Cascade Financial Partners LLC Has $351,000 Position in VanEck Gold Miners ETF $GDX

Cascade Financial Partners LLC raised its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF (NYSEARCA:GDX) by 15.2% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 6,744 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock after purchasing an additional 890 shares during the period. Cascade Financial Partners LLC’s holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF were worth $351,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. boosted its holdings in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 7,098.1% during the 1st quarter. Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria S.A. now owns 2,080,392 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $94,731,000 after buying an additional 2,051,490 shares during the period. National Bank of Canada FI boosted its holdings in VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 8,656.1% during the first quarter. National Bank of Canada FI now owns 1,376,192 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock valued at $63,264,000 after acquiring an additional 1,360,475 shares during the period. CSM Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the first quarter valued at about $36,656,000. Teacher Retirement System of Texas increased its stake in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF by 99.1% in the second quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 1,306,000 shares of the exchange traded fund’s stock worth $67,990,000 after purchasing an additional 650,000 shares during the period. Finally, Banque Transatlantique SA bought a new position in shares of VanEck Gold Miners ETF in the first quarter worth about $25,011,000.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Stock Up 1.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA:GDX opened at $76.71 on Wednesday. The company has a market cap of $23.04 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 21.70 and a beta of 0.55. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $73.28 and a 200 day moving average price of $60.21. VanEck Gold Miners ETF has a twelve month low of $33.42 and a twelve month high of $85.08.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF Company Profile

The Fund seeks to match as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the AMEX Gold Miners Index. The Fund, utilizing a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Index by investing in a portfolio of stocks that generally replicate the Index.