UNITED STATES

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                   FORM N-CSR

              CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

                              INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number  811-10325

                            MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST
               (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

                     335 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017
               (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

                         Van Eck Associates Corporation
                     335 MADISON AVENUE, NEW YORK, NY 10017
                     (Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (212) 293-2000

Date of fiscal year end:  DECEMBER 31

Date of reporting period: DECEMBER 31, 2014


Item 1. Report to Shareholders

 

  ANNUAL REPORT
D e c e m b e r  3 1 ,  2 0 1 4

 

MARKET VECTORS
INTERNATIONAL ETFs

 

 

 

 

MARKET VECTORS INTERNATIONAL ETFs  
President’s Letter 1
Management Discussion 3
Performance Comparison  
Africa Index ETF (AFK) 7
Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF) 9
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK) 11
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (CNXT) 13
Egypt Index ETF (EGPT) 15
Gulf States Index ETF (MES) 17
India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) 19
Indonesia Index ETF (IDX) 21
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ) 23
Israel ETF (ISRA) 25
Poland ETF (PLND) 27
Russia ETF (RSX) 29
Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) 31
Vietnam ETF (VNM) 33
Explanation of Expenses 35
Schedule of Investments  
Africa Index ETF (AFK) 37
Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF) 40
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK) 43
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (CNXT) 48
Egypt Index ETF (EGPT) 51
Gulf States Index ETF (MES) 53
India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) 55
Indonesia Index ETF (IDX) 58
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ) 60
Israel ETF (ISRA) 62
Poland ETF (PLND) 65
Russia ETF (RSX) 67
Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) 70
Vietnam ETF (VNM) 72
 

 

 

Statements of Assets and Liabilities 76
Statements of Operations 80
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 84
Financial Highlights  
Africa Index ETF (AFK) 90
Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF) 90
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK) 91
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (CNXT) 91
Egypt Index ETF (EGPT) 92
Gulf States Index ETF (MES) 92
India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF) 93
Indonesia Index ETF (IDX) 93
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ) 94
Israel ETF (ISRA) 94
Poland ETF (PLND) 95
Russia ETF (RSX) 95
Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ) 96
Vietnam ETF (VNM) 96
Notes to Financial Statements 97
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 108
Tax Information 109
Board of Trustees and Officers 110

 

The information contained in this report represents the opinions of Van Eck Global and may differ from other persons. This information is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. The information contained herein regarding each index has been provided by the relevant index provider. Also, unless otherwise specifically noted, any discussion of the Funds’ holdings and the Funds’ performance, and the views of Van Eck Global are as of December 31, 2014, and are subject to change.

 

MARKET VECTORS INTERNATIONAL ETFs 

(unaudited)

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

China continues to be an important area of focus for us, as it has become an important part of the world economy and as it currently offers interesting investment opportunities as well.

 

Together with continued liberalization within the country, the government has also moved to provide access to local markets to those outside the country. In November, the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program was launched, which began providing access to over 550 A-share stocks not previously available to investors outside the mainland.

 

The Chinese government appears also to recognize that small, non-government-backed firms, so important when it comes to fostering innovation, often struggle to access capital because large banks generally do not offer them financing.1 As such, the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) and ChiNext Boards were established (the former under the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (SZSE) and the latter as a wholly owned but independent arm of the SZSE), to help promote private innovation in the public markets.2 As of December 31, 2014, a total of 732 companies were listed on the SME Board with a combined market value of $823.52 billion, while 406 companies traded on the ChiNext Board with a combined market value of $352.43 billion.3

 

According to the World Trade Organization, at the start of 2014, SMEs in China were contributing 60% of the country’s GDP and 75% of its urban employment opportunities.4 In addition, we are seeing the information technology, consumer discretionary and staples, and health care sectors becoming the drivers of what has been called China’s “New Economy”.

 

Contributions of SMEs in China:

 

 

 

Source: World Trade Organization, January 2014.

 

On July 23 this year, we were excited to announce the launch of the Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (NYSE Arca: CNXT), a new fund which seeks to provide not only exposure primarily to China’s market for innovative, non-government owned companies, but also to the very sectors that are increasingly recognized as underpinning the growth of China’s New Economy. CNXT gives investors a liquid, transparent way to gain access to some of these growing companies.

 

Market Vectors continues to be an industry leader in offering single-country and region-specific equity ETFs. When performance varies so widely between countries and regions, it is all the more important to be able to select your focus. The suite of Market Vectors country and regional ETFs give you the flexibility to do just that, and we at Van Eck Global also continue to look for ways to enhance your access to the markets you choose and to seek out and evaluate the most attractive opportunities for you as a shareholder in the international space.

 

Please stay in touch with us through our website (http://www.marketvectorsetfs.com) on which we offer videos, email subscriptions and educational literature, all of which are designed to keep you up to date with your investments in Market Vectors ETFs.

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On the following pages, you will find the performance record of each of the funds for the 12 month period ending December 31, 2014. You will also find their financial statements. As always, we value your continuing confidence in us and look forward to helping you meet your investment goals in the future.

 

 

 

Jan F. van Eck

Trustee and President 

Market Vectors ETF Trust

 

January 20, 2015

 

Represents the opinions of the investment adviser. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Current market conditions may not continue.

 

1 The Wall Street Journal: “China’s Central Bank to Expand Loans to Small Businesses”, http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424127887324110404578628904026769958
   
2 “About ChiNext.” Shenzhen Stock Exchange, 2013, http://www.szse.cn/main/en/ChiNext/aboutchinext/
   
3 Shenzhen Stock Exchange, http://www.szse.cn/main/en/MarketStatistics/MarketOverview/
   
4 World Trade Organization: Integrating small and medium-sized enterprises into global trade flows: the case of China, http://www.wto.org/english/res_e/booksp_e/cmark_full_e.pdf
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Management Discussion (unaudited)

 

The performance of funds in the suite of Market Vectors International ETFs was predominantly positive during the 12 month period. Eight funds, from a total of 13 that traded for the entire period under review, posted positive total returns. The top two performing funds, each returning more than 40% over the 12 month period, were Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (NYSE Arca: PEK) (+49.11%) and Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (NYSE Arca: SCIF) (+43.65%). Five funds reported negative performance over the period: Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (NYSE Arca: AFK) (-12.86%), Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (NYSE Arca: BRF) (-25.19%), Market Vectors Poland ETF (NYSE Arca: PLND) (-16.90%), Market Vectors Russia ETF (NYSE Arca: RSX) (-44.95%), and Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (NYSE Arca: RSXJ) (-52.67%).

 

January 1 through December 31, 2014 

Market Vectors International ETFs Total Return

 

 

Note: Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (NYSE Arca: CNXT) is not included above as it was launched on July 23, 2014.

 

Source: Van Eck Global. Returns based on each Fund’s net asset value (NAV). The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Funds reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Funds incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. Investment return and value of the shares of the Funds will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted.

 

Country/Regional Overviews

 

Africa

 

The energy sector was the greatest detractor from performance for the 12 month period. The consumer discretionary, health care, financial, and telecommunication services sectors all provided small positive contributions to overall performance. Large- and mid-cap companies were the greatest detractors from performance, with mid-caps detracting significantly more than the large-cap grouping of companies. Geographically, South Africa and Egypt were the two most significant contributors to return, and Nigeria detracted the most from performance.

 

Brazil

 

Though the first half of 2014 was a challenging one for Brazil, the Fund recorded modest positive performance for the six month period. The second half of the year, however, proved to be even more challenging, with the Fund recording a significant negative return for the entire 12 month period. Uncertainties surrounding the outcome of the elections were finally dispelled when President Dilma Rousseff, following a second round run-off, was reelected1 on

 

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October 26 with a narrow victory over Aécio Neves. Prospects of any much-needed economic reforms and budget cuts before the end of the year never materialized. No sector except healthcare, and then only minimally, contributed positively to return over the 12 month period. The consumer discretionary, financial, and industrial sectors were the three greatest detractors from performance.

 

China 

 

2014 saw the government pass numerous reforms to provide necessary adjustments to the economy and attempt to spur growth through various measures, including a surprising interest rate reduction in November which represented the first such cut in over two years. More broadly, the government continued to undertake measures to move the economy away from one driven primarily by investment to one powered by domestic consumption. Quarterly GDP growth consistently fell below the government’s 7.5% target, and by the end of the year, it was generally accepted that 7.0% growth in 2015 will have to serve as the “new normal”. The A-share equity market, while extremely sluggish during the first half of 2014, finally began to pick up during the second half of year, driven by anticipation of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Stock Connect program, which began providing access to over 550 A-share stocks not previously available to investors outside the mainland in November, as well as by the aforementioned interest rate cut.

 

Performance of the Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF during the first week in January 2014 was primarily derived from swap contracts on the CSI 300 Index(CSI 300). The Fund began direct investment in the A-share constituents of the CSI 300 on January 8, 2014 and eliminated the majority of its exposure previously achieved through swap contracts. Contracts outstanding as of December 31, 2014 are presented in the Fund’s Schedule of Investments. All sectors contributed positively to performance during the period under review. The vast majority of returns came from companies in the financial sector, followed by industrial companies. However, while still positive, the telecommunications services and health care sectors only contributed minimally.

 

The Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF traded for a little more than five months. During this period, the industrial, financial, and information technology were the largest contributors to performance. The energy sector, however, posted a small negative return for this period.

 

Egypt

 

With his landslide victory at the end of May, newly elected President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, the country’s former army chief, won a firm enough mandate to tackle the country’s economic woes. As early as June 24, in a speech in Cairo, he was seeking to forewarn Egyptians of austerity measures2 to come. At the end of November, an IMF official was reported as saying that the country’s economy had started to recover after four years of slow activity.3 Each sector in the domestic market, except the consumer staples and energy sectors, contributed to a positive return for the year. The financial sector was by far the greatest contributor to performance. In addition to having the highest average weighting, small-cap companies also made the most significant contribution to return. Regardless of the significant average weighting of mid-cap companies, their contribution to return lagged far behind those of both their larger and smaller peers.

 

Gulf States

 

Anchored on solid growth of 3.7% in 2013 and budget surpluses,4 the GCC economies enjoyed a healthy first half to 2014. The second half of the year, however, was somewhat more challenging for the Gulf States, caught as they were between the Scylla of falling oil prices and the Charybdis of regional conflict.5 However, the Fund still ended the year posting a positive return for the 12 month period. With tensions high in the Middle East and in an attempt to shore up unity among GCC members, in mid-November Saudi’s 90-year old King Abdullah engineered reconciliation between council members and Qatar, which it had accused, among other things, of supporting Islamist militants both in Syria and elsewhere.6 Geographically, the United Arab Emirates, with the greatest average country weighting, contributed most significantly to performance, followed by Qatar and Oman—in that order. In terms of sector, financial stocks were the greatest contributors, with industrial and telecommunication services stocks providing the only other significant contributions. Large-cap stocks contributed to performance, while mid- and small-cap stocks detracted from performance.

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India

 

Following a somewhat lackluster first quarter and Narendra Modi’s election as India’s new prime minister, the performance of smaller companies strengthened firmly toward the end of the first half of the year. At 5.5% for the half of the year, economic growth was higher than the 4.9% figure for the same period last year.7 The third quarter of the year, though, brought with it a slowdown in growth, with the Indian economy only expanding 5.3%, in contrast with 5.7% during the previous quarter.8 However, since his election in May, Mr. Modi has demonstrated his pro-business stance in a number of different ways, not least by permitting more foreign investment in various of the country’s industrial sectors, including defense.9 After the Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF, the Fund posted the highest total return of any in the Market Vectors suite of international funds. All sectors, except three, contributed positively to return. The consumer discretionary, industrial, and financial sectors were the greatest contributors to performance. While posting negative returns, the detraction from performance of each of the consumer staples, energy, and telecommunication services sectors was minimal.

 

Indonesia

 

Indonesia was another country with an election cycle in 2014. The presidential race was won by the governor of Jakarta, Joko Widodo, who beat Prabowo Subianto, a former army general. Faced with a moribund economy and a potentially widening current account deficit,10 action sooner rather than later was required of the president. As a first step, fuel prices (heavily subsidized) were raised 30% on November 18, while, on the same day, Bank Indonesia increased its benchmark interest rate by 25 bps to 7.75%. At the same time, the bank reconfirmed its intention, in the near term, to focus on economic stability over growth.11 For medium- and large-cap names, there were positive contributions to return across all sectors except for energy, with financial stocks providing by far the most significant contribution to performance. Among small-cap stocks, three sectors contributed positively to return. The telecommunication services and financial sectors were the two greatest contributors to performance. Consumer discretionary stocks provided a lesser, but still positive, contribution to performance. Negative returns from small-cap energy companies in particular detracted most from performance.

 

Israel

 

After a promising first half year—two quarters of economic growth—and an annual growth rate of 3%,12 third quarter figures reflected the high toll Israel’s 50-day war in Gaza13 took on its economic health: the economy contracted, for the first time in five years, by approximately 0.4%.14 Current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s decision to hold early elections in March 2015 is being seen by many as more of a hindrance than a help in efforts to revive the country’s slowing economy.15 Over the 12 month period, health care and information technology stocks, constituting the two sectors with the highest individual average weightings, were the Fund’s most significant contributors to performance. The energy and financial sectors were the greatest detractors from performance. While large-cap stocks contributed positively to performance, small-cap stocks detracted significantly.

 

Poland

 

Poland continues to be the EU’s largest emerging economy.16 In the context of economic stagnation in the Eurozone, the country’s performance in the latter half of 2014 was robust. In the third quarter, its economy grew, in annual terms, by 3.3%—better than expected—and continued to benefit from relatively low private and public debt.17 Despite this strength, however, with the fluid situation in Ukraine and slow economic growth in other EU countries, the outlook for Poland remains uncertain. Polish stocks slid over the last quarter of the year, in particular, in December. No sector performed positively over the 12 month period, with the financial, materials, and consumer staples sectors detracting most from performance. However, the negative returns from information technology and consumer discretionary sectors detracted only minimally from performance.

 

Russia

 

The consequences of Russia’s involvement in Ukraine, in the form of European and U.S. sanctions, together with the drop in oil prices during the year, took a heavy toll on the country’s economy in 2014. From earlier expectations of 1.2% growth in 2015 (0.5% in 2014), by early December 2014, the Russian Economy Ministry saw the country’s GDP contracting by 0.8% in 2015.18 After a rough period in March and April, both the small- and large-cap funds saw a considerable improvement in performance through May and June. From early July,

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however, it was downhill through to the end of the year. No sector contributed a positive return to the large-cap fund, with energy and telecommunication services serving as the two worst performing sectors. In the small-cap fund, companies in the utilities sector, closely followed by those in the financial sector, detracted most from performance. As with the large-cap fund, no sector performed positively.

 

Vietnam

 

With stability restored once again on May 18, 2014, following a number of deaths during violent riots against both foreign- and, particularly, Chinese-owned factories in the provinces, Vietnamese companies posted gains through the beginning of September. Thereafter, however, their stocks declined, albeit haltingly, until late December. This was despite moves by the government at the end of November to open up the property market to foreigners.19 A forecast of economic growth in 2014 from the World Bank in early December revised growth upward from 5.4% to 5.6%.20 This did not, however, prevent the Fund posting a positive return for the 12 month period. With an average weighting of approximately 49%, small-cap companies made by far the greatest contribution to return. The energy, consumer discretionary, and financial sectors were the three most significant contributors to return. However, the consumer staples and materials sectors both detracted from performance.

 

 

 

All indices are unmanaged and include the reinvestment of all dividends, but do not reflect the payment of transaction costs, advisory fees or expenses that are associated with an investment in the fund. An index’s performance is not illustrative of the fund’s performance. Indices are not securities in which investments can be made. Results reflect past performance and do not guarantee future results.

 

CSI 300 Index (CSIR0300) is a modified free-float market capitalization-weighted index compiled and managed by China Securities Index Co., Ltd. Considered to be the leading index for the Chinese equity market, the CSI 300 is a diversified index consisting of 300 constituent stocks listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange and/or the Shanghai Stock Exchange.
1 BBC: Brazil elections: Dilma Rousseff promises reform after poll win, http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-29782073
2 Financial Times: Egypt’s president to donate personal income as austerity looms, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/50bfef5a-fbb0-11e3-aa19-00144feab7de.html?siteedition=intl#axzz35fihbd9M
3 ABC News: IMF Says Egypt’s Economy Starting to Recover, http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/imf-egypts-economy-starting-recover-27189651
4 Al Bawaba: Budget surpluses seen to spur GCC growth in 2014; outlook still positive, http://www.albawaba.com/business/budget-gcc-growth-557324
5 Business Insider: Gulf stocks dive over global growth fears, oil prices, http://www.businessinsider.com/afp-gulf-stocks-dive-over-global-growth-fears-oil-prices-2014-10
6 Business Insider: Saudi Arabia Leans On Gulf States To Close Ranks As Region Boils, http://www.businessinsider.com/r-saudi-arabia-leans-on-gulf-states-to-close-ranks-as-region-boils-2014-11
7 Moneycontrol.com: India’s economic growth likely to be 5.6% in FY15: Citi, http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/economy/indias-economic-growth-likely-to-be-56fy15-citi_1241213.html
8 Bloomberg: Rajan Holds India’s Rates While Signaling Cut to Come: Economy, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/print/2014-12-02/rajan-holds-rates-for-fifth-meeting-while-signaling-cut-to-come.html
9 Ibid.
10 Reuters: UPDATE 3-Indonesia c.bank trims economic outlook, rates stay on hold, http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/06/12/indonesia-economy-idUSL4N0OS2A220140612
11 UK FCO Country Update(s) for Business: Indonesia: prospects for growth in the economy, https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/indonesia-prospects-for-growth-in-the-economy/indonesia-prospects-for-growth-in-the-economy
12 Financial Times: Violence takes toll on Israel’s economy, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/af80d236-74c6-11e4-a418-00144feabdc0.html
13 Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg News: Early Israeli election to hurt economy already slowed by war, http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-israel-econ02-20141202-story.html
14 Financial Times: Violence takes toll on Israel’s economy, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/af80d236-74c6-11e4-a418-00144feabdc0.html
15 Chicago Tribune/Bloomberg News: Early Israeli election to hurt economy already slowed by war, http://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-wp-blm-news-bc-israel-econ02-20141202-story.html
16 The Wall Street Journal: Polish Rate Setter Sees Room for Cuts Totaling One Percentage Point, http://online.wsj.com/articles/polish-rate-setter-sees-room-for-cuts-totaling-one-percentage-point-1415807868
17 The Wall Street Journal: Poland Still Has Room to Cut Interest Rates, http://online.wsj.com/articles/poland-still-has-room-to-cut-interest-rates-1416495671
18 The Wall Street Journal: Russia Sees Economy in Recession Next Year, http://www.wsj.com/articles/russia-sees-economy-in-recession-next-year-1417513889
19 Bloomberg: Vietnam Expands Foreign Property Ownership to Boost Economy, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-25/vietnam-expands-foreign-property-ownership-to-boost-economy.html
20 Tuoi Tre News: Vietnam economy to grow 5.6% in 2014 over ‘ongoing macroeconomic stability’: WB, http://tuoitrenews.vn/business/24452/wb-raises-vietnam-growth-forecast-to-56-over-ongoing-macroeconomic-stability
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MARKET VECTORS AFRICA INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1 NAV MVAFKTR2
One Year   (13.68)%   (12.86)%   (11.10)%
Five Years   0.92%   1.31%   2.44%
Life* (annualized)   (4.33)%   (4.18)%   (2.77)%
Life* (cumulative)   (24.92)%   (24.16)%   (16.64)%
*   since 7/10/08               
                
Index data prior to June 21, 2013 reflects that of the Dow Jones Africa Titans 50 IndexSM. From June 21, 2013, forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® GDP Africa Index (MVAFKTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Africa Index ETF was 7/10/08.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (7/10/08) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/14/08), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888. MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.80% / Net Expense Ratio 0.80%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.78% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units

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PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® GDP Africa Index (MVAFKTR) tracks the performance of the largest and most liquid companies in Africa. The weighting of a country in the index is determined by the size of its gross domestic product.

 

Market Vectors GDP Africa Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Africa Index ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Africa Index ETF (AFK)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for AFK is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   July 14, 2008* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   8    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   5    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   10    0.6%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   7    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   24    1.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   34    2.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   74    4.5%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   125    7.7%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   220    13.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   313    19.3%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   269    16.5%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   214    13.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   183    11.2%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   85    5.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   38    2.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   15    0.9%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -5.0%   0    0.0%
    1630    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

8

MARKET VECTORS BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVBRFTR2
One Year   (25.75)%   (25.19)%   (24.73)%
Five Years   (11.03)%   (10.52)%   (9.79)%
Life* (annualized)   2.09%   2.23%   2.90%
Life* (cumulative)   12.38%   13.24%   17.49%
*   since 5/12/09               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF was 5/12/09.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (5/12/09) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (5/14/09), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.66% / Net Expense Ratio 0.60%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.59% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

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MARKET VECTORS BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Brazil Small-Cap Index (MVBRFTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded small-capitalization companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Brazil, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Brazil.

 

Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Brazil Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Brazil Small-Cap ETF (BRF)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for BRF is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   May 14, 2009* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   7    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   18    1.3%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   64    4.5%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   62    4.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   69    4.9%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   137    9.7%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   321    22.6%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   460    32.3%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   234    16.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   33    2.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   9    0.6%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   5    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   0    0.0%
    1419    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

10

MARKET VECTORS CHINAAMC A-SHARE ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  CSIR03002
One Year   44.63%   49.11%   51.96%
Life* (annualized)   4.07%   4.21%   4.34%
Life* (cumulative)   18.31%   18.98%   19.62%
*   since 10/13/10               
As of January 7, 2014, Market Vectors China ETF’s name changed to Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF was 10/13/10

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (10/13/10) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (10/14/10), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 1.69% / Net Expense Ratio 0.72%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.72% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

11

MARKET VECTORS CHINAAMC A-SHARE ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2CSI 300 Index (CSIR0300) is a modified free-float market capitalization weighted index comprised of the largest and most liquid stocks in the Chinese A-share market. Constituent stocks for the Index must have been listed for more than three months (unless the stock’s average daily A-share market capitalization since its initial listing ranks among the top 30 of all A-shares) and must not be experiencing what the Index Provider believes to be obvious abnormal fluctuations or market manipulation.

