EMET vs REMX

EMETCVanEck Copper and Green Metals ETF

REMXAVanEck Rare Earth and Strategic Metals ETF

In short

EMET Copper is the spine of electrification, but wiring a grid takes a whole shelf of metals. EMET tracks a global index of the companies that mine, refine and recycle them, about 60 names, for 0.62% a year.

REMX The original rare earths ETF. Trading since 2010, it holds roughly 30 miners, refiners and recyclers of the metals behind magnets, EV motors and defense hardware, in one concentrated global basket priced under most of its critical-materials rivals.

Stated mandate

EMET The Fund seeks to track, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MarketVector Global Electrification Metals Index. That index covers companies involved in producing, refining, processing, and recycling metals critical to global electrification.

REMX The fund seeks global exposure to companies involved in producing, refining, and recycling rare earth and strategic metals and minerals, while tracking the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index before fees and expenses.

Why people hold it

• EMET The mandate reaches past the mine: the index covers producing, refining, processing and recycling of electrification metals, so midstream and scrap names qualify too.vaneck.com
• 0.62% a year sits just under the midpoint of its critical-materials peer group, and the hunting ground is global rather than one country's mining sector.
• Not a one-metal wager: copper sits alongside the other metals the index treats as critical to electrification, spread across roughly 60 companies.

• REMX Launched in 2010, it is the elder statesman of rare earth funds, and its mandate spans producers, refiners and recyclers worldwide rather than one link in the chain.
• Fee of 0.53% a year undercuts Global X's EART (0.59%) and Sprott's SETM (0.65%), and sits below the median for its critical-materials peer group.
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, which matters in a corner of the market where the underlying stocks are thin.
• Rules-based, not discretionary: the basket follows the MVIS Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index, so holdings are set by published index rules.

Worth knowing

• EMET One of the smaller, more thinly traded funds in this corner of the market, so the real cost of getting in and out can exceed the headline fee.
• Broader metals exposure comes cheaper: PICK (0.39%) and VanEck's own REMX (0.53%) undercut it, though neither is built around the electrification basket.
• Miner equities move with metal prices, and with a 2021 launch this one has not yet run through a full commodity cycle.

• REMX About 30 holdings means one company's news can move the whole fund. This is a focused bet on a single supply chain, not a diversified materials sleeve.
• Mining and refining shares move with commodity prices, so swings here run deeper and faster than in a broad equity fund.
• Distributions arrive annually or semiannually, so cash flow is lumpy rather than a steady drip.

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