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Market Updates*

Investors today have unprecedented access to resources and information, blurring the line between ‘professional’ and ‘retail’ investors.
The Index that BUZZ tracks launched in December 2015 and has outperformed the S&P 500 in 4 out of 5 calendar years and over multiple trailing periods since its inception.¹
To help ensure quality of picks and strength of conviction, the Index targets only those stocks that have a history of consistent and broad conversations.

¹Source: BUZZ Holdings ULC and Morningstar Direct as of 06/30/2021.

Fund Description

VanEck Social Sentiment ETF (BUZZ) seeks to track, as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index (BUZZTR), which is intended to track the performance of the 75 large cap U.S. stocks which exhibit the highest degree of positive investor sentiment and bullish perception based on content aggregated from online sources including social media, news articles, blog posts and other alternative datasets.

Fund Ticker
BUZZ
Exchange
NYSE Arca
ETF Structure
Physical
Administrator
Van Eck Associates
Custodian
State Street Bank and Trust Company
Index Ticker
BUZZTR
Index Reconstitution
Monthly

as of 09/17/21

30-Day SEC Yield¹
-0.30%
Total Net Assets
$210.0M
Number of Holdings
75
Options
Available
Gross Expense Ratio²
0.75%
Net Expense Ratio/TER²
0.75%
Distribution Frequency
Annual

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Key Points

Recent history has shown that retail investors can outsmart Wall Street

Retail sentiment is tracked by monitoring millions of online interactions

A consistent track record of discussions, not short-term bursts, is required for index inclusion

Trading Information

Fund Ticker
BUZZ
Index Total Return Ticker
BUZZTR
NAV
BUZZNV
Intraday NAV (IIV)⁴
BUZZIV
Shares Outstanding
8,100,000
Estimated Cash
BUZZEU
Total Cash
BUZZTC
CUSIP
92189H839
ISIN
US92189H8390

Source: Bloomberg

Fees and Expenses²

Management Fee
0.75%
Other Expenses
--
Gross Expense Ratio
0.75%
Fee Waivers and
Expense Reimbursement
--
Net Expense Ratio/TER²
0.75%

²Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) will pay all expenses of the Fund, except for the fee payment under the investment management agreement, acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses.

Investment Professionals

Peter Liao, CFA

Portfolio Manager and Head of Equity ETFs
Oversees the Equity ETF Investment Management Team including development and management of index replication and optimization strategies
Joined VanEck in 2005
CFA charterholder; member of the CFA Society New York
BA, Mathematics and Economics, New York University

Guo Hua (Jason) Jin

Portfolio Manager and Analyst for Equity ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2007
Prior to his current role, held a portfolio administration position at VanEck
Previously, Portfolio Analyst at Evaluation Associates
BS, Business Administration (concentration in Financial Analysis), State University of New York at Buffalo

Griffin Driscoll

Analyst for Equity ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2018
Prior to joining VanEck, ETF Basket Operations Analyst at JPMorgan
BS, Finance, Providence College

Ralph Lasta

Analyst for Equity ETFs
Joined VanEck in 2019
Prior to VanEck, Intermediate Representative, Exchange Traded Funds at BNY Mellon.
BS, Accounting, Hunter College

Prices as of 09/17/21

	NAV/ Market Price	Volume 30-Day Avg./ Last Trading Day	Daily Change NAV/ Last Price	YTD Change NAV/ Last Price	Premium/ Discount	Prem/Discount Distribution Charts	NAV & Prem/Discount History	30-Day Median Bid Ask Spread	NAV Chart
BUZZ	$25.92 $25.93	66,780 32,128	-$0.03 / -0.13% $-0.03 / -0.12%	+3.68% --	$0.01 0.03%			0.04%

Premium/Discount History as of 09/17/21

		Since Inception	1Q 2021	2Q 2021
	Days closed at a premium	81	16	30
BUZZ	Days closed at NAV	50	2	32
	Days closed at a discount	8	3	1