 

CSI 300 Index and its logo are service marks of China Securities Index Co., Ltd. (“CSI”) and have been licensed for use by Van Eck Associates Corporation. Market Vectors ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by CSI and CSI makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. CSI 300 is a registered trademark of China Securities Index Co., Ltd.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (PEK)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for PEK is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   October 14, 2010* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 16.0%   32    3.0%
Greater than or Equal to 15.0% And Less Than 16.0%   11    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to 14.0% And Less Than 15.0%   22    2.1%
Greater than or Equal to 13.0% And Less Than 14.0%   28    2.6%
Greater than or Equal to 12.0% And Less Than 13.0%   34    3.2%
Greater than or Equal to 11.0% And Less Than 12.0%   55    5.2%
Greater than or Equal to 10.0% And Less Than 11.0%   40    3.8%
Greater than or Equal to 9.0% And Less Than 10.0%   41    3.9%
Greater than or Equal to 8.0% And Less Than 9.0%   23    2.2%
Greater than or Equal to 7.0% And Less Than 8.0%   45    4.2%
Greater than or Equal to 6.0% And Less Than 7.0%   42    4.0%
Greater than or Equal to 5.0% And Less Than 6.0%   59    5.6%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 5.0%   75    7.1%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 4.0%   80    7.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 3.0%   82    7.7%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 2.0%   73    6.9%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 1.0%   137    12.9%
Less Than 0.0%   182    17.1%
    1061    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

12

MARKET VECTORS CHINAAMC SME-CHINEXT ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return Share Price1 NAV SZ3996112
Life* (cumulative) 16.73% 15.88% 17.89%
*   since 7/23/14      

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF was 7/23/14.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (7/23/14) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/24/14), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 1.48% / Net Expense Ratio 0.78%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.78% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2016. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

13

MARKET VECTORS CHINAAMC SME-CHINEXT ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2The SME-ChiNext 100 Index (SZ399611) is a modified, free-float adjusted index intended to track the performance of the 100 largest and most liquid stocks listed and trading on the Small and Medium Enterprise (“SME”) Board and the ChiNext Board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The Index is comprised of A-shares.

 

The SME-ChiNext 100 Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of the Shenzhen Securities Information Co., Ltd (the “Index Provider”), which is a subsidiary of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange. The Index Provider does not sponsor, endorse, or promote Market Vectors ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (the “Fund”) and bears no liability with respect to the Fund or any security.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF (CNXT)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for CNXT is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

    July 24, 2014* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range   Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%  2   1.8%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%  3   2.7%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%  10   8.9%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%  24   21.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%  43   38.4%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%  19   17.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%  9   8.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%  2   1.8%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%  0   0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%  0   0.0%
Less Than -5.0%  0   0.0%
    112   100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

14

MARKET VECTORS EGYPT INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return Share Price1 NAV MVEGPTTR2
One Year 13.60% 12.92% 16.38%
Life* (annualized)    (3.45)%    (2.93)%    (2.89)%
Life* (cumulative) (15.74)% (13.50)% (13.33)%
*   since 2/16/10      

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF was 2/16/10.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (2/16/10) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (2/18/10), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.97% / Net Expense Ratio 0.97%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.94% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

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MARKET VECTORS EGYPT INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Egypt Index (MVEGPTTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Egypt, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Egypt.

 

Market Vectors Egypt Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Egypt Index ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Egypt Index ETF (EGPT)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for EGPT is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

    February 18, 2010* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range   Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%  53   4.3%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%  12   1.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%  49   4.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%  91   7.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%  102   8.3%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%  133   10.8%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%  153   12.3%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%  138   11.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%  149   12.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%  146   12.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%  101   8.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%  38   3.1%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%  36   2.9%
Less Than -3.0%  26   2.1%
    1227   100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

16

MARKET VECTORS GULF STATES INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return Share Price1 NAV MVMESTR2
One Year 1.50% 2.41% 4.81%
Five Years 9.25% 9.96% 11.36%  
Life* (annualized) (4.14)% (3.95)% (3.04)%
Life* (cumulative) (23.86)%   (22.89)%   (18.03)%  
*   since 7/22/08      
       
Index data prior to June 21, 2013 reflects that of the Dow Jones GCC Titans 40 IndexSM. From June 21, 2013, forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® GDP GCC Index (MVMESTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF was 7/22/08.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (7/22/08) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (7/24/08), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 2.07% / Net Expense Ratio 0.99%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.98% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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

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MARKET VECTORS GULF STATES INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF’s intraday trading value. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® GDP GCC Index (MVMESTR) provides exposure to publicly traded companies either headquartered in countries belonging to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) or companies that generate the majority of their revenues in these countries

 

Market Vectors GDP GCC Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Gulf States Index ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Gulf States Index ETF (MES)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for MES is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

    July 24, 2008* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range   Number of Days   Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   1       0.1 %
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   0       0.0 %
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   0       0.0 %
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   0       0.0 %
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   2       0.1 %
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   6       0.4 %
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   16       1.0 %
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   55       3.4 %
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   94       5.8 %
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   120       7.4 %
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   478       29.5 %
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   166       10.2 %
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   161       9.9 %
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   178       11.0 %
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   159       9.8 %
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   98       6.0 %
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   49       3.0 %
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   27       1.7 %
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   4       0.2 %
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   3       0.2 %
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   4       0.2 %
Less Than -5.0%   1       0.1 %
    1622       100.0 %

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS INDIA SMALL-CAP INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return Share Price1 NAV MVSCIFTR2
One Year 42.37% 43.65% 44.92%
Life* (annualized) (11.52)% (11.60)% (11.19)%
Life* (cumulative) (41.32)% (41.53)% (40.37)%
*   since 8/24/10      

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF was 8/24/10.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (8/24/10) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (8/25/10), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.92% / Net Expense Ratio 0.89%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.85% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS INDIA SMALL-CAP INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2Market Vectors® India Small-Cap Index (MVSCIFTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded small-capitalization companies that are headquartered in India or that generate the majority of their revenues in India.

 

Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors India Small-Cap Index ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

India Small-Cap Index ETF (SCIF)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for SCIF is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   August 25, 2010* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%  4    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%  6    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%  17    1.6%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%  81    7.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%  169    15.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%  170    15.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%  200    18.1%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%  197    18.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%  127    11.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%  72    6.6%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%  35    3.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%  10    0.9%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%  4    0.4%
Less Than -3.0%  4    0.4%
   1096    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS INDONESIA INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVIDXTR2
One Year   16.63%   18.34%   19.52%
Five Years   5.26%   5.33%   5.96%
Life* (annualized)   21.77%   21.80%   22.79%
Life* (cumulative)   223.44%   223.90%   240.03%
*   since 1/15/09               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF was 1/15/09.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (1/15/09) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (1/20/09), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.66% / Net Expense Ratio 0.58%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.57% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS INDONESIA INDEX ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2 Market Vectors® Indonesia Index (MVIDXTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Indonesia, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Indonesia.

 

Market Vectors Indonesia Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Indonesia Index ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

 

Indonesia Index ETF (IDX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for IDX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

  

   January 20, 2009* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days   Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   12    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   7    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   19    1.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   103    6.9%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   274    18.3%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   356    23.5%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   286    19.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   205    13.7%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   116    7.7%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   46    3.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   28    1.9%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   15    1.0%
Less Than -3.0%   31    2.1%
    1499    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.
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MARKET VECTORS INDONESIA SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVIDXJTR2
One Year   20.01%   22.52%   24.91%
Life* (annualized)   (10.38)%   (10.33)%   (8.96)%
Life* (cumulative)   (26.30)%   (26.17)%   (23.01)%
*   since 3/20/12

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF was 3/20/12.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (3/20/12) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (3/21/12), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 2.30% / Net Expense Ratio 0.61%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.61% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS INDONESIA SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2 Market Vectors® Indonesia Small-Cap Index (MVIDXJTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed on an exchange in Indonesia, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Indonesia.

 

Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Indonesia Small-Cap ETF (IDXJ)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for IDXJ is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   March 21, 2012* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   3    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   4    0.6%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   8    1.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   15    2.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   35    5.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   55    7.9%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   95    13.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   89    12.7%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   112    16.2%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   108    15.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   71    10.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   38    5.4%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   24    3.4%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   13    1.9%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   10    1.4%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   7    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   2    0.3%
Less Than -5.0%   9    1.3%
    700    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.
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MARKET VECTORS ISRAEL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  BLSNTR2
One Year   0.51%   0.88%   1.64%
Life* (annualized)   13.05%   13.03%   13.79%
Life* (cumulative)   20.47%   20.44%   21.66%
*   since 6/25/13

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Israel ETF was 6/25/13.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (6/25/13) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (6/26/13), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.76% / Net Expense Ratio 0.60%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.59% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

25

MARKET VECTORS ISRAEL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2 BlueStar Israel Global IndexTM (BLSNTR) is a rules-based index intended to track the overall performance of publicly traded companies that are generally considered by the Indexer to be Israeli and Israeli linked companies. It primarily includes the largest and the most liquid companies, as well as mid-cap and small-cap companies that display sufficient liquidity.

 

The BlueStar Israel Global IndexTM (the “Index”) is the exclusive property and a trademark of BlueStar Global Investors LLC and has been licensed for use for certain purposes by Van Eck Associates Corporation for Market Vectors Israel ETF (the “Fund”) based on the Index. The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by BlueStar Global Investors LLC, and BlueStar Global Investors LLC makes no representation regarding the advisability of trading in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Israel ETF (ISRA)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for ISRA is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   June 26, 2013* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   10    2.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   110    28.7%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   197    51.4%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   59    15.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   6    1.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   1    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -5.0%   0    0.0%
    383    100.0%
 

* First day of secondary market trading.
26

MARKET VECTORS POLAND ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1   NAV  MVPLNDTR2
One Year   (17.46)%   (16.90)%   (16.32)%
Five Years   (2.57)%   (2.54)%   (2.12)%
Life* (annualized)   (2.91)%   (2.98)%   (2.51)%
Life* (cumulative)   (13.96)%   (14.32)%   (12.15)%
*   since 11/24/09               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Poland ETF was 11/24/09.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (11/24/09) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (11/25/09), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.99% / Net Expense Ratio 0.60%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

27

MARKET VECTORS POLAND ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Poland Index (MVPLNDTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed in Poland, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Poland.

 

Market Vectors Poland Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Poland ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Poland ETF (PLND)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for PLND is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   November 25, 2009* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   14    1.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   62    4.8%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   197    15.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   437    34.0%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   396    30.9%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   116    9.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   39    3.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   10    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   5    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   2    0.2%
Less Than -3.0%   1    0.1%
    1283    100.0%

 

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

28

MARKET VECTORS RUSSIA ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund's benchmark.  

 

Total Return  Share Price1   NAV  MVRSXTR2
One Year   (47.11)%   (44.95)%   (44.25)%
Five Years   (11.98)%   (11.29)%   (11.51)%
Life* (annualized)   (10.28)%   (9.88)%   (10.33)%
Life* (cumulative)   (56.58)%   (55.06)%   (56.77)%
*   since 4/24/07               
Index data prior to March 19, 2012 reflects that of the DAXglobal® Russia+ Index (DXRPUS). From March 19, 2012 forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® Russia Index (MVRSXTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Russia ETF was 4/24/07.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (4/24/07) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/30/07), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.61% / Net Expense Ratio 0.61%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.62% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

29

MARKET VECTORS RUSSIA ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2Market Vectors® Russia Index (MVRSXTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded small-capitalization companies that are domiciled and primarily listed in Russia, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Russia.

 

Market Vectors Russia Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Russia ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Russia ETF (RSX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for RSX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   April 30, 2007* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   8    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   4    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   6    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   9    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   25    1.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   47    2.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   141    7.3%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   305    15.8%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   567    29.2%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   466    24.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   203    10.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   77    4.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   33    1.7%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   16    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   9    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   4    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   4    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -5.0%   5    0.3%
    1934    100.0%

 

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

30

MARKET VECTORS RUSSIA SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.    
                         
Total Return   Share Price1     NAV     MVRSXJTR2
One Year     (52.42)%       (52.67)%       (53.00)%  
Life* (annualized)     (28.64)%       (28.89)%       (28.88)%  
Life* (cumulative)     (71.49)%       (71.85)%       (71.87)%  
*   since 4/13/11                        

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF was 4/13/11.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (4/13/11) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/14/11), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.95% / Net Expense Ratio 0.68%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.67% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

31

MARKET VECTORS RUSSIA SMALL-CAP ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

2 Market Vectors® Russia Small-Cap Index (MVRSXJTR) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded small-capitalization companies that are domiciled and primarily listed in Russia, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Russia.

 

Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Russia Small-Cap ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Russia Small-Cap ETF (RSXJ)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for RSXJ is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

                 
    April 14, 2011* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range   Number of Days   Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%     7       0.7%  
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%     4       0.4%  
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%     5       0.5%  
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%     29       3.1%  
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%     77       8.2%  
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%     190       20.3%  
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%     261       28.1%  
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%     230       24.6%  
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%     80       8.6%  
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%     36       3.9%  
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%     7       0.7%  
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%     4       0.4%  
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%     4       0.4%  
Less Than -3.0%     1       0.1%  
      935       100.0%  

 

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.    
32

MARKET VECTORS VIETNAM ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

      Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)
       
  This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.  
                         
Total Return   Share Price1   NAV   MVVNMTR2
One Year     5.11%        3.95%       5.26%  
Five Years     (3.52)%        (3.58)%       (3.31)%  
Life* (annualized)     (2.92)%         (3.25)%       (2.57)%  
Life* (cumulative)     (14.77)%         (16.29)%       (13.08)%    
*   since 8/11/09                        

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Vietnam ETF was 8/11/09.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (8/11/09) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (8/14/09), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.66% / Net Expense Ratio 0.66%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.76% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

33

MARKET VECTORS VIETNAM ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Vietnam Index (MVVNMTR ) is a rules-based, modified market capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies that are domiciled and primarily listed in Vietnam, or that generate at least 50% of their revenues in Vietnam.

 

Market Vectors Vietnam Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Vietnam ETF (VNM)

Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for VNM is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   August 14, 2009* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 5.0%   95    7.0%
Greater than or Equal to 4.5% And Less Than 5.0%   16    1.2%
Greater than or Equal to 4.0% And Less Than 4.5%   19    1.4%
Greater than or Equal to 3.5% And Less Than 4.0%   27    2.0%
Greater than or Equal to 3.0% And Less Than 3.5%   35    2.6%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   53    3.9%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   59    4.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   98    7.2%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   143    10.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   130    9.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   218    16.0%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   122    9.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   119    8.8%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   99    7.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   66    4.9%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   30    2.2%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   14    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.5% And Less Than -3.0%   5    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -4.0% And Less Than -3.5%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -4.5% And Less Than -4.0%   4    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -5.0% And Less Than -4.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -5.0%   1    0.1%
    1355    100.0%

 

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

34

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

EXPLANATION OF EXPENSES

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical $1,000 investment at beginning of period

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur operating expenses, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This disclosure is intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The disclosure is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

 

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table below provides information about account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as program fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

35

MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

EXPLANATION OF EXPENSES

(unaudited) (continued)

 

   Beginning
Account
Value
July 1, 2014
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31, 2014
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During Period
  Expenses Paid
During the Period*
July 1, 2014-
December 31, 2014
Africa Index ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $817.20    0.78%   $3.57 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,021.27    0.78%   $3.97 
Brazil Small-Cap ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $720.70    0.60%   $2.60 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.18    0.60%   $3.06 
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $1,633.30    0.71%   $4.71 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,021.63    0.71%   $3.62 
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF***
Actual  $1,000.00   $1,158.80    0.78%   $3.71 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,018.61    0.78%   $3.47 
Egypt Index ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $928.20    0.94%   $4.57 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,020.47    0.94%   $4.79 
Gulf States Index ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $918.00    1.00%   $4.83 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,020.16    1.00%   $5.09 
India Small-Cap Index ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $879.50    0.90%   $4.26 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,020.67    0.90%   $4.58 
Indonesia Index ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $998.70    0.58%   $2.92 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.28    0.58%   $2.96 
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $1,084.90    0.61%   $3.21 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.13    0.61%   $3.11 
Israel ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $966.70    0.59%   $2.92 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.23    0.59%   $3.01 
Poland ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $811.30    0.61%   $2.78 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.13    0.61%   $3.11 
Russia ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $597.60    0.63%   $2.54 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.03    0.63%   $3.21 
Russia Small-Cap ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $569.10    0.69%   $2.73 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,021.73    0.69%   $3.52 
Vietnam ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $936.50    0.65%   $3.17 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,021.93    0.65%   $3.31 

 

*Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (for the six months ended December 31, 2014) multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half year period).
**Assumes annual return of 5% before expenses
***Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (for the period from July 23, 2014 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2014) multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half year period).
36

AFRICA INDEX ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 97.1%     
Australia: 1.2%     
 83,971   Aquarius Platinum Ltd. (GBP) * #  $19,121 
 4,028,188   Paladin Energy Ltd. (CAD) *   1,165,071 
         1,184,192 
Bermuda: 1.1%     
 125,218   Kosmos Energy Ltd. (USD) *   1,050,579 
 Canada: 3.9%     
 417,003   Africa Oil Corp. * †   867,669 
 129,436   First Quantum Minerals Ltd.   1,845,015 
 260,868   IAMGOLD Corp. (USD) *   704,344 
 139,472   Semafo, Inc. *   358,840 
         3,775,868 
Egypt: 21.2%     
 1,143,352   Commercial International Bank Egypt SAE (GDR) # Reg S   7,515,648 
 780,516   Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding SAE * #   1,666,961 
 1,477,799   Egyptian Kuwaiti Holding Co. (USD) * #   1,096,171 
 417,397   Ezz Steel * #   808,668 
 1,112,404   Global Telecom Holding SAE (GDR) * † Reg S   3,170,351 
 5,527,292   Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding SAE * #   1,005,563 
 322,691   Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. #   677,728 
 2,264,937   Talaat Moustafa Group #   3,095,662 
 749,463   Telecom Egypt #   1,237,208 
         20,273,960 
France: 2.3%     
 21,328   Bourbon SA   495,513 
 179,557   Etablissements Maurel et Prom * #   1,678,116 
         2,173,629 
Ireland: 1.2%     
 21,986,535   Kenmare Resources Plc (GBP) * #   1,123,335 
Kenya: 3.0%     
 18,573,700   Safaricom Ltd.   2,881,949 
Malta: 0.2%     
 20,914   Brait SE * #   141,566 
Morocco: 9.2%     
 76,192   Attijariwafa Bank #   2,887,304 
 70,894   Banque Centrale Populaire   1,668,508 
 54,587   Banque Marocaine du Commerce Exterieur   1,325,073 
 166,035   Douja Promotion Groupe Addoha SA   688,835 
 174,833   Maroc Telecom #   2,190,677 
         8,760,397 
Nigeria: 17.1%     
 43,452,008   First Bank Nigeria Holdings Plc #   2,063,454 
 34,042,419   Guaranty Trust Bank Plc #   4,640,195 
 336,451   Nestle Nigeria Plc #   1,842,766 
 3,996,022   Nigerian Breweries Plc #   3,567,246 
 43,917,131   United Bank for Africa Plc #   1,009,054 
 32,818,248   Zenith Bank Ltd. #   3,262,968 
         16,385,683 
Singapore: 1.1%     
 2,910,000   Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. #   1,006,804 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
South Africa: 21.8%     
 4,213   Aeci Ltd. #  $48,704 
 87,362   African Bank Investments Ltd. * # §   6,606 
 12,293   African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. #   125,874 
 4,739   Anglo American Platinum Ltd. * #   139,118 
 28,392   AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ADR) *   247,010 
 13,622   ArcelorMittal South Africa Ltd. *   31,097 
 21,965   Aspen Pharmacare Holdings Ltd. * #   766,207 
 23,557   Aveng Ltd. * #   35,725 
 19,559   AVI Ltd. #   131,029 
 24,611   Barclays Africa Group Ltd. #   384,807 
 10,064   Barloworld Ltd. #   82,834 
 22,101   Bidvest Group Ltd. #   577,756 
 4,933   Capitec Bank Holdings Ltd. † #   144,425 
 9,778   Clicks Group Ltd. #   68,359 
 18,707   Coronation Fund Managers Ltd. #   185,116 
 29,392   Discovery Ltd. #   281,390 
 9,029   Exxaro Resources Ltd. #   80,580 
 211,061   FirstRand Ltd. #   917,447 
 12,413   Foschini Group Ltd. #   142,494 
 49,164   Gold Fields Ltd. (ADR)   222,713 
 21,989   Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (ADR) *   41,559 
 38,157   Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. * #   249,343 
 12,067   Imperial Holdings Ltd. #   192,098 
 16,373   Investec Ltd. #   137,206 
 29,066   Investec PCL (GBP) #   243,624 
 3,087   JD Group Ltd. *   6,471 
 4,183   Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. † #   86,501 
 6,997   Liberty Holdings Ltd.   74,205 
 70,069   Life Healthcare Group Holdings Ltd. #   258,823 
 22,747   Lonmin Plc (GBP) * #   62,736 
 4,644   Massmart Holdings Ltd. #   56,907 
 25,198   Mediclinic International Ltd. #   218,095 
 81,611   MMI Holdings Ltd. #   211,683 
 7,683   Mondi Ltd. #   124,988 
 15,088   Mr. Price Group Ltd. #   305,187 
 121,443   MTN Group Ltd. #   2,309,954 
 22,765   Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd.   41,835 
 40,150   Nampak Ltd. #   150,899 
 27,079   Naspers Ltd. #   3,502,508 
 10,602   Nedbank Group Ltd. #   227,026 
 67,799   Netcare Ltd. #   221,556 
 14,581   Northern Platinum Ltd. * #   45,958 
 14,892   Pick n Pay Stores Ltd. † #   67,343 
 12,042   Pioneer Foods Ltd.   148,850 
 34,688   PPC Ltd. † #   82,322 
 31,243   Remgro Ltd. #   683,435 
 20,655   Resilient Property Income Fund Ltd.   149,957 
 7,408   Reunert Ltd. #   38,840 
 48,534   RMB Holdings Ltd. #   268,004 
 54,483   RMI Holdings   192,430 
 114,207   Sanlam Ltd. #   687,157 
 21,157   Sappi Ltd. * † #   76,703 
 38,286   Sasol Ltd. (ADR)   1,453,719 
 25,385   Shoprite Holdings Ltd. #   367,359 
 12,525   Sibanye Gold Ltd. (ADR)   94,814 
 9,530   Spar Group Ltd. #   132,319 
 75,397   Standard Bank Group Ltd. #   929,173 
 148,743   Steinhoff International Holdings Ltd. #   760,875 
 7,934   Sun International Ltd. #   87,718 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

