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VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Mentioned on Closelooknet 2 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Daylight doubles the punishments — Rubrik −11%, IREN −12%, Marvell −9% extend their overnight sells while the old-guard Mag 7 catches the bid.” (2026-08-28)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where GDXJ appears in the diary — 2 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Dailies

Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector by region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sector by region Materials, one month: US +8.7% · Europe +6.5% · Asia-Pacific developed −7.0% · emerging markets −5.7%The Sector Engine row this fund tracks — the same sector priced in four regions, so a global sector fund shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-30
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 1.06 to TLT · on the worst bond days it fell more than the market

How it trades on rate days

How GDXJ has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 1.06 — moves strongly with bonds for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF moved 1.06% on average · correlation 0.18 · higher than 85% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.94 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −2.15% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −1.20% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 2.79%, annual · last 2.65 USD on 2025-12-22

Dividends and capital return

What GDXJ pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 2.65 USD per share · a 2.79% yield on the 2026-10-30 close 1 distribution, paid once a year 2026-10-30
  • Change on the year +137.8% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 1.11 USD per share
  • Last distribution 2.65 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2025-12-22
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.27 USD (partial) · 2024: 1.11 USD · 2025: 2.65 USD first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-18

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-31

Quick answers

What is VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)?

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as GDXJ on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-10-31.

How does Closelooknet use GDXJ?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does GDXJ trade against its moving averages?

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF trades 19.1% below its 50-day and 19.8% below its 200-day moving average (11.1% below its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF had a beta of 1.06 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it moves strongly with bonds, higher than 85% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −2.15% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF?

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF appears in 2 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-10-31, most recently Midday 10: Daylight doubles the punishments — Rubrik −11%, IREN −12%, Marvell −9% extend their overnight sells while the old-guard Mag 7 catches the bid. (2026-08-28); Daily Pulse: Three Ladders: Gold, Crypto, Materials (2026-08-24). What Closelooknet said most recently: The hard-asset side sells with it: gold miners take the prices-first keynote on the chin at GDX −3.0% and GDXJ −3.3% against gold −1.9%, and IBIT slips back under 44.5 at 44.46 — one coherent real-rates move across four asset classes. (Midday 10, 2026-08-28). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF pay a dividend?

VanEck Junior Gold Miners ETF has paid 2.65 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid once a year, a trailing yield of 2.79% on the 2026-10-30 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 2.65 USD on 2025-12-22. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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