Performance History: Average Annual Total Returns* (%)
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Month End as of 08/31/21
Quarter End as of 06/30/21

	1 MO	3 MO	YTD	1 YR	3 YR	5 YR	10 YR	LIFE 03/02/21
BUZZ (NAV)	3.76	6.66	--	--	--	--	--	5.50
BUZZ (Share Price)	3.74	6.63	--	--	--	--	--	5.52
BUZZTR (Index)**	3.81	6.83	22.22	49.74	29.46	27.17	--	5.71
Performance Differential (NAV - Index)	-0.05	-0.17	--	--	--	--	--	-0.21
S&P 500 Index	3.04	7.95	21.58	31.17	18.07	18.02	16.34	17.69

	1 MO	3 MO	YTD	1 YR	3 YR	5 YR	10 YR	LIFE 03/02/21
BUZZ (NAV)	8.11	10.74	--	--	--	--	--	6.93
BUZZ (Share Price)	8.08	10.72	--	--	--	--	--	6.96
BUZZTR (Index)**	8.18	10.93	23.76	79.84	33.11	29.86	--	7.04
Performance Differential (NAV - Index)	-0.07	-0.19	--	--	--	--	--	-0.11
S&P 500 Index	2.33	8.55	15.25	40.79	18.67	17.65	14.84	11.57

*Returns less than one year are not annualized.
**Index inception date: 12/18/2015.

Effective August 18, 2016, BUZZ Holdings ULC implemented changes to the BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index construction rules. The index constituent count was increased from 25 to 75 stocks and the maximum constituent weight was reduce from 15% to 3%. These changes may result in more a diversified exposure to index constituents than under the rules in effect prior to this date. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

The table presents past performance which is no guarantee of future results and which may be lower or higher than current performance. Returns reflect temporary contractual fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Had the ETF incurred all expenses and fees, investment returns would have been reduced. Investment returns and ETF share values will fluctuate so that investors' shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. ETF returns assume that dividends and capital gains distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at NAV.

The "Net Asset Value" (NAV) of a VanEck Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) is determined at the close of each business day, and represents the dollar value of one share of the fund; it is calculated by taking the total assets of the fund, subtracting total liabilities, and dividing by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF 's intraday trading value. VanEck ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

Top 10 Holdings (%) as of 08/31/21 Daily Holdings

Total Holdings: 75

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	Holding Name	Ticker	Shares	Market Value (US$)	% of Net Assets
	AMC ENTERTAINMENT HOLDINGS INC	AMC US	197,479	9,307,185	4.18
	GAMESTOP CORP	GME US	40,226	8,778,922	3.94
	NVIDIA CORP	NVDA US	31,536	7,059,334	3.17
	PALANTIR TECHNOLOGIES INC	PLTR US	262,380	6,911,089	3.10
	AMAZON.COM INC	AMZN US	1,977	6,861,752	3.08
	VIRGIN GALACTIC HOLDINGS INC	SPCE US	251,759	6,825,186	3.06
	ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES INC	AMD US	61,321	6,789,461	3.05
	APPLE INC	AAPL US	43,862	6,659,567	2.99
	TESLA INC	TSLA US	9,042	6,652,380	2.98
	MODERNA INC	MRNA US	16,685	6,285,073	2.82
Top 10 Total (%)					32.37

These are not recommendations to buy or to sell any security. Securities and holdings may vary.

Country Weightings (%) as of 08/31/21

Country
% of Net Assets
■
United States
96.02
■
Canada
4.01
■
Other/Cash
-0.04

Sector Weightings (%) as of 08/31/21

Sector
% of Net Assets
■
Information Technology
27.8
■
Consumer Discretionary
22.5
■
Communication Services
19.7
■
Industrials
9.9
■
Health Care
9.4
■
Financials
4.4
■
Materials
3.0
■
Energy
1.4
■
Consumer Staples
1.3
■
Real Estate
0.7
■
Other/Cash
0.0