State Street(R) SPDR(R) NYSE Technology ETF · XNTK | 37% | 0.35% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Van Eck Associates Corporation | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of January 27, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of March 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. As reported in the fund's prospectus performance bar chart.
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