The Sprott Zacks Gold Miners Index was co-developed by Sprott Asset Management LP and Zacks Index Services. The Index uses a transparent, rules-based methodology that is designed to identify gold stocks with attractive investment merit. The methodology was developed by leveraging Sprott’s experience as a long-time gold sector investor and Zacks research capabilities. The Index is designed to incorporate the factors that have historically been strong predictors of long-term performance of gold stocks. The 4-step process of selecting the stocks, weighting them in the Index and rebalancing quarterly ensures that the Index reflects the most current factor scores.
Index Symbol (Price-Return): ZAXSGDM
Index Symbol (Total-Return): ZAXSGDMT
Number of Companies: 25
Index Inception Date: 5/19/2014
Rebalance Frequency: Quarterly
Sprott Gold Miners ETF (SGDM) www.sprottetfs.com
| Number of Positions | 25 |
| Largest Market Capitalization | $22.46 bil |
| Smallest Market Capitalization | $535 mil |
| Weighted Avg. Market Capitalization | $8.09 bil |
| Dividend Yield | 1.00% |
| Beta vs NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index | 1.04 |
| Correlation vs NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index | 0.99 |