37

AFRICA INDEX ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
South Africa: (continued)     
 19,496   Telkom SA SOC Ltd. * #  $117,167 
 12,319   Tiger Brands Ltd. #   390,401 
 17,113   Truworths International Ltd. #   113,634 
 23,873   Vodacom Group Ltd. † #   264,140 
 51,717   Woolworths Holdings Ltd. #   342,944 
         20,837,757 
United Kingdom: 13.6%     
 1,297,823   Afren Plc * #   952,725 
 296,378   African Barrick Gold Ltd. #   1,174,671 
 1,189,538   African Minerals Ltd. * † #   185,479 
 98,169   Anglo American Plc #   1,817,321 
 2,239,569   Cenatamin Plc † #   2,057,200 
 307,385   Old Mutual Plc #   906,292 
 839,454   Ophir Energy Plc * #   1,845,447 
 16,138   Petra Diamonds Ltd. * #   48,470 
 14,203   Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR)   957,424 
 481,649   Tullow Oil Plc #   3,105,211 
         13,050,240 
United States: 0.2%     
 2,129   Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.   175,493 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $95,153,322)
   92,821,452 
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS: 0.8%     
Nigeria: 0.0%     
 40,301   Afriland Properties Plc * # §   636 
South Africa: 0.8%     
 118,400   Capital Property Fund #   136,880 
 119,314   Growthpoint Properties Ltd. #   283,466 
 16,169   Hyprop Investments Ltd.   136,270 
 267,476   Redefine Properties Ltd. #   247,378 
         803,994 
Total Real Estate Investment Trusts
(Cost: $769,000)
   804,630 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 2.4%
(Cost: $2,319,036)
     
  2,319,036     Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund      2,319,036  
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.3%
(Cost: $98,241,358)
   95,945,118 
Principal
Amount
      Value 
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 2.8%     
Repurchase Agreements: 2.8%     
$493,708   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $493,709; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $503,582 including accrued interest)  $493,708 
 1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,004; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $1,020,000 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
 500,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $500,002; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $510,000 including accrued interest)   500,000 
 623,817   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $623,820; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 5.00%, due 5/1/15 to 12/20/44, valued at $636,293 including accrued interest)   623,817 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $2,617,525)
   2,617,525 
Total Investments: 103.1%
(Cost: $100,858,883)
   98,562,643 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (3.1)%   (2,917,394)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $95,645,249 

 


 

   
ADR American Depositary Receipt
CAD Canadian Dollar
GBP British Pound
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $2,508,120.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $73,430,488 which represents 76.8% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security - the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $7,242 which represents 0.0% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

38

 

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)   
  % of Investments     Value  
Consumer Discretionary     5.9%    $5,629,422 
Consumer Staples     8.1      7,779,383 
Energy     13.2      12,694,630 
Financials     40.1      38,496,012 
Health Care     1.5      1,464,681 
Industrials     0.8      776,990 
Materials     14.2      13,607,955 
Telecommunication Services     13.8      13,177,009 
Money Market Fund     2.4      2,319,036 
      100.0%    $95,945,118 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

     Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks                            
Australia    $1,165,071     $19,121     $     $1,184,192 
Bermuda     1,050,579                  1,050,579 
Canada     3,775,868                  3,775,868 
Egypt     3,170,351      17,103,609            20,273,960 
France     495,513      1,678,116            2,173,629 
Ireland           1,123,335            1,123,335 
Kenya     2,881,949                  2,881,949 
Malta           141,566            141,566 
Morocco     3,682,416      5,077,981            8,760,397 
Nigeria           16,385,683            16,385,683 
Singapore           1,006,804            1,006,804 
South Africa     2,704,660      18,133,097            20,837,757 
United Kingdom     957,424      12,092,816            13,050,240 
United States     175,493                  175,493 
Real Estate Investment Trusts                            
Nigeria                 636      636 
South Africa     136,270      667,724            803,994 
Money Market Fund     2,319,036                  2,319,036 
Repurchase Agreements           2,617,525            2,617,525 
Total    $22,514,630     $76,047,377     $636     $98,562,643 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $15,712,004 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $6,831,399. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

The following table reconciles the valuation of the Fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

   Real Estate
Investment Trusts
   Nigeria
Balance as of December 31, 2013    $519 
Realized gain (loss)      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     117 
Purchases      
Sales      
Transfers in and/or out of level 3      
Balance as of December 31, 2014    $636 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

39

BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 82.1%    
Automobiles & Components: 2.5%    
 162,800   Mahle-Metal Leve SA Industria e Comercio  $1,283,684 
 201,200   Tupy SA   1,351,072 
         2,634,756 
Capital Goods: 2.0%     
 224,700   Iochpe Maxion SA   1,031,277 
 276,150   Mills Estruturas e Servicos de Engenharia SA   992,112 
         2,023,389 
Commercial & Professional Services: 3.3%     
 43,134   Atento SA (USD) *   450,750 
 188,600   Valid Solucoes SA   3,008,291 
         3,459,041 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 14.5%     
 67,450   Arezzo Industria e Comercio SA   684,091 
 348,150   Direcional Engenharia SA   1,062,184 
 730,100   Even Construtora e Incorporadora SA   1,494,148 
 316,450   EZ Tec Empreendimentos e Participacoes SA   2,619,028 
 707,600   Gafisa SA (ADR) †   1,089,704 
 419,700   Grendene SA   2,415,699 
 370,555   Helbor Empreendimentos SA   662,153 
 949,800   MRV Engenharia e Participacoes SA   2,679,821 
 2,742,300   PDG Realty SA Empreendimentos e Participacoes *   887,209 
 369,900   Restoque Comercio e Confeccoes de Roupas SA   1,054,790 
 26,600   Technos SA   77,252 
 213,100   Tecnisa SA   308,643 
         15,034,722 
Consumer Services: 7.2%     
 453,000   Abril Educacao SA *   1,937,631 
 127,950   CVC Brasil Operadora e Agencia de Viagens SA   746,078 
 220,800   GAEC Educacao SA   2,936,303 
 160,750   International Meal Co. Holdings SA   725,679 
 105,900   Ser Educacional SA   1,178,836 
         7,524,527 
Energy: 0.9%     
 86,830   HRT Participacoes em Petroleo SA *   150,912 
 281,000   QGEP Participacoes SA   761,116 
         912,028 
Financial: 0.5%     
 115,040   GP Investments Ltd. (BDR) *   251,009 
 192,259   Rossi Residencial SA *   245,188 
         496,197 
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.8%     
 890,650   Brazil Pharma SA *   867,799 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 7.1%     
 925,100   Marfrig Alimentos SA *   2,122,906 
 323,700   Minerva SA *   1,205,564 
 210,300   Sao Martinho SA   2,867,871 
 125,450   SLC Agricola SA   665,430 
 305,819   Vanguarda Agro SA * #   117,348 
 898,779   Vanguarda Agro SA *   344,878 
         7,323,997 
Number
of Shares
       Value 
         
Health Care Equipment & Services: 3.9%    
 171,850   Fleury SA  $1,052,486 
 808,850   Odontoprev SA   3,000,249 
         4,052,735 
Insurance: 0.3%     
 262,100   Brasil Insurance Participacoes e Administracao SA   335,242 
Materials: 1.3%     
 2,364,455   Beadell Resources Ltd. (AUD) * † #   428,236 
 682,865   Magnesita Refratarios SA   531,762 
 445,450   Paranapanema SA *   413,912 
         1,373,910 
Media: 2.4%     
 144,950   Smiles SA   2,511,078 
Real Estate: 6.8%     
 188,350   Aliansce Shopping Centers SA   1,160,625 
 630,700   BR Properties SA   2,431,975 
 554,600   Brasil Brokers Participacoes SA   527,853 
 194,200   Iguatemi Empresa de Shopping Centers SA   1,797,201 
 365,650   JHSF Participacoes SA   323,255 
 154,822   LPS Brasil Consultoria de Imoveis SA   378,581 
 77,550   Sonae Sierra Brasil SA   481,369 
         7,100,859 
Retailing: 4.4%     
 355,000   Cia Hering SA   2,704,368 
 291,650   Magazine Luiza SA   845,919 
 180,500   Marisa Lojas SA   984,595 
         4,534,882 
Software & Services: 1.7%     
 94,950   Linx SA   1,803,843 
Transportation: 10.8%     
 2,094,000   All America Latina Logistica SA   3,986,020 
 652,200   Cosan Logistica SA *   701,712 
 341,603   Gol Linhas Aereas Inteligentes SA (ADR) *    1,964,217 
 238,350   Julio Simoes Logistica SA   1,143,241 
 3,054,200   Prumo Logistica SA *   494,058 
 428,200   Santos Brasil Participacoes SA   2,255,210 
 114,500   Tegma Gestao Logistica SA   684,450 
         11,228,908 
Utilities: 11.7%     
 431,750   Alupar Investimento SA   2,865,123 
 197,500   Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais SA   1,870,834 
 685,100   EDP Energias do Brasil SA   2,311,845 
 1,101,400   Eneva SA *   165,736 
 302,122   Equatorial Energia SA   3,148,288 
 275,950   Light SA   1,766,861 
         12,128,687 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $118,903,865)
   85,346,600 
PREFERRED STOCKS: 14.6%     
Banks: 2.3%     
 176,361   Banco ABC Brasil SA   895,671 
 155,350   Banco Daycoval SA   490,911 
 258,700   Banco Industrial e Comercial SA *   554,732 
 516,584   Banco Pan SA *   456,690 
         2,398,004 


 

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40

 

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
Capital Goods: 2.2%    
 1,009,800   Marcopolo SA  $1,265,004 
 590,550   Randon Implementos e Participacoes SA   1,059,711 
         2,324,715 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 1.5%     
 571,005   Alpargatas SA   1,557,364 
Financial: 2.9%     
 550,900   Banco do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul SA   3,005,060 
Insurance: 4.0%     
 850,268   Sul America SA   4,129,471 
Utilities: 1.7%     
 47,750   Cia Energetica do Ceara   710,448 
 328,050   Eletropaulo Metropolitana Eletricidade de Sao Paulo SA   1,068,736 
         1,779,184 
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost: $17,808,155)
   15,193,798 
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST: 2.9%
(Cost: $3,307,394)
     
Real Estate: 2.9%     
 73,990   FII BTG Pactual Corporate Office Fund   3,036,758 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 1.9%
(Cost: $1,983,239)
     
 1,983,239   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   1,983,239 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 101.5%
(Cost: $142,002,653)
   105,560,395 
Principal Amount      Value 
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 1.2%
(Cost: $652,906)
  
Repurchase Agreement: 0.6%     
$652,906   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $652,909; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.63% to 2.38%, due 2/28/15 to 7/15/21, valued at $665,964 including accrued interest)  $652,906 
Total Investments: 102.1%
(Cost: $142,655,559)
   106,213,301 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (2.1)%   (2,202,378)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $104,010,923 


 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
AUD Australian Dollar
BDR Brazilian Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $581,842.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $545,584 which represents 0.5% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)      
  % of Investments    Value 
Consumer Discretionary     32.2%    $34,042,517 
Consumer Staples     7.8      8,191,796 
Energy     0.9      912,028 
Financials     19.2      20,256,403 
Health Care     3.8      4,052,735 
Industrials     18.0      19,036,053 
Information Technology     1.7      1,803,843 
Materials     1.3      1,373,910 
Utilities     13.2      13,907,871 
Money Market Fund     1.9      1,983,239 
      100.0%    $105,560,395 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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BRAZIL SMALL-CAP ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Automobiles & Components  $2,634,756   $     $   $2,634,756 
Capital Goods   2,023,389              2,023,389 
Commercial & Professional Services   3,459,041              3,459,041 
Consumer Durables & Apparel   15,034,722              15,034,722 
Consumer Services   7,524,527              7,524,527 
Energy   912,028              912,028 
Financial   496,197              496,197 
Food & Staples Retailing   867,799              867,799 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco   7,206,649    117,348          7,323,997 
Health Care Equipment & Services   4,052,735              4,052,735 
Insurance   335,242              335,242 
Materials   945,674    428,236          1,373,910 
Media   2,511,078              2,511,078 
Real Estate   7,100,859              7,100,859 
Retailing   4,534,882              4,534,882 
Software & Services   1,803,843              1,803,843 
Transportation   11,228,908              11,228,908 
Utilities   12,128,687              12,128,687 
Preferred Stocks *   15,193,798              15,193,798 
Real Estate Investment Trust *   3,036,758              3,036,758 
Money Market Fund   1,983,239              1,983,239 
Repurchase Agreement       652,906          652,906 
Total  $105,014,811   $1,198,490     $   $106,213,301 

 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and industry sector breakouts.

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

42

CHINAAMC A-SHARE ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
     
COMMON STOCKS: 96.5%    
Automobiles & Components: 2.6%    
 114,300   Beiqi Foton Motor Co. Ltd. #  $115,349 
 31,781   Byd Co. Ltd.   195,430 
 153,057   Chongqing Changan Automobile Co. Ltd.   405,340 
 55,200   FAW Car Co. Ltd.   134,708 
 95,100   Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co. Ltd. #   186,022 
 27,257   Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd.   182,548 
 70,000   Huayu Automotive Systems Co. Ltd. #   174,284 
 224,339   SAIC Motor Corp. Ltd. #   774,309 
 64,900   Wanxiang Qianchao Co. Ltd.   124,172 
 40,232   Weifu High-Technology Group Co. Ltd. #   173,833 
         2,465,995 
Banks: 19.6%     
 1,761,200   Agricultural Bank of China Ltd. #   1,051,256 
 429,640   Bank of Beijing Co. Ltd. #   755,495 
 456,700   Bank of China Ltd.   305,497 
 1,064,800   Bank of Communications Co. Ltd. #   1,164,610 
 120,800   Bank of Nanjing Co. Ltd.   285,255 
 66,100   Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd.   167,594 
 201,200   China CITIC Bank Corp. Ltd.   263,986 
 650,600   China Construction Bank Corp.   705,761 
 1,349,900   China Everbright Bank Co. Ltd.   1,061,817 
 1,119,171   China Merchants Bank Co. Ltd.   2,992,754 
 1,838,304   China Minsheng Banking Corp. Ltd. #   3,206,326 
 301,900   Huaxia Bank Co. Ltd. #   654,545 
 1,169,500   Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd.   918,031 
 775,291   Industrial Bank Co. Ltd. #   2,058,427 
 387,440   Ping An Bank Co. Ltd. #   988,455 
 759,055   Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. Ltd. #   1,915,822 
         18,495,631 
Capital Goods: 11.5%    
 89,900   AVIC Aircraft Co. Ltd. #   274,974 
 12,000   AVIC Helicopter Co. Ltd.   72,766 
 35,799   China Avic Electronics Co. Ltd.   159,780 
 102,000   China Baoan Group Co. Ltd. #   211,727 
 21,020   China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd. #   93,108 
 120,300   China CNR Corp. Ltd.   137,674 
 159,324   China Communications Construction Co. Ltd.   356,707 
 46,700   China CSSC Holdings Ltd. #   277,146 
 156,100   China Gezhouba Group Co. Ltd. #   235,150 
 58,400   China International Marine Containers Group Co. Ltd. #   206,191 
 133,900   China National Chemical Engineering Co. Ltd. #   203,284 
 208,700   China Railway Construction Corp. Ltd. #   511,038 
 463,700   China Railway Group Ltd.   695,102 
 498,100   China Shipbuilding Industry Co. Ltd.   739,442 
 40,100   China Spacesat Co. Ltd. #   183,698 
 1,017,191   China State Construction Engineering Corp. Ltd.   1,193,609 
 139,000   China XD Electric Co. Ltd.   174,086 
 21,135   CPT Technology Group Co. Ltd. * #   53,440 
 139,900   CSR Corp. Ltd.   143,869 
 45,200   Dongfang Electric Corp. Ltd. #   149,747 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Capital Goods: (continued)    
 69,900   Fangda Carbon New Material Co. Ltd.   $110,078 
 57,300   Han’s Laser Technology Co. Ltd. #   146,938 
 29,200   Jiangxi Hongdu Aviation Industry Corp. Ltd. #   131,505 
 16,900   Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd. #   75,125 
 330,400   Metallurgical Corp of China Ltd.   268,943 
 29,100   Minmetals Development Co. Ltd.   81,897 
 98,805   NARI Technology Development Co. Ltd. #   231,267 
 10,100   Neway Valve Suzhou Co. Ltd. #   31,610 
 195,300   Power Construction Corp. of China Ltd. #   263,952 
 206,600   Sany Heavy Industry Co. Ltd.   332,345 
 93,070   Shanghai Construction Co. Ltd.   126,164 
 133,700   Shanghai Electric Group Co. Ltd. #   177,715 
 19,000   Shanghai Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone Development Co. Ltd.   99,134 
 31,676   Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd.   149,037 
 35,500   Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd. #   224,739 
 59,700   Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co. Ltd. #   161,529 
 175,762   TBEA Co. Ltd.   350,731 
 71,800   Weichai Power Co. Ltd. #   315,455 
 69,900   XCMG Construction Machinery Co. Ltd.   168,666 
 39,600   Xi’ An Aero-Engine Plc   184,851 
 115,351   Xiamen C & D, Inc. #   189,918 
 104,200   Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd. #   237,337 
 41,050   XJ Electric Co. Ltd.   134,319 
 60,300   Zhengzhou Yutong Bus Co. Ltd.   217,037 
 297,900   Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science and Technology Co. Ltd.   339,003 
         10,821,833 
Commercial & Professional Services: 0.4%    
 27,300   Beijing Orient Landscape Co. Ltd.   81,275 
 36,300   Beijing Originwater Technology Co. Ltd. #   203,747 
 39,200   BlueFocus Communication Group Co. Ltd.   133,447 
         418,469 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 3.1%    
 159,414   Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. #   952,600 
 12,900   Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Co. Ltd. #   61,281 
 61,000   Heilan Home Co. Ltd.   99,307 
 53,300   Hisense Electric Co. Ltd. #   98,017 
 142,897   Midea Group Co. Ltd. #   633,840 
 103,300   Qingdao Haier Co. Ltd. #   309,152 
 43,400   Shenzhen MTC Co. Ltd. * #   53,045 
 250,400   Sichuan Changhong Electric Co. Ltd. #   188,208 
 512,900   TCL Corp. #   315,319 
 105,700   Youngor Group Co. Ltd. #   195,650 
         2,906,419 
Consumer Services: 0.9%  
 26,400   China International Travel Service Corp. Ltd. #   188,547 
 108,000   Shanghai Oriental Pearl Group Co. Ltd. #   239,934 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

