Basic Fund Data
Fund Provider:	Van Eck Associates
Asset Class:	Equity
Fund Category:	Global Industry Sector
Ticker:	GDX
Expense Ratio:	0.55%
Fund Category Expense Ratio Average:	0.62%
Options:	Yes
Fund Inception Date:	05-22-2006
Fund Structure:	Open-Ended
Fund Weighting Restrictions:	Non-diversified Fund Rules
Fund Tracking Method:	Full Replication
Dividend Payment Frequency:
Basic Index Data
Index Name:	Amex Gold Miners Index
Index Provider:	American Stock Exchange
No of Index Holdings:	Under 100
Explanation of Index Strategy
Security Selection Category:	Screened
Security Selection Method:	Thematic
Security Selection Frequency:	Annually
Index Weighting Category:	Capitalization
Index Weighting Method:	Capped/Constrained
Index Weighting Frequency:	Annual

Market Price Return
1-Year:	103.4%
3-Year annualized:	4.43%
5-Year annualized:
10-Year annualized:
Annual Performance History
2009:	25.91
2008:	-26.56
2007:	16.95%
2006:
2005:
2004:
2003:
2002:
2001:
2000:
Data as of 10/31/09

Fundamentals
Assets MM:	$4945.5
P/E Ratio:	33.48
P/B Ratio:	2.05
Median Market Cap:	$9424.17
12-month yield:	0%
Data as of 10/31/09

Risk / 3-Year Average
Alpha:	1.6
Beta:	0.75
Standard Deviation:	13.49
Sharpe Ratio:	0.04
Data as of 10/31/09

Index Snapshot:

The Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (Ticker: GDX) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Amex Gold Miners Index. The index is a modified market capitalization-weighted index comprised of 35 publicly traded companies involved primarily in the mining for gold and silver. Stocks must have a market cap exceeding $100 million and have traded on an average daily volume of at least 50,000 shares over past six months. The Fund normally invests at least 95% of its total assets in common stocks and ADRs that comprise the Index. The weight of any single component security may not account for more than 20% of the index value; the aggregate weight of those component securities which individually represent more than 4.5% of the index value may not account for more than 50% of the total index value.