Which returned more over the last year, GDX or VT?

In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GDX returned +40.2% and VT returned +18.9%, so GDX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.

Which is cheaper, GDX or VT?

GDX charges 0.51% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.

How much do GDX and VT overlap with the S&P 500?

By their latest filed holdings, 11% of GDX and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.

Are GDX and VT the same kind of fund?

No. GDX is a thematic ETF and VT is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

Data as of Sep 12, 2026. Both funds on the fields they both publish, from the same sources.

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GDX vs VT: how they differ

Over the year GDX returned more, +40.2% against +18.9%, and VT charges 0.06% against 0.51%.

VanEck Gold Miners ETF and Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund.

What they hold in common

By the books each fund has filed, GDX and VT hold 1% of their money in the same securities at the same weight.

Positions GDX and VT both hold, largest shared weight first
Holding	GDX	VT
Newmont Corp	10.42%	0.10%
Agnico Eagle Mines Ltd	10.67%	0.09%
Barrick Mining Corp	7.95%	0.06%
Wheaton Precious Metals Corp	5.61%	0.05%
Franco-Nevada Corp	4.89%	0.04%
Kinross Gold Corp	4.40%	0.03%
Northern Star Resources Ltd	2.64%	0.02%
Pan American Silver Corp	2.98%	0.02%
Royal Gold Inc	1.95%	0.02%
Coeur Mining Inc	2.38%	0.02%
Evolution Mining Ltd	1.65%	0.02%
Alamos Gold Inc	1.89%	0.02%

Largest positions each one holds and the other does not
Only in GDX	Only in VT
Gold Fields Ltd 4.07%	NVIDIA Corp 4.22%
Harmony Gold Mining Co Ltd 1.08%	Apple Inc 3.53%
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SAA 0.79%	Microsoft Corp 2.73%
Artemis Gold Inc 0.56%	Amazon.com Inc 2.29%
Seabridge Gold Inc 0.40%	Alphabet Inc 2.04%
LunR Royalties Corp 0.06%	Broadcom Inc 1.74%
	Alphabet Inc 1.61%
	Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Lt 1.52%

Weight overlap is an ETFIQ calculation: for every security both funds hold, the smaller of the two weights, summed. Above 50%, holding both is close to holding one of them twice. Holdings dated Apr 30, 2026 and Jun 30, 2026.

GDX and VT on the fields both publish, as of Sep 12, 2026. Source: ETFIQ.
	GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF	VT Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund
Where it sits	Thematic ETF	Core index fund
Issuer	VanEck	Vanguard
What it is	Miners and metals	Total World Stock
Total return, 1 year	+40.2%	+18.9%
S&P 500 over the same days	+17.5%	+17.5%
Gap to the S&P 500	+22.7 pts	+1.4 pts
Expense ratio	0.51%	0.06%
Already in the S&P 500	11.0%	55.2%
Holdings	59	10042

GDX in plain words

By weight, 11% of GDX's portfolio is stocks that are also in the S&P 500; its active share against the S&P 500 is 100%. The top ten holdings are 58% of the fund across 59 positions, as published by its issuer for Sep 10, 2026. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 the fund returned +40.2% with distributions reinvested against +17.5% for the S&P 500, so a holder was ahead by 22.7 pts. It sits 16.2% below its all-time high of Feb 27, 2026.

VT in plain words

VT is an index equity fund tracking the Total World Stock. Over the year to Sep 11, 2026 it returned +18.9% with distributions reinvested, against +17.5% for the S&P 500 and +23.0% for the Nasdaq-100. The prospectus expense ratio is 0.06% a year. By its holdings filed for Apr 30, 2026, 55% of the fund by weight is stocks the S&P 500 also holds, across 10042 positions, with the top ten at 21.9%.

Questions people ask

Which returned more over the last year, GDX or VT?: In the year to Sep 12, 2026, with distributions reinvested, GDX returned +40.2% and VT returned +18.9%, so GDX returned more. One year is one year; the longer windows are in the table.
Which is cheaper, GDX or VT?: GDX charges 0.51% a year and VT charges 0.06%, so VT is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
How much do GDX and VT overlap with the S&P 500?: By their latest filed holdings, 11% of GDX and 55% of VT by weight is stocks the S&P 500 already holds. Between the two funds, 1% of their books are the same securities at the same weight.
Are GDX and VT the same kind of fund?: No. GDX is a thematic ETF and VT is an index ETF, so they are built for different jobs. The table compares what both publish: return, cost and what each actually holds.

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