43

CHINAAMC A-SHARE ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Consumer Services: (continued)    
 246,500   Shenzhen Overseas Chinese Town Co. Ltd. #  $327,481 
 24,134   Zhejiang Yasha Decoration Co. Ltd. #   73,724 
         829,686 
Diversified Financials: 0.6%    
 114,200   Hong Yuan Securities Co. Ltd. # §   561,428 
Energy: 3.4%    
 124,100   China Coal Energy Co. Ltd.   138,422 
 40,200   China Oilfield Services Ltd. #   134,388 
 377,200   China Petroleum & Chemical Corp.   394,589 
 223,635   China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. #   731,567 
 212,500   Guanghui Energy Co. Ltd. * #   286,503 
 33,700   Guizhou Panjiang Refined Coal Co. Ltd.   64,749 
 55,300   Jizhong Energy Resources Co. Ltd. #   74,297 
 119,980   Offshore Oil Engineering Co. Ltd. #   202,997 
 263,700   PetroChina Co. Ltd.   459,477 
 32,300   Shaanxi Coal Industry Co. Ltd. #   34,449 
 62,400   Shanxi Lu’an Environmental Energy Development
Co. Ltd. * #
   115,884 
 106,800   Shanxi Xishan Coal & Electricity Power Co. Ltd.   141,505 
 143,800   Wintime Energy Co. Ltd. #   100,883 
 81,600   Yang Quan Coal Industry Group Co. Ltd. #   116,568 
 32,550   Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co. Ltd. #   160,402 
 40,200   Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. #   85,248 
         3,241,928 
Financial: 12.2%     
 69,800   Avic Capital Co. Ltd. #   201,443 
 225,200   Changjiang Securities Co. Ltd.   610,552 
 157,600   China Merchants Securities Co. Ltd.   718,142 
 533,700   CITIC Securities Co. Ltd.   2,916,252 
 279,100   Founder Securities Co. Ltd. *   633,868 
 200,756   GF Securities Co. Ltd. #   836,420 
 66,600   Guoyuan Securities Co. Ltd.   334,610 
 548,840   Haitong Securities Co. Ltd. #   2,126,943 
 189,804   Huatai Securities Co. Ltd. #   745,411 
 246,860   Industrial Securities Co. Ltd.   601,632 
 79,640   Northeast Securities Co. Ltd.   256,481 
 62,600   Sealand Securities Co. Ltd. #   175,197 
 68,300   Shanxi Securities Co. Ltd.   176,144 
 105,300   Sinolink Securities Co. Ltd. #   336,258 
 91,500   SooChow Securities Co. Ltd.   330,662 
 76,600   Southwest Securities Co. Ltd. #   275,263 
 32,504   Western Securities Co. Ltd. #   195,702 
         11,470,980 
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.6%    
 22,212   Jointown Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.   64,696 
 52,300   Shanghai Friendship Group, Inc. Co.   150,814 
 92,100   Shenzhen Agricultural Products Co. Ltd.   194,473 
 132,428   Yonghui Superstores Co. Ltd. #   185,721 
         595,704 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 4.4%     
 54,400   Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Ltd. #  $117,324 
 95,200   Beijing Yanjing Brewery Co. Ltd. #   122,434 
 41,640   Beingmate Baby & Child Food Co. Ltd. #   107,986 
 41,525   Bright Dairy & Food Co. Ltd.   116,864 
 10,100   Foshan Haitian Flavouring & Food Co. Ltd.   65,038 
 105,700   Gansu Yasheng Industrial Group Co. Ltd. #   158,706 
 44,800   Henan Shuanghui Investment & Development Co. Ltd. #   227,574 
 207,850   Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co. Ltd. #   958,432 
 21,900   Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd. #   278,768 
 30,914   Kweichow Moutai Co. Ltd. #   944,101 
 47,493   Luzhou Laojiao Co. Ltd. #   155,995 
 105,400   MeiHua Holdings Group Co. #   122,088 
 42,400   New Hope Liuhe Co. Ltd. #   95,495 
 17,700   Shanxi Xinghuacun Fen Wine Factory Co. Ltd.   65,305 
 23,559   Tsingtao Brewery Co. Ltd. #   158,301 
 128,700   Wuliangye Yibin Co. Ltd. #   445,509 
 9,300   Yantai Changyu Pioneer Wine Co. Ltd. #   52,256 
         4,192,176 
Health Care Equipment & Services: 0.7%     
 17,700   Aier Eye Hospital Group Co. Ltd. #   78,624 
 14,678   Huadong Medicine Co. Ltd. #   124,212 
 48,765   Searainbow Holding Corp. *   245,869 
 65,200   Shanghai Pharmaceuticals Holding Co. Ltd.   173,404 
         622,109 
Household & Personal Products: 0.3%     
 17,800   By-health Co. Ltd. #   74,659 
 36,478   Shanghai Jahwa United Co. Ltd. #   201,358 
         276,017 
Insurance: 6.4%     
 101,767   China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. #   558,511 
 213,248   China Pacific Insurance Group Co. Ltd. #   1,106,487 
 56,622   New China Life Insurance Co. Ltd. #   450,868 
 324,650   Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd. #   3,897,693 
         6,013,559 
Materials: 6.8%     
 259,900   Aluminum Corporation of China Ltd. * #   261,282 
 125,100   Angang Steel Co. Ltd. #   124,017 
 135,600   Anhui Conch Cement Co. Ltd. #   479,851 
 335,100   Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. #   378,793 
 73,600   BBMG Corp.   120,294 
 51,319   Beijing Kangde Xin Composite Material Co. Ltd. #   239,052 
 80,000   China Hainan Rubber Industry Group Co. Ltd.   112,444 
 39,900   China Minmetals Rare Earth Co. Ltd. * #   192,553 
 16,400   China Molybdenum Co. Ltd.   23,130 


 

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Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Materials: (continued)     
 288,100   Hebei Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. #  $177,461 
 98,500   Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Rare-Earth Hi-Tech
Co. Ltd. #
   410,146 
 22,560   Inner Mongolia Junzheng Energy & Chemical Industry
Co. Ltd. #
   41,356 
 56,700   Inner Mongolia Yili Energy Co. Ltd.   81,522 
 542,700   Inner Mongolian Baotou Steel Union Co. Ltd.   356,901 
 56,300   Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. #   166,924 
 65,700   Jinduicheng Molybdenum Co. Ltd. #   99,052 
 21,200   Kingenta Ecological Engineering Group Co. Ltd. #   91,770 
 104,200   Kingfa Sci & Tech Co. Ltd. #   115,716 
 15,100   Luxin Venture Capital Group Co. Ltd.   68,125 
 291,300   Pangang Group Vanadium Titanium & Resources
Co. Ltd. #
   168,378 
 43,102   Qinghai Salt Lake Industry Co. Ltd. #   150,214 
 48,300   Shandong Gold Mining Co. Ltd. #   154,718 
 154,412   Shanxi Taigang Stainless Steel Co. Ltd.   131,166 
 97,900   Shenzhen Zhongjin Lingnan Nonfemet Co. Ltd.   149,754 
 148,605   Sinopec Shanghai Petrochemical Co. Ltd.   103,717 
 36,600   Tangshan Jidong Cement Co. Ltd.   77,105 
 51,900   Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group Co. Ltd. #   129,366 
 73,333   Wanhua Chemical Group Co. Ltd. #   256,954 
 129,301   Western Mining Co. Ltd. #   192,153 
 23,100   Xiamen Tungsten Co. Ltd. #   122,901 
 148,260   Xinxing Ductile Iron Pipes Co. Ltd. #   147,350 
 67,900   Yunnan Chihong Zinc & Germanium Co. Ltd. #   126,650 
 48,000   Yunnan Copper Industry Co. Ltd. *   110,484 
 54,590   Yunnan Tin Co. Ltd. * #   153,069 
 83,000   Zhejiang Longsheng Group Co. Ltd. #   263,231 
 99,800   Zhongjin Gold Co. Ltd. #   170,502 
 535,900   Zijin Mining Group Co. Ltd. #   291,929 
         6,440,030 
Media: 1.9%     
 27,500   Beijing Enlight Media Co. Ltd. #   104,166 
 45,400   BesTV New Media Co. Ltd. #   275,843 
 44,500   Chengdu B-Ray Media Co. Ltd. #   76,683 
 48,700   China South Publishing & Media Group Co. Ltd.   130,306 
 32,200   Chinese Universe Publishing and Media Co. Ltd. #   68,498 
 63,800   CITIC Guoan Information Industry Co. Ltd. #   115,199 
 31,400   Guangdong Advertising Co. Ltd.   109,677 
 80,400   Huawen Media Investment Group Corp. #   145,736 
 58,700   Huayi Brothers Media Corp. #   249,907 
 48,100   Hunan TV & Broadcast Intermediary Co. Ltd. #   130,835 
 51,800   Jiangsu Phoenix Publishing & Media Corp. Ltd. #   89,996 
 59,732   Jishi Media Co. Ltd. #   110,290 
 4,800   Wasu Media Holding Co. Ltd. * #   19,183 
 40,300   Zhe Jiang Daily Media Group Co. Ltd. #   117,764 
 17,400   Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co. Ltd. #   70,779 
         1,814,862 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
      
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 4.1%     
 18,600   Beijing SL Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   $118,774 
 44,500   Beijing Tongrentang Co. Ltd.   160,886 
 26,476   China Resources Sanjiu Medical & Pharmaceutical
Co. Ltd. #
   96,718 
 62,800   Guangxi Wuzhou Zhongheng Group Co. Ltd.   165,604 
 25,800   Guangzhou Baiyunshan Pharmaceutical Holdings
Co. Ltd. # §
   112,740 
 65,000   Harbin Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. # §   91,857 
 19,700   Hualan Biological Engineering, Inc.   105,740 
 35,900   Humanwell Healthcare Group Co. Ltd. #   148,539 
 50,950   Jiangsu Hengrui Medicine Co. Ltd. #   307,576 
 48,500   Jilin Aodong Medicine Industry Groups Co. Ltd.   272,128 
 104,379   Kangmei Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   263,822 
 35,500   Shandong Dong-E E-Jiao Co. Ltd. #   213,296 
 77,700   Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. #   263,723 
 16,600   Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd. #   121,011 
 16,300   Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   67,734 
 13,337   Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. #   76,095 
 15,301   Shijiazhuang Yiling Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   71,918 
 24,426   Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   114,712 
 41,936   Tasly Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd. #   277,529 
 48,927   Tonghua Dongbao Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   123,027 
 14,600   Xizang Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.   40,336 
 35,300   Yunnan Baiyao Group Co. Ltd. #   358,876 
 5,500   Zhangzhou Pientzehuang Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   77,731 
 32,800   Zhejiang Hisun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd.   89,243 
 36,950   Zhejiang NHU Co. Ltd. #   90,213 
         3,829,828 
Real Estate: 4.6%     
 35,900   China Fortune Land Development Co. Ltd. #   251,495 
 70,000   China Merchants Property Development Co. Ltd.   297,760 
 657,800   China Vanke Co. Ltd. #   1,466,995 
 162,100   Financial Street Holdings Co. Ltd. #   322,564 
 304,590   Gemdale Corp.   560,182 
 436,604   Poly Real Estate Group Co. Ltd. #   756,742 
 38,600   RiseSun Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.   98,740 
 44,300   Shanghai Chengtou Holding Co. Ltd. # §   64,428 
 27,600   Shanghai Lujiazui Finance & Trade Zone Development
Co. Ltd.
   166,828 
 163,300   Xinhu Zhongbao Co. Ltd.   192,675 
 92,300   Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co. Ltd. #   188,772 
         4,367,181 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

45

CHINAAMC A-SHARE ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Number
of Shares
       Value 
         
Retailing: 1.2%     
 37,800   Haining China Leather Market Co. Ltd. #  $97,104 
 97,000   Liaoning Cheng Da Co. Ltd. * #   335,498 
 87,900   Pang Da Automobile Trade Co. Ltd. *   84,301 
 68,200   Shanghai Yuyuan Tourist Mart Co. Ltd. #   129,876 
 300,400   Suning Commerce Group Co. Ltd. * #   434,625 
         1,081,404 
Semiconductor: 0.3%     
 81,137   Sanan Optoelectronics Co. Ltd. #   185,450 
 28,300   Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Joint-Stock
Co. Ltd. * #
   95,912 
         281,362 
Software & Services: 1.6%     
 37,600   Aisino Co. Ltd. #   184,626 
 37,980   Anhui USTC iFlytek Co. Ltd. #   162,359 
 8,400   Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd. #   89,032 
 51,200   DHC Software Co. Ltd. #   148,459 
 25,500   Glodon Software Co. Ltd. #   91,970 
 33,600   Hundsun Technologies, Inc. #   294,749 
 58,242   Neusoft Corp.   148,421 
 18,700   People.cn Co. Ltd. #   125,966 
 14,900   Wangsu Science & Technology Co. Ltd.   115,761 
 39,520   Yonyou Software Co. Ltd. #   149,583 
         1,510,926 
Technology Hardware & Equipment: 2.4%     
 9,400   Beijing Xinwei Telecom Technology Group Co. Ltd. *   65,682 
 57,800   Beijing Zhongke Sanhuan High-Tech Co. Ltd. #   137,503 
 690,700   BOE Technology Group Co. Ltd. * #   374,127 
 26,500   Dongxu Optoelectronic Technology Co. Ltd. * # §   32,762 
 32,800   Fiberhome Telecommunication Technologies Co. Ltd. #   81,442 
 51,800   GoerTek, Inc. #   204,231 
 54,100   Guangzhou Haige Communications Group, Inc. Co. #   167,981 
 81,784   Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd. #   294,115 
 13,600   Shenzhen Aisidi Co. Ltd. #   23,732 
 41,960   Shenzhen O-film Tech Co. Ltd. #   127,895 
 119,200   Tsinghua Tongfang Co. Ltd. #   224,040 
 7,200   Universal Scientific Industrial Shanghai Co. Ltd.   34,851 
 39,700   Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.   140,460 
 133,300   ZTE Corp. #   387,229 
         2,296,050 
Number
of Shares
       Value 
           
Telecommunication Services: 0.7%     
 574,978   China United Network Communications Ltd. #  $457,932 
 75,500   Dr Peng Telcom & Media Group Co. Ltd. #   218,078 
         676,010 
Transportation: 2.6%     
 115,600   Air China Ltd. #   146,714 
 172,600   China Eastern Airlines Corp. Ltd. *   144,112 
 215,200   China Shipping Container Lines Co. Ltd. *   171,355 
 238,100   China Southern Airlines Co. Ltd.   198,033 
 403,325   Daqin Railway Co. Ltd. #   691,507 
 229,900   Guangshen Railway Co. Ltd.   167,496 
 400,600   Hainan Airlines Co. Ltd. *   220,834 
 260,400   Ningbo Port Co. Ltd. #   193,615 
 65,400   Shanghai International Airport Co. Ltd.   206,826 
 308,700   Shanghai International Port Group Co. Ltd. #   320,605 
         2,461,097 
Utilities: 3.6%     
 74,600   Beijing Capital Co. Ltd.   141,889 
 93,900   Beijing Jingneng Power Co. Ltd. #   95,395 
 121,600   Chengdu Xingrong Investment Co. Ltd.   149,746 
 335,700   China Yangtze Power Co. Ltd. #   577,253 
 65,100   Chongqing Water Group Co. Ltd.   93,390 
 584,300   GD Power Development Co. Ltd.   436,059 
 144,300   Huadian Power International Corp. Ltd.   162,814 
 284,900   Huaneng Power International, Inc. #   404,321 
 70,800   Hubei Energy Group Co. Ltd. # §   73,379 
 197,000   Inner Mongolia MengDian HuaNeng Thermal Power Co. Ltd.   144,797 
 230,100   SDIC Power Holdings Co. Ltd. #   425,399 
 154,300   Shenergy Co. Ltd. #   160,479 
 53,800   Shenzhen Energy Group Co. Ltd. #   96,783 
 74,600   Sichuan Chuantou Energy Co. Ltd. #   248,431 
 34,280   Sound Environmental Co. Ltd.   151,122 
 53,710   Zhejiang Zheneng Electric Power Co. Ltd. #   62,030 
         3,423,287 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $69,106,811)
   91,093,971 
Other assets less liabilities: 3.5%   3,320,495 
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $94,414,466 


 

   
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $60,972,889 which represents 64.6% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $936,594 which represents 1.0% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

46

 

 

As of December 31, 2014, the Fund had an outstanding total return swap contract with the following terms:

 

Long Exposure

 

            Rate Paid     % of      
            by the  Termination   Net  Unrealized
Counterparty  Referenced Obligation  Notional Amount  Fund Date   Assets  Appreciation
Credit Suisse Securities (Europe) Limited  CSI 300 Total Return Index(a)    $1,753,173   0.98%  01/15/15   0.8%    $722,776 

 

(a) Segregated cash collateral for swap contracts held at broker is $600,000.

 

Summary of Investments
   by Sector (unaudited)  
  % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary   10.0%  $9,098,366 
Consumer Staples   5.6    5,063,897 
Energy   3.6    3,241,928 
Financials   44.9    40,908,779 
Health Care   4.9    4,451,937 
Industrials   15.0    13,701,399 
Information Technology   4.5    4,088,338 
Materials   7.1    6,440,030 
Telecommunication Services   0.7    676,010 
Utilities   3.7    3,423,287 
    100.0%  $91,093,971 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks                          
Automobiles & Components  $1,042,198     $1,423,797     $     $2,465,995 
Banks   6,700,695      11,794,936            18,495,631 
Capital Goods   6,235,240      4,586,593            10,821,833 
Commercial & Professional Services   214,722      203,747            418,469 
Consumer Durables & Apparel   99,307      2,807,112            2,906,419 
Consumer Services         829,686            829,686 
Diversified Financials         561,428            561,428 
Energy   1,198,742      2,043,186            3,241,928 
Financial   6,578,343      4,892,637            11,470,980 
Food & Staples Retailing   409,983      185,721            595,704 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco   247,207      3,944,969            4,192,176 
Health Care Equipment & Services   419,273      202,836            622,109 
Household & Personal Products         276,017            276,017 
Insurance         6,013,559            6,013,559 
Materials   1,334,642      5,105,388            6,440,030 
Media   239,983      1,574,879            1,814,862 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   1,106,613      2,723,215            3,829,828 
Real Estate   1,316,185      3,050,996            4,367,181 
Retailing   84,301      997,103            1,081,404 
Semiconductor         281,362            281,362 
Software & Services   264,182      1,246,744            1,510,926 
Technology Hardware & Equipment   240,993      2,055,057            2,296,050 
Telecommunication Services         676,010            676,010 
Transportation   1,108,656      1,352,441            2,461,097 
Utilities   1,279,817      2,143,470            3,423,287 
Total  $30,121,082     $60,972,889     $     $91,093,971 
Other Financial Instruments:                          
Swap Contract  $     $722,776     $     $722,776 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

47

CHINAAMC SME-CHINEXT ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
       Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 97.5%     
Automobiles & Components: 2.9%     
 56,400   Byd Co. Ltd.  $346,818 
 58,500   Ningbo Huaxiang Electronic Co. Ltd.   135,500 
 25,500   Sichuan Chengfei Integration Technology Corp. #   131,528 
         613,846 
Banks: 1.9%     
 156,600   Bank of Ningbo Co. Ltd.   397,053 
Capital Goods: 12.2%     
 45,510   China CAMC Engineering Co. Ltd. #   201,585 
 28,200   Guizhou Space Appliance Co. Ltd. #   85,770 
 115,000   Han’s Laser Technology Co. Ltd. #   294,902 
 38,378   Luxshare Precision Industry Co. Ltd. #   170,599 
 91,400   Mesnac Co. Ltd. #   178,563 
 56,100   Shenzhen Inovance Technology Co. Ltd.   263,952 
 71,401   Siasun Robot & Automation Co. Ltd. #   452,017 
 125,550   Suzhou Gold Mantis Construction Decoration Co. Ltd. #   339,698 
 232,053   Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd. #   528,550 
 60,800   Zhejiang Dun’An Artificial Environment Co. Ltd. #   95,746 
         2,611,382 
Commercial & Professional Services: 5.2%     
 48,400   Beijing Orient Landscape Co. Ltd.   144,092 
 81,895   Beijing Originwater Technology Co. Ltd. #   459,666 
 73,900   BlueFocus Communication Group Co. Ltd.   251,574 
 87,200   Eternal Asia Supply Chain Management Ltd. #   208,196 
 18,600   Guangdong Guangzhou Daily Media Co. Ltd.   46,050 
         1,109,578 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 3.0%     
 138,900   Elec-Tech International Co. Ltd. * #   177,930 
 28,100   Guangdong Alpha Animation and Culture Co. Ltd. #   133,487 
 72,280   NavInfo Co. Ltd. #   225,927 
 87,600   Shenzhen MTC Co. Ltd. * #   107,068 
         644,412 
Consumer Services: 0.7%     
 51,300   Zhejiang Yasha Decoration Co. Ltd. #   156,710 
Diversified Financials: 3.2%     
 123,000   Shanxi Securities Co. Ltd.   317,215 
 59,800   Western Securities Co. Ltd. #   360,047 
         677,262 
Energy: 1.3%     
 56,718   Yantai Jereh Oilfield Services Group Co. Ltd. #   279,498 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 6.4%     
 112,000   Beijing Dabeinong Technology Group Co. Ltd. #   241,550 
 86,400   Beingmate Baby & Child Food Co. Ltd. #   224,063 
 60,400   Fujian Sunner Development Co. Ltd. * #   122,329 
 53,950   Guangdong Haid Group Co. Ltd.   107,269 
 39,000   Jiangsu Yanghe Brewery Joint-Stock Co. Ltd. #   496,437 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: (continued)     
 21,000   Shandong Denghai Seeds Co. Ltd. #   $108,486 
 38,800   Zhangzidao Group Co. Ltd. #   74,682 
         1,374,816 
Health Care Equipment & Services: 2.7%     
 31,500   Jiangsu Yuyue Medical Equipment & Supply Co. Ltd. #   127,191 
 64,500   Lepu Medical Technology Beijing Co. Ltd. #   247,722 
 9,500   Shanghai Kingstar Winning Software Co. Ltd.   107,143 
 25,600   Zhuhai Hokai Medical Instruments Co. Ltd. #   95,752 
         577,808 
Household & Personal Products: 0.7%     
 35,900   By-health Co. Ltd. #   150,576 
Materials: 8.6%     
 105,200   Beijing Kangde Xin Composite Material Co. Ltd. #   490,039 
 41,700   Beijing Sanju Environmental Protection and New Material Co. Ltd. #   162,518 
 102,300   Chenzhou Mining Group Co. Ltd. #   167,680 
 44,800   Guangdong Orient Zirconic Ind Sci & Tech Co. Ltd. *   99,852 
 73,000   Lianhe Chemical Technology Co. Ltd.   174,022 
 49,400   Org Packaging Co. Ltd.   162,995 
 75,000   Shenzhen Green Eco-manufacture Hi-Tech Co. Ltd. * #   155,699 
 62,700   Shenzhen Jinjia Color Printing Group Co. Ltd.   138,558 
 134,800   Xinjiang Zhongtai Chemical Co. Ltd. #   168,054 
 54,900   Yunnan Lincang Xinyuan Germanium Industrial Co. Ltd. #   128,008 
         1,847,425 
Media: 4.8%     
 44,700   Beijing Enlight Media Co. Ltd. #   169,317 
 61,200   Guangdong Advertising Co. Ltd.   213,766 
 116,200   Huayi Brothers Media Corp. #   494,706 
 37,200   Zhejiang Huace Film & TV Co. Ltd. #   151,320 
         1,029,109 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 10.3%     
 39,932   Beijing SL Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   254,993 
 52,300   Da An Gene Co. Ltd. Sun Yat-Sen University   169,191 
 44,400   Hengkang Medical Group Co. Ltd. #   136,026 
 44,600   Hualan Biological Engineering, Inc.   239,391 
 47,900   Huapont-Nutrichem Co. Ltd. #   134,593 
 61,000   Shanghai Kehua Bio-Engineering Co. Ltd. #   208,446 
 31,600   Shanghai RAAS Blood Products Co. Ltd. #   230,358 
 30,600   Shenzhen Hepalink Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   127,157 
 25,500   Shenzhen Salubris Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd. #   145,493 
 50,299   Sichuan Kelun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   236,219 
 18,500   Tianjin Chase Sun Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. #   71,738 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

48

 

 

