VanEck Copper and Electrification Metals ETF

VanEck Copper and Electrification Metals ETF (EMET) is an index fund that holds stocks of 59 companies worldwide that mine, refine or recycle copper, rare earths and other metals used in power grids and clean energy. It reaches past pure copper miners into rare earth and strategic metals producers. Its 0.62% expense ratio is above the 0.56% average for similar funds, and it is small, with $34.2 million in assets as of June 30, 2026.

• Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, EMET returned +18.9%, 5th of 7 among similar funds.
• Its worst full calendar year was 2024 (-12.8%); its best was 2025 (+81.1%).
• The deepest fall in its price history was 53.1% (Feb 28, 2022 to Apr 8, 2025), recovered by Dec 19, 2025.

As of Jun 30, 2026, the fund held 59 securities; the ten largest made up 51.4% of assets.

• Over the three months to Jun 30, 2026, investors added a net $2.8M (creations minus redemptions, per the N-PORT report).
• Monthly total returns reported for that quarter: +7.44%, +5.43%, -11.30%.

EMET tracks the MarketVector Global Electrification Metals Index. MarketVector Indexes GmbH publishes the index and is wholly owned by VanEck, so the fund's issuer also owns its index provider. To join the index, a company must earn at least 50% of its revenue from electrification metals, or have at least 50% of its mineral resources tied to them. The prospectus defines these as copper and certain rare earth and strategic metals used in power generation, power lines, clean energy and grid technology.

The fund is passive. It does not try to beat the index. It invests at least 80% of its assets in these companies and generally holds the same securities as the index. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced every quarter. As of December 31, 2025, it held 54 securities, with company values from about $1.3 billion to $117.5 billion. It can include smaller companies, emerging-market stocks and Chinese A-shares, which are bought through the Stock Connect trading link between Hong Kong and mainland China. Portfolio turnover was 21%.

EMET is "non-diversified," meaning it can put more money into a single company. As of June 30, 2026, the top 10 holdings made up 51.4% of the fund. Freeport-McMoRan was the largest at 8.1%. The fund holds ordinary stocks, with no derivatives or leverage. Before February 13, 2026, it was called VanEck Green Metals ETF.

• EMET charges 0.62% a year, versus an average of 0.56% for the similar funds below (4th of 7, cheapest first).
• Of that, 0.59% is the management fee; the rest covers other fund expenses.
• Using the prospectus's standard example, $10,000 invested would cost about $63 in the first year and $774 over 10 years (assuming a 5% annual return).

EMET is a narrow, volatile bet on metal miners, so it fits a small slice of a portfolio rather than the core.

EMET gives a portfolio exposure to global copper and electrification-metals miners, but its history has been rough. The fund did not exist during the 2008 or 2020 crashes. It lost about 17% in 2022, fell about 12% in both 2023 and 2024, then gained about 80% in 2025. Its deepest drop was 53%, from February 28, 2022 to April 8, 2025. It recovered by December 19, 2025, almost four years after the starting peak. A retiree who had to sell shares during that stretch would have locked in large losses. The trailing yield was 1.81% as of October 27, 2026, paid once a year, so it is not an income fund. Costs run $63 in the first year on $10,000 under the SEC's standard example. Past results don't predict the future, and a retirement plan should look at the whole portfolio, not one fund.

Matched by holdings overlap from the latest N-PORT reports.