Number
of Shares
       Value 
           
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: (continued)     
 28,100   Xizang Haisco Pharmaceutical Group Co. Ltd.  $77,633 
 72,000   Zhejiang NHU Co. Ltd. #   175,787 
         2,207,025 
Real Estate: 1.0%     
 85,600   RiseSun Real Estate Development Co. Ltd.   218,967 
Retailing: 5.4%     
 70,400   Haining China Leather Market Co. Ltd. #   180,849 
 52,000   Hunan Friendship & Apollo Commercial Co. Ltd. #   105,614 
 601,552   Suning Commerce Group Co. Ltd. * #   870,339 
         1,156,802 
Semiconductor: 1.1%     
 14,428   Nationz Technologies, Inc. #   61,899 
 53,800   Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor Joint-Stock Co. Ltd. * #   182,334 
         244,233 
Software & Services: 11.5%     
 88,500   Anhui USTC iFlytek Co. Ltd. #   378,324 
 7,200   Beijing Shiji Information Technology Co. Ltd. #   76,313 
 95,500   Beijing Ultrapower Software Co. Ltd. #   255,529 
 112,800   DHC Software Co. Ltd. #   327,073 
 117,600   East Money Information Co. Ltd. #   529,996 
 42,800   Glodon Software Co. Ltd. #   154,365 
 53,300   Leshi Internet Information & Technology Corp. #   279,498 
 21,900   Shenzhen ZQGAME Co. Ltd. #   71,473 
 29,900   Wangsu Science & Technology Co. Ltd.   232,298 
 50,400   YGSOFT, Inc. #   162,971 
         2,467,840 
Number
of Shares
       Value 
         
Technology Hardware & Equipment: 14.2%     
 103,800   GoerTek, Inc. #  $409,251 
 55,101   GRG Banking Equipment Co. Ltd. # §   181,577 
 109,500   Guangzhou Haige Communications Group, Inc. Co. #   339,999 
 177,600   Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Co. Ltd. #   638,693 
 79,800   Hengbao Co. Ltd. #   155,214 
 28,400   Hengdian Group DMEGC Magnetics Co. Ltd. #   100,480 
 72,200   Shenzhen Laibao Hi-tech Co. Ltd. #   147,452 
 90,525   Shenzhen O-film Tech Co. Ltd. #   275,922 
 10,800   Shenzhen Tat Fook Technology Co. Ltd.   64,462 
 86,600   Sumavision Technologies Co. Ltd. #   173,305 
 16,800   Tongfang Guoxin Electronics Co. Ltd. #   64,915 
 44,800   Wuhu Token Science Co. Ltd. #   112,297 
 38,900   Zhejiang Crystal-Optech Co. Ltd. #   107,132 
 79,922   Zhejiang Dahua Technology Co. Ltd.   282,767 
         3,053,466 
Telecommunication Services: 0.4%     
 32,100   Talkweb Information System Co. Ltd. #   87,369 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $20,687,424)
   20,905,177 
Other assets less liabilities: 2.5%   546,204 
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $21,451,381 


 

   
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $16,714,609 which represents 77.9% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security—the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $181,577 which represents 0.8% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments
by Sector (unaudited)      
  % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary   17.2%  $3,600,879 
Consumer Staples   7.3    1,525,392 
Energy   1.3    279,498 
Financials   6.2    1,293,282 
Health Care   13.3    2,784,833 
Industrials   17.8    3,720,960 
Information Technology   27.6    5,765,539 
Materials   8.9    1,847,425 
Telecommunication Services   0.4    87,369 
    100.0%  $20,905,177 

See Notes to Financial Statements

49

CHINAAMC SME-CHINEXT ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks                          
Automobiles & Components  $482,318     $131,528     $     $613,846 
Banks   397,053                  397,053 
Capital Goods   263,952      2,347,430            2,611,382 
Commercial & Professional Services   441,716      667,862            1,109,578 
Consumer Durables & Apparel         644,412            644,412 
Consumer Services         156,710            156,710 
Diversified Financials   317,215      360,047            677,262 
Energy         279,498            279,498 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco   107,269      1,267,547            1,374,816 
Health Care Equipment & Services   107,143      470,665            577,808 
Household & Personal Products         150,576            150,576 
Materials   575,427      1,271,998            1,847,425 
Media   213,766      815,343            1,029,109 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   486,215      1,720,810            2,207,025 
Real Estate   218,967                  218,967 
Retailing         1,156,802            1,156,802 
Semiconductor         244,233            244,233 
Software & Services   232,298      2,235,542            2,467,840 
Technology Hardware & Equipment   347,229      2,706,237            3,053,466 
Telecommunication Services         87,369            87,369 
Total  $4,190,568     $16,714,609     $     $20,905,177 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 99.7%    
Banks: 8.4%    
 629,884   Commercial International Bank Egypt
SAE (GDR) # Reg S
  $4,140,445 
Capital Goods: 4.3%    
 363,254   El Sewedy Electric Co. * #   2,106,181 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 1.2%    
 1,122,861   Arab Cotton Ginning Co. #   593,585 
Consumer Services: 0.8%    
 2,479,686   Egyptian for Tourism Resorts Co. * #   415,106 
Diversified Financials: 18.6%    
 2,094,721   Arabia Investments Development Financial Investments Holding Co. #   499,033 
 3,606,817   Citadel Capital Corp. * #   1,434,005 
 1,310,762   Egyptian Financial Group-Hermes Holding SAE * #   2,799,417 
 3,188,315   Egyptian Kuwaiti Holding Co. (USD) * #   2,364,961 
 1,205,826   Pioneers Holding * #   2,096,099 
         9,193,515 
Energy: 5.6%    
 1,055,251   Maridive & Oil Services SAE (USD) * #   585,617 
 527,872   Petroceltic International Plc (GBP) * † #   1,072,966 
 270,199   Transglobe Energy Corp. (CAD)   1,124,420 
         2,783,003 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 5.8%    
 2,174,924   Juhayna Food Industries * #   2,867,556 
Materials: 13.8%    
 2,929,483   Cenatamin Plc (GBP) #   2,690,934 
 197,141   Egyptian Financial & Industrial Co. #   263,504 
 262,158   Egyptian Iron & Steel Co. * #   250,216 
 1,020,551   Ezz Steel * #   1,977,224 
 788,991   Sidi Kerir Petrochemicals Co. #   1,657,069 
         6,838,947 
Real Estate: 23.5%    
 5,873,371   Amer Group Holding #   1,034,963 
 513,417   Medinet Nasr Housing * #   2,104,840 
 4,369,206   Palm Hills Developments SAE * #   2,474,361 
 1,058,313   Six of October Development & Investment Co. * #   2,094,615 
 2,861,663   Talaat Moustafa Group #   3,911,253 
         11,620,032 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Telecommunication Services: 17.7%    
 1,308,977   Global Telecom Holding SAE (GDR) * Reg S  $3,730,584 
 12,049,645   Orascom Telecom Media and Technology Holding SAE * #   2,192,154 
 1,700,126   Telecom Egypt #   2,806,556 
         8,729,294 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $39,904,613)
 49,287,664 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.1%
(Cost: $65,263)
   
 65,263   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   65,263 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 99.8%
(Cost: $39,969,876)
 49,352,927 
           
Principal
Amount
         
          
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS
COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 0.5%

(Cost: $279,113)
   
Repurchase Agreement: 0.5%    
$279,113   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $279,114; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $284,695 including accrued interest)   279,113 
Total Investments: 100.3%
(Cost: $40,248,989)
 49,632,040 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.3)%  (171,257)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $49,460,783 


 

 

CAD Canadian Dollar
GBP British Pound
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $259,430.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $44,432,660 which represents 89.8% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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(continued)

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)   
  % of Investments    Value 
Consumer Discretionary   2.0%    $1,008,691 
Consumer Staples   5.8      2,867,556 
Energy   5.6      2,783,003 
Financials   50.6      24,953,992 
Industrials   4.3      2,106,181 
Materials   13.9      6,838,947 
Telecommunication Services   17.7      8,729,294 
Money Market Fund   0.1      65,263 
    100.0%    $49,352,927 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks                          
Banks  $     $4,140,445     $     $4,140,445 
Capital Goods         2,106,181            2,106,181 
Consumer Durables & Apparel         593,585            593,585 
Consumer Services         415,106            415,106 
Diversified Financials         9,193,515            9,193,515 
Energy   1,124,420      1,658,583            2,783,003 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco         2,867,556            2,867,556 
Materials         6,838,947            6,838,947 
Real Estate         11,620,032            11,620,032 
Telecommunication Services   3,730,584      4,998,710            8,729,294 
Money Market Fund   65,263                  65,263 
Repurchase Agreement         279,113            279,113 
Total  $4,920,267     $44,711,773     $     $49,632,040 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $14,325,270 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $3,851,378. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 99.6%    
Bahrain: 2.4%    
 1,337,836   Al-Salam Bank #  $440,721 
Kuwait: 22.4%    
 110,481   Abyaar Real Estate Development Co. KSCP * #   12,139 
 41,894   ALAFCO Aviation Lease and Finance Co. KSCC #   35,338 
 66,359   Boubyan Bank KSC * #   92,393 
 64,896   Boubyan Petrochemicals Co. #   143,545 
 101,865   Burgan Bank   166,935 
 209,009   Commercial Real Estate Co. KSCC #   68,413 
 218,352   Gulf Bank KSC * #   214,869 
 325,827   Kuwait Finance House #   795,740 
 78,024   Kuwait International Bank KSCP #   65,455 
 85,955   Kuwait Investment Projects Co. KSCC #   204,558 
 54,435   Mabanee Co. SAKC   178,414 
 398,468   Mobile Telecommunications Co. KSC #   715,004 
 361,019   National Bank of Kuwait SAK #   1,116,328 
 154,469   National Industries Group Holding SA * #   99,452 
 43,040   National Investments Co. KSCC #   22,222 
 102,755   Public Warehousing Co. KSC #   256,226 
         4,187,031 
Oman: 10.4%    
 633,742   Bank Muscat SAOG #   947,224 
 133,324   Oman Telecommunications Co. #   585,163 
 173,572   Omani Qatari Telecommunications Co. SAOG #   281,990 
 105,307   Renaissance Services SAOG #   128,929 
         1,943,306 
Qatar: 25.2%    
 10,431   Barwa Real Estate Co. QSC #   118,330 
 7,960   Commercial Bank of Qatar #   148,241 
 6,926   Doha Bank QSC #   107,414 
 71,104   Ezdan Holding Group QSC #   290,281 
 4,982   Gulf International Services QSC #   133,280 
 16,218   Industries Qatar QSC #   738,568 
 39,405   Masraf Al Rayan QSC #   471,767 
 33,677   Mesaieed Petrochemical Holding Co. #   270,713 
 1,326   National Leasing #   7,210 
 2,949   Qatar Electricity & Water Co. QSC #   149,444 
 2,264   Qatar Fuel Co. #   125,343 
 15,012   Qatar Gas Transport Co. Ltd. Nakilat #   94,129 
 4,303   Qatar Insurance Co. SAQ #   106,247 
 4,058   Qatar International Islamic Bank #   89,696 
 6,334   Qatar Islamic Bank SAQ #   174,312 
 18,757   Qatar National Bank SAQ #   1,089,647 
 3,070   Qatar Navigation #   82,765 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Qatar: (continued)    
 7,213   Qatar Telecom (Qtel) QSC #  $242,280 
 9,492   United Development Co. #   60,592 
 49,857   Vodafone Qatar QSC #   221,637 
         4,721,896 
South Korea: 3.0%    
 16,542   Samsung Engineering Co. Ltd. * #   566,199 
United Arab Emirates: 34.2%    
 358,030   Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank #   674,262 
 418,034   Air Arabia PJSC #   168,293 
 574,954   Aldar Properties PJSC #   404,978 
 393,723   Arabtec Holding Co. PJSC * #   304,093 
 623,551   Dana Gas PJSC * #   83,519 
 30,347   DP World Ltd. (USD) #   633,920 
 292,500   Dubai Financial Market PJSC #   154,723 
 244,441   Dubai Investments PJSC #   153,439 
 180,699   Dubai Islamic Bank #   331,796 
 356,876   Emaar Malls Group PJSC *   260,394 
 641,356   Emaar Properties PJSC #   1,236,100 
 178,242   First Gulf Bank PJSC #   818,739 
 29,384   Lamprell Plc (GBP) * #   54,976 
 216,455   National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC #   817,024 
 201,198   Union National Bank of Abu Dhabi PJSC #   315,616 
         6,411,872 
United States: 2.0%    
 131,694   McDermott International, Inc. *   383,230 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $14,856,693)
 18,654,255 
           
Principal
Amount
         
          
CONVERTIBLE BONDS: 0.2%    
Oman: 0.2%    
$93,424   Bank Muscat SAOG 4.50%, 03/20/17 §   25,722 
 20,696   Bank Muscat SAOG 4.50%, 03/20/16 §   5,698 
Total Convertible Bonds
(Cost: $49,803)
 31,420 
           
Number
of Shares
         
          
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.3%
(Cost: $50,530)
     
 50,530   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   50,530 
Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $14,957,026)
 18,736,205 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.1)%  (16,782)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $18,719,423 


 

 

GBP British Pound
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $17,665,282 which represents 94.4% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $31,420 which represents 0.2% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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(continued)

 

Summary of Investments
by Sector (unaudited)       
  % of Investments    Value 
Energy   5.4%    $1,003,406 
Financials   65.0      12,187,639 
Industrials   15.4      2,884,854 
Materials   2.2      414,258 
Telecommunication Services   10.9      2,046,074 
Utilities   0.8      149,444 
Money Market Fund   0.3      50,530 
    100.0%    $18,736,205 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
     Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks                          
Bahrain  $     $440,721     $     $440,721 
Kuwait   345,349      3,841,682            4,187,031 
Oman         1,943,306            1,943,306 
Qatar         4,721,896            4,721,896 
South Korea         566,199            566,199 
United Arab Emirates   260,394      6,151,478            6,411,872 
United States   383,230                  383,230 
Convertible Bonds*         31,420            31,420 
Money Market Fund   50,530                  50,530 
Total  $1,039,503     $17,696,702     $     $18,736,205 

 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $7,433,102. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.7%     
Automobiles & Components: 3.7%     
 1,549,909   Amtek Auto Ltd. #  $4,385,339 
 312,459   Ceat Ltd. #   4,238,130 
 679,635   JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.   1,405,083 
         10,028,552 
Banks: 8.0%     
 1,352,208   Allahabad Bank #   2,826,079 
 1,626,614   Andhra Bank #   2,424,099 
 1,483,713   Dena Bank #   1,444,884 
 1,902,373   Development Credit Bank Ltd. * #   3,618,426 
 1,064,757   Dewan Housing Finance Corp. Ltd. #   6,615,833 
 1,273,685   Karnataka Bank Ltd. #   2,934,413 
 2,370,115   Vijaya Bank Ltd. #   1,880,099 
         21,743,833 
Capital Goods: 12.6%     
 172,935   ABG Shipyard Ltd. * #   630,663 
 137,867   BEML Ltd. #   1,723,177 
 238,894   BGR Energy Systems Ltd. #   609,406 
 828,497   Escorts Ltd. #   1,680,190 
 506,309   Finolex Cables Ltd. #   2,091,284 
 4,365,135   Hindustan Construction Co. Ltd. * #   2,019,279 
 3,667,403   Jain Irrigation Systems Ltd. #   4,036,801 
 4,598,102   Jaypee Infratech Ltd. * #   1,558,136 
 7,971,106   Lanco Infratech Ltd. * #   761,594 
 4,064,280   Nagarjuna Construction Co. Ltd. #   5,233,826 
 587,503   Praj Industries Ltd. #   560,657 
 298,676   Sharda Cropchem Ltd. * #   1,271,545 
 2,649,249   Sintex Industries Ltd. #   4,000,257 
 82,763   State Trading Corp. India of Ltd. * #   242,214 
 1,304,255   Sterlite Technologies Ltd. #   1,280,893 
 20,955,818   Suzlon Energy Ltd. * #   4,818,542 
 225,116   Timken India Ltd. #   1,825,206 
         34,343,670 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 7.2%     
 9,309,286   Alok Industries Ltd. #   1,471,459 
 1,745,463   Arvind Ltd. #   7,783,332 
 333,393   Bajaj Electricals Ltd. #   1,159,115 
 683,740   Bombay Dyeing & Manufacturing Co. Ltd. #   720,113 
 676,727   Gitanjali Gems Ltd. * #   573,093 
 1,466,200   Rajesh Exports Ltd. #   3,288,495 
 203,204   Raymond Ltd. #   1,614,842 
 38,538   TTK Prestige Ltd. #   2,187,697 
 467,834   VIP Industries Ltd. #   837,111 
         19,635,257 
Consumer Services: 1.7%     
 770,718   Cox & Kings Ltd. #   3,593,101 
 187,048   Wonderla Holidays Ltd. #   919,225 
         4,512,326 
Diversified Financials: 14.0%     
 244,005   Credit Analysis & Research Ltd. #   5,709,367 
 263,702   Future Capital Holdings Ltd. #   1,526,713 
 10,087,404   IFCI Ltd. #   6,017,394 
 1,474,455   India Infoline Ltd. #   3,983,221 
 2,516,101   JM Financial Ltd. #   1,868,545 
 36,747   JSW Holdings Ltd. * #   555,575 
 5,105,539   Manappuram Finance Ltd. #   2,739,482 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Diversified Financials: (continued)     
 1,860,792   PTC India Financial Services Ltd #  $2,039,428 
 421,126   Repco Home Finance Ltd. #   4,416,801 
 1,286,712   SKS Microfinance Ltd. * #   8,386,659 
 1,387,900   SREI Infrastructure Finance Ltd. #   1,040,865 
         38,284,050 
Energy: 0.7%     
 188,253   Aban Offshore Ltd. #   1,486,374 
 49,989   Reliance Industrial Infrastructure Ltd. #   379,480 
         1,865,854 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 2.7%     
 4,145,305   Bajaj Hindusthan Ltd. * #   1,234,719 
 1,722,953   Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd. * #   1,620,755 
 602,564   McLeod Russel India Ltd. #   2,240,767 
 734,049   Radico Khaitan Ltd. #   1,008,126 
 5,765,353   Shree Renuka Sugars Ltd. * #   1,392,120 
         7,496,487 
Materials: 8.2%     
 131,660   Andhra Pradesh Paper Mills * #   511,890 
 98,197   Atul Ltd. #   2,153,438 
 308,031   Century Textile & Industries Ltd. #   2,545,399 
 1,377,739   Chambal Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. #   1,319,106 
 154,723   Ess Dee Aluminium Ltd. * #   841,754 
 1,284,807   Gujarat State Fertilizers & Chemicals Ltd. #   2,124,159 
 1,694,875   India Cements Ltd. * #   2,277,991 
 664,605   Jai Corp. Ltd. #   800,715 
 1,409,773   Jindal Saw Ltd. #   2,072,653 
 57,150   Monsanto India Ltd. #   2,564,778 
 643,795   Rallis India Ltd. #   2,190,582 
 989,288   Rashtriya Chemicals & Fertilizers Ltd. #   1,064,475 
 50,982   Tata Sponge Iron Ltd. #   550,966 
 1,160,662   Welspun Corp. Ltd. #   1,263,392 
         22,281,298 
Media: 4.9%     
 589,936   DEN Networks Ltd. * #   1,245,839 
 306,148   Eros International Media Ltd. * #   1,782,385 
 893,548   Hathway Cable & Datacom Ltd. * #   4,921,946 
 245,541   PVR Ltd.   2,726,245 
 5,674,739   TV18 Broadcast Ltd. * #   2,745,012 
         13,421,427 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 5.1%     
 267,150   Dishman Pharmaceuticals & Chemicals Ltd. #   550,835 
 67,618   Granules India Ltd. #   883,484 
 2,604,288   Marksans Pharma Ltd. #   2,514,944 
 200,730   Natco Pharma Ltd.   4,866,206 
 1,077,125   Sun Pharma Advanced Research Co. Ltd. * #   3,173,100 
 614,499   Suven Life Sciences Ltd. #   2,037,948 
         14,026,517 
Real Estate: 8.1%     
 1,506,091   Anant Raj Industries Ltd. #   1,110,670 
 805,316   DB Realty Ltd. * #   887,796 
 762,123   Delta Corp. Ltd. #   1,089,912 
 2,832,046   Housing Development & Infrastructure Ltd. * #   3,028,810 
 3,633,598   Indiabulls Real Estate Ltd. #   3,922,779 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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(continued)

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Real Estate: (continued)     
 605,499   OMAXE Ltd.  $1,198,096 
 1,560,736   Parsvnath Developers Ltd. * #   415,854 
 541,073   Sobha Developers Ltd. #   4,121,355 
 23,803,513   Unitech Ltd. * #   6,198,276 
         21,973,548 
Retailing: 3.6%     
 2,625,146   Future Retail Ltd. #   4,349,695 
 131,928   Makemytrip Ltd. (USD) *   3,428,809 
 592,916   PC Jeweller Ltd. #   2,014,141 
         9,792,645 
Software & Services: 10.7%     
 247,887   Financial Technologies India Ltd. #   793,727 
 4,033,172   Firstsource Solutions Ltd. * #   2,208,280 
 1,291,296   HCL Infosystems Ltd. * #   1,057,638 
 1,494,321   Hexaware Technologies Ltd. #   4,704,346 
 1,838,737   KPIT Cummins Infosystems Ltd. #   5,868,663 
 411,968   NIIT Technologies Ltd. #   2,409,856 
 633,560   Polaris Software Lab Ltd. #   1,716,996 
 1,090,422   Rolta India Ltd. #   1,609,580 
 249,118   Tata Elxsi Ltd. #   2,343,504 
 3,333,583   Vakrangee Software Ltd. #   6,553,972 
         29,266,562 
Telecommunication Services: 0.3%     
 2,085,633   Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd. * #   895,616 
Transportation: 4.5%     
 81,108   Dredging Corp. of India Ltd. #   544,223 
 749,890   Gateway Distriparks Ltd. #   4,170,152 
 288,890   Gati Ltd. #   1,284,052 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Transportation: (continued)     
 8,495,531   GVK Power & Infrastructure Ltd. * #  $1,174,538 
 376,066   Jet Airways India Ltd. * #   2,285,789 
 1,413,537   Shipping Corp of India Ltd. * #   1,303,030 
 711,752   Snowman Logistics Ltd. *   1,119,680 
 1,772,063   SpiceJet Ltd. * #   481,339 
         12,362,803 
Utilities: 3.7%     
 124,701   BF Utilities Ltd. * #   1,268,991 
 463,474   Indraprastha Gas Ltd. #   3,321,905 
 9,726,342   Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd. * #   1,854,804 
 2,449,857   PTC India Ltd. #   3,644,520 
         10,090,220 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $220,485,200)
   272,020,665 
RIGHTS: 0.0%
(Cost: $0)
     
Retailing: 0.0%     
 871,111   Future Retail Ltd. Rights (INR 103.00,
expiring 01/29/15) # *
   27,601 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.2%
(Cost: $550,839)
     
 550,839   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   550,839 
Total Investments: 99.9%
(Cost: $221,036,039)
   272,599,105 
Other assets less liabilities: 0.1%   146,040 
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $272,745,145 


 

 

INR Indian Rupee
USD United States Dollar
(a) Represents consolidated Schedule of Investments.
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $257,304,147 which represents 94.3% of net assets.
Summary of Investments          
by Sector (unaudited)  % of Investments    Value 
Consumer Discretionary  21.1%    $57,417,808 
Consumer Staples  2.8      7,496,487 
Energy  0.7      1,865,854 
Financials  30.1      82,001,431 
Health Care  5.1      14,026,517 
Industrials  17.6      47,975,464 
Information Technology  10.7      29,266,562 
Materials  8.2      22,281,298 
Telecommunication Services  0.3      895,616 
Utilities  3.2      8,821,229 
Money Market Fund  0.2      550,839 
    100.0%    $272,599,105 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3    
   Level 1   Significant   Significant    
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable    
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Automobiles & Components  $1,405,083   $8,623,469     $   $10,028,552 
Banks       21,743,833          21,743,833 
Capital Goods       34,343,670          34,343,670 
Consumer Durables & Apparel       19,635,257          19,635,257 
Consumer Services       4,512,326          4,512,326 
Diversified Financials       38,284,050          38,284,050 
Energy       1,865,854          1,865,854 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco       7,496,487          7,496,487 
Materials       22,281,298          22,281,298 
Media   2,726,245    10,695,182          13,421,427 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   4,866,206    9,160,311          14,026,517 
Real Estate   1,198,096    20,775,452          21,973,548 
Retailing   3,428,809    6,363,836          9,792,645 
Software & Services       29,266,562          29,266,562 
Telecommunication Services       895,616          895,616 
Transportation   1,119,680    11,243,123          12,362,803 
Utilities       10,090,220          10,090,220 
Rights                      
Retailing       27,601          27,601 
Money Market Fund   550,839              550,839 
Total  $15,294,958   $257,304,147     $   $272,599,105 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $2,301,647. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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INDONESIA INDEX ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.4%     
Automobiles & Components: 8.3%     
 25,592,900   Astra International Tbk PT #  $15,263,209 
Banks: 25.7%     
 13,758,600   Bank Central Asia Tbk PT #   14,594,267 
 4,543,748   Bank Danamon Indonesia Tbk PT #   1,653,497 
 12,737,051   Bank Mandiri Persero Tbk PT #   11,076,626 
 14,734,432   Bank Negara Indonesia Persero Tbk PT #   7,219,792 
 13,862,800   Bank Rakyat Indonesia Tbk PT #   13,030,763 
         47,574,945 
Capital Goods: 3.6%     
 1,716,000   Gallant Venture Ltd. (SGD) * #   315,149 
 4,686,900   Pembangunan Perumahan Persero Tbk PT #   1,346,362 
 3,020,869   United Tractors Tbk PT #   4,218,959 
 6,143,300   Waskita Karya Persero Tbk PT #   723,898 
         6,604,368 
Diversified Financials: 1.9%     
 3,649,250   First Pacific Company Ltd. (HKD) #   3,603,543 
Energy: 4.9%     
 31,590,400   Adaro Energy Tbk PT #   2,635,736 
 4,385,950   Banpu PCL (NVDR) (THB) † #   3,309,712 
 60,048,900   Bumi Resources Tbk PT * #   387,091 
 781,200   Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT #   963,531 
 1,448,100   Medco Energi Internasional Tbk PT #   443,892 
 1,319,900   Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Tbk PT #   1,322,046 
         9,062,008 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 12.5%     
 622,100   Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT #   1,215,572 
 14,251,800   Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT #   4,338,041 
 970,000   First Resources Ltd. (SGD) #   1,363,273 
 11,157,000   Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. (SGD) #   3,860,107 
 912,100   Gudang Garam Tbk PT #   4,468,304 
 2,188,400   Indofood Cbp Sukses Makmur Tbk PT #   2,307,828 
 8,671,800   Indofood Sukses Makmur Tbk PT #   4,727,735 
 5,525,600   Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk PT #   840,903 
         23,121,763 
Household & Personal Products: 3.2%     
 2,260,700   Unilever Indonesia Tbk PT #   5,863,714 
Insurance: 0.4%     
 28,463,400   Panin Financial Tbk PT * #   685,566 
Materials: 8.8%     
 6,594,300   Aneka Tambang Tbk PT #   562,862 
 34,012,200   G-Resources Group Ltd. (HKD) * † #   805,041 
 15,157,700   Hanson International Tbk PT * #   848,327 
 2,617,700   Indocement Tunggal Prakarsa Tbk PT #   5,281,862 
 4,121,700   International Nickel Indonesia Tbk PT #   1,197,991 
 5,741,000   Semen Gresik Persero Tbk PT #   7,494,920 
         16,191,003 
Media: 1.3%     
 5,609,200   Global Mediacom Tbk PT #   642,691 
 5,639,800   Media Nusantara Citra Tbk PT #   1,152,802 
 22,956,100   MNC Investama Tbk PT   535,673 
         2,331,166 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 3.2%     
 39,814,100   Kalbe Farma Tbk PT #   5,869,726 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Real Estate: 5.5%     
 18,630,100   Alam Sutera Realty Tbk PT #  $838,378 
 17,056,000   Bumi Serpong Damai PT #   2,475,537 
 18,573,000   Ciputra Development Tbk PT #   1,862,889 
 35,100,100   Lippo Karawaci Tbk PT #   2,881,845 
 17,668,000   Summarecon Agung Tbk PT #   2,168,537 
         10,227,186 
Retailing: 4.7%     
 148,000   Jardine Cycle & Carriage Ltd. (SGD) #   4,739,956 
 3,342,900   Matahari Department Store Tbk PT #   4,028,064 
         8,768,020 
Telecommunication Services: 9.7%     
 1,610,000   Indosat Tbk PT * #   525,137 
 267,642   Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk PT (ADR)   12,105,448 
 3,884,500   Tower Bersama Infrastructure Tbk PT #   3,038,132 
 5,731,700   XL Axiata Tbk PT #   2,247,589 
         17,916,306 
Transportation: 1.2%     
 4,029,500   Jasa Marga Persero Tbk PT #   2,286,638 
Utilities: 4.5%     
 17,238,000   Perusahaan Gas Negara Tbk PT #   8,341,866 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $221,919,198)
   183,711,027 
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST: 0.4%
(Cost: $1,021,382)
     
Real Estate: 0.4%     
 3,312,000   Lippo Malls Indonesia Retail Trust   849,808 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 99.8%
(Cost: $222,940,580)
   184,560,835 
          
Principal         
Amount         
          
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 1.1%     
Repurchase Agreements: 1.1%     
$955,586   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with 0.07%, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. due 1/2/15, proceeds $955,590; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 6.00%, due 6/1/17 to 12/20/44, valued at $974,698 including accrued interest)   955,586 
 1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with 0.08%, Mizuho Securities USA, Inc. due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,004; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $1,020,000 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
    
(Cost: $1,955,586)   1,955,586 
Total Investments: 100.9%
(Cost: $224,896,166)
   186,516,421 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.9)%   (1,685,345)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $184,831,076 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

58

 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
HKD Hong Kong Dollar
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
SGD Singapore Dollar
THB Thai Baht
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $1,816,926.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $171,069,906 which represents 92.6% of net assets.

 

       
Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)      
  % of Investments   Value 
Consumer Discretionary   14.3%  $26,362,395 
Consumer Staples   15.7    28,985,477 
Energy   4.9    9,062,008 
Financials   34.1    62,941,048 
Health Care   3.2    5,869,726 
Industrials   4.8    8,891,006 
Materials   8.8    16,191,003 
Telecommunication Services  9.7    17,916,306 
Utilities   4.5    8,341,866 
    100.0%  $184,560,835 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3    
   Level 1   Significant   Significant    
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable    
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Automobiles & Components  $   $15,263,209     $   $15,263,209 
Banks       47,574,945          47,574,945 
Capital Goods       6,604,368          6,604,368 
Diversified Financials       3,603,543          3,603,543 
Energy       9,062,008          9,062,008 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco       23,121,763          23,121,763 
Household & Personal Products       5,863,714          5,863,714 
Insurance       685,566          685,566 
Materials       16,191,003          16,191,003 
Media   535,673    1,795,493          2,331,166 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology       5,869,726          5,869,726 
Real Estate       10,227,186          10,227,186 
Retailing       8,768,020          8,768,020 
Telecommunication Services   12,105,448    5,810,858          17,916,306 
Transportation       2,286,638          2,286,638 
Utilities       8,341,866          8,341,866 
Real Estate Investment Trust                      
Real Estate   849,808              849,808 
Repurchase Agreements       1,955,586          1,955,586 
Total  $13,490,929   $173,025,492     $   $186,516,421 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 2 to Level 1 were $1,928,200. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by the pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

59

INDONESIA SMALL-CAP ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.1%
Banks: 7.8%
 4,332,400   Bank Bukopin Tbk PT #  $262,093 
 8,712,900   Bank Pembangunan Daerah Jawa Timur Tbk PT #   322,944 
         585,037 
Capital Goods: 12.2%     
 1,052,100   Adhi Karya Persero Tbk PT #   294,026 
 4,772,700   Sitara Propertindo Tbk PT *   171,100 
 3,757,700   Surya Semesta Internusa Tbk PT #   322,350 
 1,463,300   Total Bangun Persada Tbk PT #   131,341 
         918,817 
Energy: 20.1%     
 24,369,400   Benakat Integra Tbk PT * #   237,812 
 6,240,000   Berau Coal Energy Tbk PT * #   31,539 
 28,736,500   Bumi Resources Tbk PT * #   185,243 
 3,566,800   Elnusa Tbk PT #   196,279 
 37,248,900   Energi Mega Persada Tbk PT * #   299,230 
 1,487,600   Energy Earth PCL (NVDR) (THB) #   216,427 
 2,668,900   Exploitasi Energi Indonesia Tbk PT * #   33,384 
 593,000   Geo Energy Resources Ltd (SGD) *   93,978 
 934,600   Harum Energy Tbk PT #   124,792 
 333,000   RH PetroGas Ltd (SGD) * #   98,660 
         1,517,344 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 13.0%     
 12,024,700   BW Plantation Tbk PT #   384,217 
 939,300   Malindo Feedmill Tbk PT #   161,536 
 743,400   Sampoerna Agro PT #   126,275 
 1,803,100   Tiga Pilar Sejahtera Food Tbk #   303,988 
         976,016 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
         
Materials: 1.3%    
 3,962,300   Bumi Resources Minerals Tbk PT * #  $100,215 
Media: 2.0%     
 3,925,000   Visi Media Asia Tbk PT * #   151,352 
Real Estate: 27.9%     
 4,483,900   Bekasi Fajar Industrial Estate Tbk PT #   263,341 
 3,078,900   Ciputra Property Tbk PT #   208,690 
 2,415,900   Eureka Prima Jakarta Tbk PT * #   116,906 
 19,295,921   Kawasan Industri Jababeka Tbk PT #   456,948 
 481,200   Lippo Cikarang Tbk PT * #   402,388 
 9,710,400   Modernland Realty Tbk PT #   405,831 
 7,092,000   Nirvana Development Tbk PT * #   106,143 
 17,589,400   Sentul City Tbk PT * #   146,222 
         2,106,469 
Retailing: 6.6%     
 7,438,100   Multipolar Tbk PT #   498,985 
Technology Hardware & Equipment: 4.8%     
 1,382,700   Erajaya Swasembada Tbk PT * #   120,693 
 6,164,800   Sigmagold Inti Perkasa Tbk PT * #   242,835 
         363,528 
Transportation: 3.4%     
 1,253,200   Express Transindo Utama Tbk PT #   117,913 
 8,717,000   Nusantara Infrastructure Tbk PT * #   141,145 
         259,058 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $8,260,597)
   7,476,821 
Other assets less liabilities: 0.9%   64,596 
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $7,541,417 

 

    
NVDR  Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
SGD Singapore Dollar
THB Thai Baht
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $7,211,743 which represents 95.6% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments        
by Sector (unaudited)  % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary  8.7%    $650,337 
Consumer Staples   13.1    976,016 
Energy   20.3    1,517,344 
Financials   36.0    2,691,506 
Industrials   15.7    1,177,875 
Information Technology  4.9    363,528 
Materials   1.3      100,215 
    100.0%    $7,476,821 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

60

 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

        Level 2    Level 3   
     Level 1      Significant    Significant   
     Quoted      Observable    Unobservable   
     Prices      Inputs    Inputs    Value  
Common Stocks                      
Banks    $     $585,037     $     $585,037 
Capital Goods   171,100    747,717        918,817 
Energy   93,978    1,423,366        1,517,344 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco       976,016        976,016 
Materials       100,215        100,215 
Media       151,352        151,352 
Real Estate       2,106,469        2,106,469 
Retailing       498,985        498,985 
Technology Hardware & Equipment       363,528        363,528 
Transportation           259,058            259,058 
Total    $265,078     $7,211,743     $     $7,476,821 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 2 to Level 1 were $137,718. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

61

ISRAEL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares       Value  
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.4%     
Banks: 8.3%     
 276,416   Bank Hapoalim BM #  $1,302,766 
 371,348   Bank Leumi Le-Israel BM * #   1,271,553 
 6,650   FIBI Holdings Ltd. #   96,656 
 11,152   First International Bank of Israel Ltd. #   142,896 
 300,666   Israel Discount Bank Ltd. * #   481,145 
 37,530   Mizrahi Tefahot Bank Ltd. * #   393,680 
         3,688,696 
Capital Goods: 2.5%     
 34,249   Discount Investment Corp. #   66,133 
 7,118   Elbit Systems Ltd. #   434,840 
 12,005   Elco Holdings Ltd.   71,448 
 1,041   Electra Ltd. #   115,351 
 25,807   Ormat Industries Ltd. #   177,290 
 2,605   Plasson Industries Ltd. #   85,747 
 80,901   Shikun & Binui Ltd. #   170,916 
         1,121,725 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 0.9%     
 4,525   Delta-Galil Industries Ltd. #   122,439 
 4,685   Fox Wizel Ltd. #   110,671 
 8,272   SodaStream International Ltd. (USD) *   166,433 
         399,543 
Consumer Services: 0.3%     
 66,287   888 Holdings Plc (GBP) #   142,439 
Diversified Financials: 1.1%     
 19,428   Elron Electronic Industries Ltd. #   79,469 
 29,400   Meitav DS Investments Ltd. #   84,032 
 3,814   Mivtach Shamir Holdings Ltd. * #   89,780 
 24,459   Plus500 Ltd. (GBP) #   225,967 
         479,248 
Energy: 3.8%     
 12,469   Alon USA Energy, Inc. (USD)   157,982 
 298   Delek Energy Systems Ltd. * #   134,969 
 1,409   Delek Group Ltd. #   354,241 
 18,693   Delek US Holdings, Inc. (USD)   509,945 
 20,122   Naphtha Israel Petroleum Corp. Ltd. * #   99,495 
 500,452   Oil Refineries Ltd. * #   132,880 
 2,162   Paz Oil Co. Ltd. #   280,236 
         1,669,748 
Food & Staples Retailing: 0.5%     
 3,488   Rami Levi Chain Stores Hashikma Marketing Ltd. #   128,118 
 46,733   Shufersal Ltd. #   99,738 
         227,856 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 0.9%     
 11,752   Osem Investments Ltd. #   208,969 
 13,546   Strauss Group Ltd. *   203,985 
         412,954 
Health Care Equipment & Services: 1.4%     
 9,106   Brainsway Ltd. * #   76,699 
 13,728   Lumenis Ltd. (USD) *   128,220 
 17,002   Mazor Robotics Ltd. * #   104,375 
 47,001   PhotoMedex, Inc. (USD) *   71,912 
 4,515   ReWalk Robotics Ltd. (USD) *   85,243 
 15,283   Syneron Medical Ltd. (USD) *   142,590 
         609,039 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Insurance: 1.6%     
 10,932   Clal Insurance Enterprises Holdings Ltd. * #  $156,133 
 41,532   Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd. #   188,187 
 12,486   Menorah Mivtachim Holdings Ltd. #   108,557 
 134,133   Migdal Insurance & Financial Holding Ltd. #   160,092 
 38,174   Phoenix Holdings Ltd. #   101,138 
         714,107 
Materials: 5.1%    
 7,344   Caesarstone Sdot-Yam Ltd. (USD)   439,318 
 11,967   Frutarom Industries Ltd. #   370,190 
 133,704   Israel Chemicals Ltd. #   964,262 
 1,058   Israel Corp. Ltd. * #   501,918 
         2,275,688 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 30.3%     
 21,766   Alcobra Ltd. (USD) *   81,187 
 95,909   Clal Biotechnology Industries Ltd. * #   60,750 
 18,206   Compugen Ltd. (USD) *   151,656 
 10,921   Enzymotec Ltd. (USD) *   82,126 
 11,647   Evogene Ltd. * #   107,322 
 23,727   Kamada Ltd. * #   87,138 
 18,067   Medgenics, Inc. (USD) *   91,419 
 67,431   Opko Health, Inc. (USD) *   673,636 
 35,194   Perrigo Co. Plc (USD)   5,883,029 
 41,413   Pluristem Therapeutics, Inc. (USD) *   103,532 
 3,951   Taro Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (USD) *   585,499 
 96,489   Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. #   5,544,084 
         13,451,378 
Real Estate: 4.2%    
 78,035   Africa Israel Investments Ltd. * #   70,873 
 7,757   Africa Israel Properties Ltd. #   102,179 
 3,368   AL-ROV Israel Ltd. * #   85,652 
 49,882   Amot Investments Ltd. #   148,833 
 9,816   Azrieli Group   323,631 
 401   Bayside Land Corp. #   105,651 
 2,254   Big Shopping Centers Ltd. #   92,159 
 54,084   Elbit Imaging Ltd. * #   85,362 
 25,466   Gazit-Globe Ltd. #   301,810 
 62,663   Industrial Buildings Corp. #   56,562 
 16,659   Jerusalem Economy Ltd. #   47,570 
 4,046   Jerusalem Oil Exploration * #   124,703 
 5,957   Melisron Ltd. #   164,982 
 10,784   Nitsba Holdings Ltd. * #   142,966 
         1,852,933 
Retailing: 0.3%     
 15,699   Delek Automotive Systems Ltd. #   139,825 
Semiconductor: 3.5%     
 8,842   Ceva, Inc. (USD) *   160,394 
 11,844   DSP Group, Inc. (USD) *   128,744 
 11,113   EZchip Semiconductor Ltd. * #   213,550 
 11,719   Mellanox Technologies Ltd. (USD) *   500,753 
 13,873   Nova Measuring Instruments Ltd. * #   140,329 
 20,232   Sigma Designs, Inc. (USD) *   149,717 
 19,418   Tower Semiconductor Ltd. (USD) *   258,842 
         1,552,329 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

62

 

 

Number      
of Shares     Value
           
Software & Services: 26.2%     
 16,020   Allot Communications Ltd. (USD) *  $147,064 
 45,155   Amdocs Ltd. (USD)   2,106,707 
 10,180   Attunity Ltd. (USD) *   109,435 
 10,131   Borderfree, Inc. (USD) *   90,774 
 36,672   Check Point Software Technologies Ltd. (USD) *   2,881,319 
 15,739   Clicksoftware Technologies Ltd. (USD) *   113,006 
 51,366   Crossrider Plc (GBP) * #   87,732 
 3,953   CyberArk Software Ltd. (USD) *   156,736 
 4,615   Formula Systems Ltd. #   102,014 
 6,679   Imperva, Inc. (USD) *   330,143 
 17,708   LivePerson, Inc. (USD) *   249,683 
 16,620   Magic Software Enterprises Ltd. #   99,004 
 30,817   Matomy Media Group Ltd. (GBP) * #   110,386 
 22,344   Matrix IT Ltd. #   100,563 
 13,304   Mobileye NV (USD) *   539,610 
 16,501   NICE Systems Ltd. #   836,452 
 21,590   Perion Network Ltd. (USD) *   94,996 
 55,822   Playtech Ltd. (GBP) #   595,911 
 29,458   SafeCharge International Group Ltd. (GBP)   121,721 
 14,725   Sapiens International Corp. NV (USD) *   108,523 
 4,834   Varonis Systems, Inc. (USD) *   158,700 
 31,611   VeriFone Systems, Inc. (USD) *   1,175,929 
 17,675   Verint Systems, Inc. (USD) *   1,030,099 
 11,770   Wix.com Ltd. (USD) *   247,170 
         11,593,677 
Technology Hardware & Equipment: 5.1%     
 22,733   AudioCodes Ltd. (USD) *   103,208 
 73,861   Ceragon Networks Ltd. (USD) *   74,600 
 7,139   Ituran Location and Control Ltd. #   156,966 
 13,444   Orbotech Ltd. (USD) *   198,971 
 12,357   Radware Ltd. (USD) *   272,101 
 3,172   Silicom Ltd. (USD)   111,623 
 13,165   Stratasys Ltd. (USD) *   1,094,143 
Number      
of Shares     Value
           
Technology Hardware & Equipment: (continued)     
 7,504   SuperCom Ltd. (USD) *  $76,616 
 40,481   Telit Communications Plc (GBP) *   152,119 
         2,240,347 
Telecommunication Services: 2.9%     
 526,223   Bezeq the Israeli Telecommunication Corp. Ltd. #   935,594 
 21,707   Cellcom Israel Ltd. * #   188,553 
 32,633   Partner Communications Co. Ltd. * #   169,360 
         1,293,507 
Utilities: 0.5%     
 7,233   Ormat Technologies, Inc. (USD)   196,593 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $42,343,719)
   44,061,632 
REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUST: 0.4%
(Cost: $207,509)
     
Real Estate: 0.4%     
 30,856   Alony Hetz Properties & Investments Ltd. #   202,728 
WARRANTS: 0.0%
(Cost: $0)
     
Real Estate: 0.0%     
 5,946   Africa Israel Investments Ltd. Warrants (ILS 1,200.00, expiring 03/31/15) *   69 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.3%
(Cost: $121,726)
   
 121,726   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   121,726 
Total Investments: 100.1%
(Cost: $42,672,954)
   44,386,155 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.1)%  (51,359)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $44,334,796 


 

 

GBP British Pound
ILS Israeli Sheqel
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $21,171,530 which represents 47.8% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

63

ISRAEL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Summary of Investments        
by Sector (unaudited)  % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary   1.5%    $681,807 
Consumer Staples   1.5    640,810 
Energy   3.8    1,669,748 
Financials   15.6    6,937,781 
Health Care   31.7    14,060,417 
Industrials   2.5    1,121,725 
Information Technology  34.7    15,386,353 
Materials   5.1    2,275,688 
Telecommunication Services  2.9    1,293,507 
Utilities   0.4    196,593 
Money Market Fund  0.3      121,726 
    100.0%    $44,386,155 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

        Level 2    Level 3   
     Level 1      Significant    Significant   
     Quoted      Observable    Unobservable   
     Prices      Inputs    Inputs    Value  
Common Stocks                    
Banks    $     $3,688,696     $     $3,688,696 
Capital Goods   71,448    1,050,277        1,121,725 
Consumer Durables & Apparel   166,433    233,110        399,543 
Consumer Services       142,439        142,439 
Diversified Financials       479,248        479,248 
Energy   667,927    1,001,821        1,669,748 
Food & Staples Retailing       227,856        227,856 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco   203,985    208,969        412,954 
Health Care Equipment & Services   427,965    181,074        609,039 
Insurance       714,107        714,107 
Materials   439,318    1,836,370        2,275,688 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   7,652,084    5,799,294        13,451,378 
Real Estate   323,631    1,529,302        1,852,933 
Retailing       139,825        139,825 
Semiconductor   1,198,450    353,879        1,552,329 
Software & Services   9,661,615    1,932,062        11,593,677 
Technology Hardware & Equipment   2,083,381    156,966        2,240,347 
Telecommunication Services       1,293,507        1,293,507 
Utilities   196,593            196,593 
Real Estate Investment Trust                    
Real Estate       202,728        202,728 
Warrants                    
Real Estate   69            69 
Money Market Fund     121,726                  121,726 
Total    $23,214,625     $21,171,530     $     $44,386,155 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $625,625 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $467,609. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

64

POLAND ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 100.0%  
Banks: 33.7%    
 25,811   Alior Bank SA * † #  $564,065 
 20,085   Bank Handlowy w Warszawie SA #   601,595 
 164,094   Bank Millennium SA † #   381,529 
 25,942   Bank Pekao SA #   1,299,543 
 8,874   Bank Zachodni WBK SA #   932,750 
 5,190   BRE Bank SA #   725,184 
 472,560   Get Bank SA * #   289,868 
 148,386   Getin Holding SA * #   77,023 
 148,440   PKO Bank Polski SA #   1,485,222 
         6,356,779 
Diversified Financials: 0.7%  
 10,857   Warsaw Stock Exchange #   139,986 
 Energy: 13.8%     
 46,607   Grupa Lotos SA * †   334,594 
 12,758   Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA #   345,937 
 79,722   Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA #   1,086,656 
 681,069   Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo SA #   846,591 
         2,613,778 
Food & Staples Retailing: 7.1%  
 38,348   Eurocash SA #   409,010 
 93,517   Jeronimo Martins, SGPS SA (EUR) #   937,077 
         1,346,087 
Insurance: 8.4%  
 11,584   Powszechny Zaklad Ubezpieczen SA #   1,575,801 
Materials: 8.7%  
 32,488   Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA * † #   152,348 
 39,790   KGHM Polska Miedz SA #   1,209,084 
 235,955   Synthos SA #   272,177 
         1,633,609 
Media: 3.7%  
 67,796   Cyfrowy Polsat SA #   446,427 
 56,306   TVN SA * †   256,801 
         703,228 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
Real Estate: 0.7%    
 84,245   Globe Trade Centre SA * † #  $127,050 
Software & Services: 2.4%    
 31,642   Asseco Poland SA #   452,458 
Telecommunication Services: 4.9%    
 74,911   Netia SA #   117,544 
 348,615   Telekomunikacja Polska SA #   811,941 
         929,485 
Utilities: 15.9%    
 130,288   Enea SA #   558,727 
 79,435   Energa SA #   514,924 
 212,812   Polska Grupa Energetyczna SA #   1,121,558 
 571,130   Tauron Polska Energia SA #   804,959 
         3,000,168 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $24,572,026)
 18,878,429 

 

Principal        
Amount        
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS
COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 1.7%
(Cost: $331,154)
   
Repurchase Agreement: 1.7%    
$331,154   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $331,155; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $337,777 including accrued interest)   331,154 
Total Investments: 101.7%
(Cost: $24,903,180)
 19,209,583 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (1.7)%  (323,865)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $18,885,718 


 

 

EUR Euro
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $310,225.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $18,287,034 which represents 96.8% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

65

POLAND ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)
  % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary   3.7%  $703,228 
Consumer Staples   7.1    1,346,087 
Energy   13.9    2,613,778 
Financials   43.4    8,199,616 
Information Technology   2.4    452,458 
Materials   8.7    1,633,609 
Telecommunication Services   4.9    929,485 
Utilities   15.9    3,000,168 
    100.0%  $18,878,429 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Banks  $   $6,356,779     $   $6,356,779 
Diversified Financials       139,986          139,986 
Energy   334,594    2,279,184          2,613,778 
Food & Staples Retailing       1,346,087          1,346,087 
Insurance       1,575,801          1,575,801 
Materials       1,633,609          1,633,609 
Media   256,801    446,427          703,228 
Real Estate       127,050          127,050 
Software & Services       452,458          452,458 
Telecommunication Services       929,485          929,485 
Utilities       3,000,168          3,000,168 
Repurchase Agreement       331,154          331,154 
Total  $591,395   $18,618,188     $   $19,209,583 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $1,423,610 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $1,053,135. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

66

RUSSIA ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 93.6%  
Banks: 11.2%    
 21,232,434   Sberbank of Russia (ADR) #  $85,781,178 
 38,079,795   VTB Bank OJSC (GDR) # Reg S   87,274,587 
         173,055,765 
Energy: 37.2%    
 1,143,033   Eurasia Drilling Co. Ltd. (GDR) Reg S   20,345,987 
 3,238,597   Lukoil (ADR) #   128,134,125 
 1,172,239   Novatek OAO (GDR) # Reg S   91,289,438 
 27,243,923   OAO Gazprom (ADR) #   125,421,459 
 815,653   OAO TMK (GDR) # Reg S   1,920,227 
 19,316,241   Rosneft Oil Co. (GDR) # Reg S   67,341,786 
 14,587,519   Surgutneftegas OJSC (ADR) #   61,743,687 
 3,144,785   Tatneft (ADR) #   77,115,172 
         573,311,881 
Food & Staples Retailing: 11.2%    
 6,558,804   Lenta Ltd. (GDR) * Reg S   44,337,515 
 2,395,636   Magnit OAO (GDR) Reg S   108,265,908 
 936,236   O’Key Group SA (GDR) Reg S   4,110,076 
 1,349,533   X5 Retail Group NV (GDR) * # Reg S   16,352,104 
         173,065,603 
Materials: 17.0%    
 6,240,509   Evraz Plc (GBP) #   14,922,209 
 5,872,951   JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (ADR) #   83,982,465 
 1,850,917   Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (GDR) # Reg S   4,452,066 
 2,276,141   Mechel OAO (ADR) *   1,556,653 
 1,390,182   Novolipetsk Steel (GDR) Reg S   15,959,289 
 3,067,926   Polymetal International (GBP) #   27,468,078 
 11,052,685   Polyus Gold International Ltd. (GBP) #   31,213,158 
 2,097,287   Raspadskaya OAO (USD) * #   792,154 
 2,914,831   Severstal OAO (GDR) Reg S   26,524,962 
 25,208,000   United Company RUSAL Plc (HKD) * #   16,920,961 
 3,210,730   Uralkali OJSC (GDR) # Reg S   37,744,501 
         261,536,496 
Media: 0.3%    
 929,042   CTC Media, Inc. (USD)   4,524,435 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 0.5%    
 632,538   OTCPharm PJSC * # §   2,395,338 
 926,728   Pharmstandard (GDR) * Reg S   5,606,704 
         8,002,042 
Real Estate: 0.3%    
 3,243,572   LSR Group (GDR) Reg S   5,059,972 
Software & Services: 4.1%    
 1,014,960   Mail.ru Group Ltd. (GDR) * # Reg S   16,385,699 
 2,638,460   Yandex NV (USD) *   47,386,742 
         63,772,441 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Telecommunication Services: 8.6%    
 1,746,409   MegaFon OAO (GDR) # Reg S  $23,798,981 
 8,076,887   Mobile TeleSystems OJSC (ADR)   57,992,049 
 2,432,388   Rostelecom OJSC (ADR) #   21,997,676 
 2,877,990   Sistema JSFC (GDR) # Reg S   15,096,983 
 3,201,756   VimpelCom Ltd. (ADR)   13,367,331 
         132,253,020 
Transportation: 0.7%    
 664,826   Global Ports Investments Plc (GDR) Reg S   1,632,148 
 1,717,676   Globaltrans Investment Plc (GDR) # Reg S   8,628,227 
         10,260,375 
Utilities: 2.5%    
 167,117,304   E.ON Russia JSC (USD) * #   6,273,416 
 4,223,653,094   Federal Grid Co. Unified Energy System
JSC (USD) * #
   3,163,516 
 533,782,912   IDGC Holding JSC (USD) * #   3,559,798 
 40,775,431,515   Inter Rao Ues OAO (USD) *   4,811,501 
 7,410,870   Irkutsk Electronetwork Co.
JSC (USD) * # §
   62,180 
 98,744,807   Mosenergo OAO (USD) *   1,053,311 
 21,119,528   RusHydro OAO (ADR)   19,683,400 
         38,607,122 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $2,310,591,478)
 1,443,449,152 
PREFERRED STOCKS: 7.0%    
Banks: 0.6%    
 15,740,608   Sberbank of Russia (USD) * #   9,608,618 
Energy: 6.4%    
 25,738   AK Transneft OAO (USD) * #   53,555,963 
 93,158,802   Surgutneftegas OJSC (USD) * #   44,879,812 
         98,435,775 
Total Preferred Stocks
(Cost: $138,614,998)
 108,044,393 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.4%
(Cost: $5,365,785)
   
 5,365,785   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   5,365,785 
Total Investments: 101.0%
(Cost: $2,454,572,261)
 1,556,859,330 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (1.0)%  (14,914,591)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $1,541,944,739 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

67

RUSSIA ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
GBP British Pound
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
HKD Hong Kong Dollar
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $1,169,275,562 which represents 75.8% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $2,457,518 which represents 0.2% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

Summary of Investments
by Sector (unaudited)
  % of Investments    Value 
Consumer Discretionary   0.3%    $4,524,435 
Consumer Staples   11.1      173,065,603 
Energy   43.1      671,747,656 
Financials   12.1      187,724,355 
Health Care   0.5      8,002,042 
Industrials   0.7      10,260,375 
Information Technology  4.1      63,772,441 
Materials   16.8      261,536,496 
Telecommunication Services  8.5      132,253,020 
Utilities   2.5      38,607,122 
Money Market Fund  0.3      5,365,785 
    100.0%    $1,556,859,330 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Banks  $   $173,055,765     $   $173,055,765 
Energy   20,345,987    552,965,894          573,311,881 
Food & Staples Retailing   156,713,499    16,352,104          173,065,603 
Materials   44,040,904    217,495,592          261,536,496 
Media   4,524,435              4,524,435 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   5,606,704    2,395,338          8,002,042 
Real Estate   5,059,972              5,059,972 
Software & Services   47,386,742    16,385,699          63,772,441 
Telecommunication Services   71,359,380    60,893,640          132,253,020 
Transportation   1,632,148    8,628,227          10,260,375 
Utilities   25,548,212    12,996,730      62,180    38,607,122 
Preferred Stocks*       108,044,393          108,044,393 
Money Market Fund   5,365,785              5,365,785 
Total  $387,583,768   $1,169,213,382     $62,180   $1,556,859,330 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and industry sector breakouts.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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The following table reconciles the valuation of the Fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

 Common  
 Stocks  
 Utilities  
Balance as of December 31, 2013  $109,932   
Realized gain (loss)      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (47,752)  
Purchases      
Sales      
Transfers in and/or out of level 3      
Balance as of December 31, 2014  $62,180   

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $125,186,496 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $41,816,260. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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RUSSIA SMALL-CAP ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
         Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 91.4%     
Banks: 2.1%     
 352,864   TCS Group Holding Plc (GDR) # Reg S  $1,115,462 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 8.8%     
 1,474,043   PIK Group (GDR) Reg S   4,716,938 
Diversified Financials: 2.3%     
 259,486   Vostok Nafta Investment Ltd (SEK) * #   1,247,659 
Energy: 9.7%     
 173,505   CAT Oil AG (EUR) #   3,067,274 
 503,348   Exillon Energy Plc (GBP) * #   1,158,893 
 426,527   OAO TMK (GDR) # Reg S   1,004,138 
         5,230,305 
Food & Staples Retailing: 4.0%     
 489,628   O’Key Group SA (GDR) Reg S   2,149,467 
Materials: 11.9%     
 56,197   Acron JSC (USD) * #   1,673,227 
 789,066   Highland Gold Mining Ltd. (GBP) #   384,855 
 11,302,000   IRC Ltd. (HKD) * #   752,626 
 967,980   Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (GDR) # Reg S   2,328,311 
 1,190,325   Mechel OAO (ADR) *   814,063 
 1,096,784   Raspadskaya OAO (USD) * #   414,260 
         6,367,342 
Media: 9.9%     
 485,892   CTC Media, Inc. (USD)   2,366,294 
 1,184,552   ITE Group Plc (GBP) #   2,948,791 
         5,315,085 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology: 6.7%     
 175,600   OTCPharm PJSC * # §   664,974 
 483,312   Pharmstandard (GDR) * Reg S   2,924,038 
         3,589,012 
Real Estate: 10.2%     
 809,754   Etalon Group Ltd. (GDR) # Reg S   1,583,222 
 1,696,264   LSR Group (GDR) Reg S   2,646,172 
 1,643,546   Raven Russia Ltd. (GBP) *   1,217,282 
         5,446,676 
Number
of Shares
          Value 
           
Software & Services: 4.1%     
 107,930   Qiwi Plc (ADR)  $2,179,107 
Transportation: 8.7%     
 4,715,583   Aeroflot—Russian Airlines OJSC
(USD) * #
   2,451,726 
 444,241   Globaltrans Investment Plc
(GDR) # Reg S
   2,231,511 
         4,683,237 
Utilities: 13.0%     
 2,209,031,200   Federal Grid Co. Unified Energy
System JSC (USD) * #
   1,654,564 
 279,154,200   IDGC Holding JSC (USD) * #   1,861,679 
 18,624,260,000   Inter Rao Ues OAO (USD) *   2,197,663 
 51,664,800   Mosenergo OAO (USD) *   551,108 
 258,386,600   OGK-2 OAO (USD) * #   683,949 
         6,948,963 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $79,582,617)
   48,989,253 
PREFERRED STOCK: 9.4%
(Cost: $5,039,027)
     
Energy: 9.4%     
 2,409   AK Transneft OAO (USD) * #   5,012,678 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.6%
(Cost: $334,160)
     
 334,160   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   334,160 
Total Investments: 101.4%
(Cost: $84,955,804)
   54,336,091 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (1.4)%   (762,802)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $53,573,289 

 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
EUR Euro
GBP British Pound
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
HKD Hong Kong Dollar
SEK Swedish Krona
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $32,239,799 which represents 60.2% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $664,974 which represents 1.2% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Summary of Investments
by Sector (unaudited)
   % of Investments            Value 
Consumer Discretionary   18.5%    $10,032,023 
Consumer Staples   4.0      2,149,467 
Energy   18.8      10,242,983 
Financials   14.4      7,809,797 
Health Care   6.6      3,589,012 
Industrials   8.6      4,683,237 
Information Technology   4.0      2,179,107 
Materials   11.7      6,367,342 
Utilities   12.8      6,948,963 
Money Market Fund   0.6      334,160 
    100.0%    $54,336,091 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks                      
Banks  $   $1,115,462     $   $1,115,462 
Consumer Durables & Apparel   4,716,938              4,716,938 
Diversified Financials       1,247,659          1,247,659 
Energy       5,230,305          5,230,305 
Food & Staples Retailing   2,149,467              2,149,467 
Materials   814,063    5,553,279          6,367,342 
Media   2,366,294    2,948,791          5,315,085 
Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology   2,924,038    664,974          3,589,012 
Real Estate   3,863,454    1,583,222          5,446,676 
Software & Services   2,179,107              2,179,107 
Transportation       4,683,237          4,683,237 
Utilities   2,748,771    4,200,192          6,948,963 
Preferred Stock                      
Energy       5,012,678          5,012,678 
Money Market Fund   334,160              334,160 
Total  $22,096,292   $32,239,799     $   $54,336,091 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $8,598,829 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $1,958,357. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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VIETNAM ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 99.6%     
Automobiles & Components: 0.8%     
 1,420,920   Danang Rubber JSC #  $3,733,786 
Banks: 16.2%     
 23,445,078   Bank for Foreign Trade of Vietnam JSC   34,968,930 
 35,887,071   Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial JSB *   30,203,029 
 27,555,300   Saigon-Hanoi Commercial Joint Stock Bank   10,435,906 
         75,607,865 
Capital Goods: 11.2%     
 8,953,340   Becamex Infrastructure Development JSC #   5,686,750 
 14,767,890   Gamuda Bhd (MYR) #   21,198,686 
 36,888,671   Tan Tao Investment Industry Corp. ‡ * #   13,732,325 
 19,917,997   Viet Nam Construction & Import-Export JSC   11,827,402 
         52,445,163 
Consumer Durables & Apparel: 4.7%     
 607,557   Hansae Co Ltd. (KRW) #   21,857,287 
Consumer Services: 3.7%     
 28,337,948   Donaco International Ltd. (AUD) ‡ * † #   17,502,554 
Diversified Financials: 6.9%     
 17,196,424   HAGL JSC *   17,769,303 
 15,861,046   Ocean Group JSC ‡ * #   5,247,645 
 7,151,760   Saigon Securities, Inc. #   9,183,894 
         32,200,842 
Energy: 18.1%     
 68   PetroVietnam Construction Co. *   15 
 3,769,561   PetroVietnam Drilling & Well Services JSC #   11,358,393 
 14,585,850   PetroVietnam Technical Services Corp.   18,345,266 
 15,117,995   Petrovietnam Transportation Corp. ‡ * #   9,849,715 
 7,798,518   Premier Oil Plc (GBP) #   20,178,888 
 5,304,218   Soco International Plc (GBP) #   24,772,569 
         84,504,846 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco: 12.4%     
 25,156,700   Charoen Pokphand Foods (NVDR) (THB) #   20,703,936 
 9,570,210   Masan Group Corp. * #   37,215,396 
         57,919,332 
Insurance: 3.7%     
 11,638,506   Bao Viet Holdings   17,413,545 
Materials: 4.7%     
 15,360,310   PetroVietnam Fertilizer & Chemical JSC   22,120,283 
Real Estate: 9.7%     
 17,137,360   FLC Group JSC ‡ * #   8,672,590 
 16,505,889   Vingroup JSC #   36,705,575 
         45,378,165 
Retailing: 4.8%     
 31,627,636   Parkson Holdings Bhd (MYR) * #   22,656,495 
Transportation: 0.0%     
 6   Gemadept Corp. ‡   8 
Utilities: 2.7%     
 10,388,710   Pha Lai Thermal Power JSC #   12,844,489 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $458,125,390)
   466,184,660 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
WARRANTS: 0.0%
(Cost: $0)
     
Consumer Services: 0.0%     
 32   Minor International PCL Warrants (THB 40.00, expiring 11/03/17) *  $5 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.7%
(Cost: $3,236,293)
     
 3,236,293   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   3,236,293 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.3%     
(Cost: $461,361,684)   469,420,958 
           
Principal
Amount
         
          
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS
COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 0.8%
     
Repurchase Agreements: 0.8%     
$1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,004; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $1,020,000 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
 1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,006; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at   $1,020,001 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
 1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,004; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $1,020,000 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
 737,824   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with RBC Capital Markets, LLC, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $737,827; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 5.00%, due 5/1/15 to 12/20/44, valued at $752,580 including accrued interest)   737,824 
Total Short-term Investments Held as
Collateral for Securities Loaned
     
(Cost: $3,737,824)   3,737,824 
Total Investments: 101.1%
(Cost: $465,099,508)
   473,158,782 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (1.1)%   (4,926,102)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $468,232,680 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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AUD Australian Dollar
GBP British Pound
KRW Korean Won
MYR Malaysian Ringgit
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
THB Thai Baht
Affiliated issuer — as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $3,551,413.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $303,100,973 which represents 64.7% of net assets.

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in securities of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014 is set forth below:

 

Affiliates   Value as of
December 31,
2013
    Purchases    Sales
Proceeds
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
    Dividend
Income
   Value as of
December 31,
2014
Donaco International Ltd.   $    $21,931,744    $527,471    $(98,631)   $     $17,502,554 
FLC Group JSC         16,505,939     5,770,636     (1,031,216)          8,672,590 
Gemadept Corp. (b)    10,459,857     3,319,142     14,178,595     4,202,427            
Ocean Group JSC    10,852,929     4,398,489     7,170,723     (1,122,357)          5,247,645 
Petrovietnam Technical Services Corp. (b)    24,530,379     12,040,909     30,593,342     10,314,234     1,246,133       
Petrovietnam Transportation Corp. (a)         17,483,339     5,040,767     (1,834,426)          9,849,715 
Tan Tao Investment Industry Corp.    13,675,711     6,780,936     9,694,840     626,942           13,732,325 
    $59,518,876    $82,460,498    $72,976,374    $11,056,973    $1,246,133     $55,004,829 

 

(a) Not an affiliate at the beginning of the reporting period
(b) Not an affiliate at the end of the reporting period

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)
   % of Investments  Value 
Consumer Discretionary     14.0%  $65,750,127 
Consumer Staples     12.3    57,919,332 
Energy     18.0    84,504,846 
Financials     36.4    170,600,417 
Industrials     11.2    52,445,171 
Materials     4.7    22,120,283 
Utilities     2.7    12,844,489 
Money Market Fund     0.7    3,236,293 
      100.0%  $469,420,958 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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VIETNAM ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
  Value 
Common Stocks                      
Automobiles & Components  $   $3,733,786     $   $3,733,786 
Banks   75,607,865              75,607,865 
Capital Goods   11,827,402    40,617,761          52,445,163 
Consumer Durables & Apparel       21,857,287          21,857,287 
Consumer Services       17,502,554          17,502,554 
Diversified Financials   17,769,303    14,431,539          32,200,842 
Energy   18,345,281    66,159,565          84,504,846 
Food, Beverage & Tobacco       57,919,332          57,919,332 
Insurance   17,413,545              17,413,545 
Materials   22,120,283              22,120,283 
Real Estate       45,378,165          45,378,165 
Retailing       22,656,495          22,656,495 
Transportation   8              8 
Utilities       12,844,489          12,844,489 
Warrants                      
Consumer Services   5              5 
Money Market Fund   3,236,293              3,236,293 
Repurchase Agreements       3,737,824          3,737,824 
Total  $166,319,985   $306,838,797     $   $473,158,782 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $5,227,574 and transfers from Level 2 to Level 1 were $134,113,722. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014

 

            ChinaAMC
   Africa  Brazil  ChinaAMC  SME-ChiNext
   Index ETF  Small-Cap ETF  A-Share ETF  ETF
Assets:                            
Investments, at value (1) (2)    $95,945,118     $105,560,395     $91,093,971     $20,905,177 
Short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned (3)     2,617,525      652,906             
Cash                 1,739,976(b)      
Cash denominated in foreign currency, at value (4)           369,244      1,028,795(c)     521,635(d)
Receivables:                            
Investment securities sold     644,102                  811,329 
Shares sold           10,172            1,415,669 
Due from Adviser                       5,675 
Dividends and interest     13,892      321,684             
Swap contracts, at value                 722,776       
Prepaid expenses     1,864      2,740      449       
Total assets     99,222,501      106,917,141      94,585,967      23,659,485 
                             
Liabilities:                            
Payables:                            
Investment securities purchased     118,631                  598,110 
Collateral for securities loaned     2,617,525      652,906             
Line of credit                        
Shares redeemed     545,220                   
Due to Adviser     59,221      162,009      27,612       
Due to custodian     11,549      1,899,441            1,581,777 
Deferred Trustee fees     7,102      28,393      2,181      18 
Accrued expenses     218,004      163,469      141,708      28,199 
Total liabilities     3,577,252      2,906,218      171,501      2,208,104 
NET ASSETS    $95,645,249     $104,010,923     $94,414,466     $21,451,381 
Shares outstanding     3,650,000      4,900,000      2,050,000      750,000 
Net asset value, redemption and offering price per share    $26.20     $21.23     $46.06     $28.60 
                             
Net assets consist of:                            
Aggregate paid in capital     124,507,978     $258,898,153     $73,393,274     $21,244,868 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (2,295,754)     (36,447,601)     22,711,927      218,194 
Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)     (1,270,540)     (174,576)     (806,036)     (4,541)
Accumulated net realized loss     (25,296,435)     (118,265,053)     (884,699)     (7,140)
     $95,645,249     $104,010,923     $94,414,466     $21,451,381 
(1)     Value of securities on loan    $2,508,120     $581,842     $     $ 
(2)     Cost of investments    $98,241,358     $142,002,653     $69,106,811     $20,687,424 
(3)     Cost of short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned    $2,617,525     $652,906     $     $ 
(4)     Cost of cash denominated in foreign currency    $     $369,244     $1,026,719     $521,134 
 
(a) Represents consolidated Statement of Assets and Liabilities.
(b) Includes $600,000 of segregated cash collateral for swap contracts.
(c) Includes $12,673 of foreign investor minimum settlement reserve funds.
(d) Includes $4,696 of foreign investor minimum settlement reserve funds.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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      India            
Egypt  Gulf States  Small-Cap  Indonesia  Indonesia      
Index ETF  Index ETF  Index ETF(a)  Index ETF  Small-Cap ETF  Israel ETF  Poland ETF
                                        
  $49,352,927     $18,736,205     $272,599,105     $184,560,835     $7,476,821     $44,386,155     $18,878,429 
   279,113                  1,955,586                  331,154 
         103,823            25,150                   
   5,098,972      426      7,130,211      186,930      99,241      6,061      8,352 
                                               
   649,445      702      449,870                  3,706       
   117,729            6,483,801                         
         24,325                  14,781            3,214 
   130,696      287      11,596      449,268      1,053      21,368      75,581 
                                        
   1,056      449      7,490      3,791      99      634      448 
   55,629,938      18,866,217      286,682,073      187,181,560      7,591,995      44,417,924      19,297,178 
                                               
   2,421      700      7,098,636                  6,997       
   279,113                  1,955,586                  331,154 
   5,639,017                  167,663                   
                                        
   24,637            39,190      64,427            3,678       
   79,951            6,317,125            24,296      28,100      1,238 
   3,083      1,150      6,278      22,816      333      1,250      2,185 
   140,933      144,944      475,699      139,992      25,949      43,103      76,883 
   6,169,155      146,794      13,936,928      2,350,484      50,578      83,128      411,460 
  $49,460,783     $18,719,423     $272,745,145     $184,831,076     $7,541,417     $44,334,796     $18,885,718 
   824,974      700,000      6,124,967      7,600,000      550,000      1,500,000      1,050,000 
  $59.95     $26.74     $44.53     $24.32     $13.71     $29.56     $17.99 
                                               
  $59,325,569     $21,952,281     $295,191,326     $300,606,138     $10,289,259     $42,815,073     $36,917,199 
   9,385,290      3,779,180      51,563,608      (38,481,800)     (783,966)     1,713,305      (5,700,776)
   (1,359,505)     (90,503)     (1,282,382)     220,179      (282,851)     (42,419)     (5,835)
   (17,890,571)     (6,921,535)     (72,727,407)     (77,513,441)     (1,681,025)     (151,163)     (12,324,870)
  $49,460,783     $18,719,423     $272,745,145     $184,831,076     $7,541,417     $44,334,796     $18,885,718 
  $259,430     $     $     $1,816,926     $     $     $310,225 
  $39,969,876     $14,957,026     $221,036,039     $222,940,580     $8,260,597     $42,672,954     $24,572,026 
  $279,113     $     $     $1,955,586     $     $     $331,154 
  $5,096,732     $426     $7,101,116     $187,483     $99,437     $6,038     $8,406 

 

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014 (continued)

 

      Russia   
   Russia ETF  Small-Cap ETF  Vietnam ETF
Assets:                     
Investments, at value (1)                     
Unaffiliated issuers (2)    $1,556,859,330     $54,336,091     $414,416,129 
Affiliated issuers (3)                 55,004,829 
Short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned (4)                 3,737,824 
Cash denominated in foreign currency, at value (5)           446,331      1,641,050 
Receivables:                     
Investment securities sold     4,215,010      1,885       
Shares sold                 2,312,174 
Due from Adviser           33,584       
Dividends     19,774,404      159,567      460,356 
Prepaid expenses     23,346      720      7,662 
Total assets     1,580,872,090      54,978,178      477,580,024 
                      
Liabilities:                     
Payables:                     
Investment securities purchased     4,024,657      498,701      1,869,121 
Collateral for securities loaned                 3,737,824 
Line of credit     24,672,223             
Shares redeemed     1,174,065             
Due to Adviser     694,387            210,175 
Due to custodian     5,350,412      752,082      3,149,885 
Distribution to shareholders     2,358,650             
Deferred Trustee fees     105,755      1,282      24,839 
Accrued expenses     547,202      152,824      355,500 
Total liabilities     38,927,351      1,404,889      9,347,344 
NET ASSETS    $1,541,944,739     $53,573,289     $468,232,680 
Shares outstanding     101,650,000      2,733,318      24,850,000 
Net asset value, redemption and offering price per share    $15.17     $19.60     $18.84 
                      
Net assets consist of:                     
Aggregate paid in capital    $3,721,815,080     $93,763,008     $593,338,639 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (897,797,558)     (30,629,375)     8,059,187 
Accumulated net investment loss     (1,201,149)     (93,957)     (1,681,475)
Accumulated net realized loss     (1,280,871,634)     (9,466,387)     (131,483,671)
     $1,541,944,739     $53,573,289     $468,232,680 
(1)     Value of securities on loan    $     $     $3,551,413 
(2)     Cost of investments – Unaffiliated issuers    $2,454,572,261     $84,955,804     $402,435,073 
(3)     Cost of investments – Affiliated issuers    $     $     $58,926,611 
(4)     Cost of short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned    $     $     $3,737,824 
(5)     Cost of cash denominated in foreign currency    $     $448,965     $1,641,050 

 

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended December 31, 2014

 

            ChinaAMC
   Africa  Brazil  ChinaAMC  SME-ChiNext
   Index ETF  Small-Cap ETF  A-Share ETF  ETF (a)
Income:                            
Dividends    $3,536,701     $5,362,392     $648,541     $2,330 
Interest                        
Securities lending income     28,402      86,073             
Foreign taxes withheld     (302,754)     (116,093)     (67,845)     (177)
Total income     3,262,349      5,332,372      580,696      2,153 
                             
Expenses:                            
Management fees     583,543      744,424      168,190      24,879 
Professional fees     77,765      54,980      174,753      26,100 
Insurance     2,049      4,565      632       
Trustees’ fees and expenses     8,602      8,086      4,176      151 
Reports to shareholders     18,000      17,876      18,000      4,500 
Indicative optimized portfolio value fee     17,933      15,000      18,245      2,385 
Custodian fees     165,397      87,923      117,751      8,610 
Registration fees     13,023      5,000      5,000      2,205 
Transfer agent fees     2,400      2,400      2,400      1,200 
Fund accounting fees     15,381      10,239      35,843      3,821 
Interest     23,464      14,798      969       
Other     9,489      16,149      24,230      443 
Total expenses     937,046      981,440      570,189      74,294 
Waiver of management fees     (3,254)     (88,222)     (168,190)     (24,879)
Expenses assumed by the Adviser                 (158,834)     (10,605)
Net expenses     933,792      893,218      243,165      38,810 
Net investment income (loss)     2,328,557      4,439,154      337,531      (36,657)
                             
Net realized gain (loss) on:                            
Investments     (4,404,365)     (37,907,787)     (884,735)(c)     (7,140)
In-kind redemptions     1,294,098      (3,771,027)            
Swap contracts                 (2,551,644)      
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (168,425)     (60,156)     (141,775)     1,844 
Net realized gain (loss)     (3,278,692)     (41,738,970)     (3,578,154)     (5,296)
                             
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:                            
Investments     (14,521,328)     (1,201,976)     21,987,076      217,695 
Swap contracts                 2,441,097       
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (15,938 )     (1,810 )     2,075       499  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (14,537,266)     (1,203,786)     24,430,248      218,194 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $(15,487,401)    $(38,503,602)    $21,189,625     $176,241 

 

 
(a) Commencement of operations for ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF was July 23, 2014.
(b) Represents consolidated Statement of Operations.
(c) Net of foreign taxes of $35,308.

 

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      India            
Egypt Index  Gulf States  Small-Cap  Indonesia  Indonesia      
ETF  Index ETF  Index ETF (b)  Index ETF  Small-Cap ETF  Israel ETF  Poland ETF
                                        
  $1,119,692     $971,748     $4,421,883     $6,355,563     $112,775     $890,884     $1,029,524 
         20,758                               
   10,444      644            19,212                  84,406 
   (17,075)     (23,355)     (356)     (1,105,307)     (17,666)     (166,468)     (155,576)
   1,113,061      969,795      4,421,527      5,269,468      95,109      724,416      958,354 
                                               
   348,176      127,811      1,295,270      1,109,358      35,498      222,752      136,467 
   67,474      79,500      141,165      68,532      62,479      52,535      60,236 
   983      445      13,404      6,239      166      502      518 
   5,565      2,457      55,197      12,157      2,591      4,441      4,091 
   10,000      8,500      36,666      25,500      8,000      14,500      5,000 
   15,000      12,090      20,162      20,162      17,183      19,660      15,000 
   173,696      279,070      469,704      153,314      21,432      200      32,348 
   5,297      5,112      8,647      25,000      5,308      6,156      5,000 
   1,655      2,400      5,031      2,400      2,400      1,800      2,400 
   7,580      6,412      63,932      18,198      5,560      10,525      4,309 
   34,907      2,609      101,274      15,149      115      2,844      896 
   3,538      2,085      169,473      12,446      2,620      3,472      3,008 
   673,871      528,491      2,379,925      1,468,455      163,352      339,387      269,273 
         (127,811)     (76,691)     (188,638)     (35,498)     (73,696)     (104,617)
         (147,560)                 (84,432)            
   673,871      253,120      2,303,234      1,279,817      43,422      265,691      164,656 
   439,190      716,675      2,118,293      3,989,651      51,687      458,725      793,698 
                                               
   334,214      208,652      3,533,340      (19,062,177)     14,502      (41,902)     (1,141,923)
   920,210      3,099      873,004      (1,216,754)           836,661      615,753 
                                        
   (229,953)     (49,017)     (734,778)     (62,752)     (6,124)     (20,410)     (17,500)
   1,024,471      162,734      3,671,566      (20,341,683)     8,378      774,349      (543,670)
                                               
   2,321,491      (822,717)     51,511,541      46,883,605      1,123,255      (1,383,857)     (4,285,435)
                                        
   11,319            (6,893)     (6,038)     (221)     (686)     (7,933)
   2,332,810      (822,717)     51,504,648      46,877,567      1,123,034      (1,384,543)     (4,293,368)
  $3,796,471     $56,692     $57,294,507     $30,525,535     $1,183,099     $(151,469)    $(4,043,340)

 

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Period Ended December 31, 2014

(continued)

 

      Russia   
   Russia ETF  Small-Cap ETF  Vietnam ETF
Income:                     
Dividends – unaffiliated issuers    $79,870,848     $1,722,566     $14,432,970 
Dividends – affiliated issuers                 1,246,133 
Securities lending income     177,615      4,620      12,239 
Foreign taxes withheld     (11,990,622)     (218,342)     (97,930)
Total income     68,057,841      1,508,844      15,593,412 
                      
Expenses:                     
Management fees     7,512,360      243,127      2,617,154 
Professional fees     171,076      81,662      86,506 
Insurance     27,043      629      9,068 
Trustees’ fees and expenses     61,739      4,040      36,965 
Reports to shareholders     100,000      15,100      57,500 
Indicative optimized portfolio value fee     15,000      17,516      17,445 
Custodian fees     1,037,159      81,266      495,311 
Registration fees     12,500      5,396      24,218 
Transfer agent fees     1,500      2,400      2,400 
Fund accounting fees     81,110      5,526      32,055 
Interest     82,294      6,608      65,685 
Other     106,117      1,567      13,696 
Total expenses     9,207,898      464,837      3,458,003 
Waiver of management fees           (132,440)      
Net expenses     9,207,898      332,397      3,458,003 
Net investment income     58,849,943      1,176,447      12,135,409 
                      
Net realized gain (loss) on:                     
Investments – unaffiliated issuers     (252,540,164)     (5,777,786)     15,822,249(a)
Investments – affiliated issuers                 11,056,973 
In-kind redemptions     (5,574,687)           4,334,704 
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (215,007)     (20,599)     (1,350,348)
Net realized gain (loss)     (258,329,858)     (5,798,385)     29,863,578 
                      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:                     
Investments     (712,328,645)     (30,658,347)     (37,226,379)
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (84,636)     (9,645)     (249)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (712,413,281)     (30,667,992)     (37,226,628)
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $(911,893,196)    $(35,289,930)    $4,772,359 

 

 
(a) Net of foreign taxes of $363,645.

 

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

                   
   Africa Index ETF  Brazil Small-Cap ETF  
                   
   For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  
   Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  
   December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
   2014  2013  2014  2013  
Operations:                      
Net investment income (loss)  $2,328,557   $2,310,338   $4,439,154   $3,949,604   
Net realized gain (loss)   (3,278,692)   (6,053,242)   (41,738,970)   (50,324,581)  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (14,537,266)   6,332,017    (1,203,786)   (70,781,897)  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (15,487,401)   2,589,113    (38,503,602)   (117,156,874)  
                       
Dividends to shareholders:                      
Dividends from net investment income   (2,800,900)   (2,901,500)   (4,460,000)   (3,697,200)  
                       
Share transactions:**                      
Proceeds from sale of shares   19,098,796    38,152,839    25,922,376    14,808,325   
Cost of shares redeemed   (13,409,985)   (14,222,535)   (75,838,574)   (249,879,083)  
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions   5,688,811    23,930,304    (49,916,198)   (235,070,758)  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (12,599,490)   23,617,917    (92,879,800)   (355,924,832)  
Net Assets, beginning of period   108,244,739    84,626,822    196,890,723    552,815,555   
Net Assets, end of period†  $95,645,249   $108,244,739   $104,010,923   $196,890,723   
† Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)  $(1,270,540)  $(722,132)  $(174,576)  $(232,821)  
                       
** Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                      
Shares sold   600,000    1,250,000    900,000    350,000   
Shares redeemed   (450,000)   (500,000)   (2,650,000)   (6,800,000)  
Net increase (decrease)   150,000    750,000    (1,750,000)   (6,450,000)  

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 4 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

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              ChinaAMC                
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF  SME-ChiNext ETF  Egypt Index ETF (b)  
          For the Period                
For the Year  For the Year  July 23, 2014 (a)  For the Year  For the Year  
Ended  Ended  through  Ended  Ended  
December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
2014  2013  2014  2014  2013  
                                   
  $337,531     $(253,464)    $(36,657)    $439,190     $933,380   
   (3,578,154)     2,308,584      (5,296)     1,024,471      (3,263,344)  
   24,430,248      (4,880,324)     218,194      2,332,810      8,796,487   
   21,189,625      (2,825,204)     176,241      3,796,471      6,466,523   
                                   
         (663,100)           (2,275,278)     (912,597)  
                                   
   57,197,980      12,487,315      21,275,140      45,920,660      30,972,177   
   (13,316,976)     (12,823,852)           (46,552,491)     (24,279,902)  
   43,881,004      (336,537)     21,275,140      (631,831)     6,692,275   
   65,070,629      (3,824,841)     21,451,381      889,362      12,246,201   
   29,343,837      33,168,678            48,571,421      36,325,220   
  $94,414,466     $29,343,837     $21,451,381     $49,460,783     $48,571,421   
  $(806,036)    $1,435,348     $(4,541)    $(1,359,505)    $(88,762)  
                                   
   1,550,000      350,000      750,000      650,000      662,500   
   (450,000)     (400,000)           (700,000)     (500,026)  
   1,100,000      (50,000)     750,000      (50,000)     162,474   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

(continued)

                   
   Gulf States Index ETF  India Small-Cap Index ETF (b)(c)  
               
   For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  
   Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  
   December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
   2014  2013  2014  2013  
Operations:                      
Net investment income  $716,675   $301,011   $2,118,293   $752,069   
Net realized gain (loss)   162,734    59,482    3,671,566    (40,976,919)  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (822,717)   3,418,790    51,504,648    289,326   
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   56,692    3,779,283    57,294,507    (39,935,524)  
                       
Dividends and Distributions to shareholders:                      
Dividends from net investment income   (725,200)   (330,000)   (2,599,111)   (489,970)  
Distributions from net realized capital gains                  
Total Dividends and Distributions   (725,200)   (330,000)   (2,599,111)   (489,970)  
                       
Share transactions:**                      
Proceeds from sale of shares   16,014,980    2,524,105    281,663,440    76,125,451   
Cost of shares redeemed   (12,878,309)       (173,965,590)   (19,347,066)  
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions   3,136,671    2,524,105    107,697,850    56,778,385   
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   2,468,163    5,973,388    162,393,246    16,352,891   
Net Assets, beginning of period   16,251,260    10,277,872    110,351,899    93,999,008   
Net Assets, end of period†  $18,719,423   $16,251,260   $272,745,145   $110,351,899   
† Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)  $(90,503)  $(57,494)  $(1,282,382)  $(130,480)  
                       
** Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                      
Shares sold   500,000    100,000    6,450,000    2,037,500   
Shares redeemed   (400,000)       (3,850,000)   (637,533)  
Net increase (decrease)   100,000    100,000    2,600,000    1,399,967   

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Represents consolidated Statement of Changes in Net Assets.
(c) Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 4 reverse share split which took place July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Indonesia Index ETF  Indonesia Small-Cap ETF  Israel ETF  
                         For the Period  
For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  June 25, 2013 (a)  
Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  through  
December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
2014  2013  2014  2013  2014  2013  
     
  $3,989,651     $6,667,638     $51,687     $29,047     $458,725     $103,655   
   (20,341,683)     (22,840,311)     8,378      (1,062,439)     774,349      930,708   
   46,877,567      (57,594,462)     1,123,034      (1,211,823)     (1,384,543)     3,097,848   
   30,525,535      (73,767,135)     1,183,099      (2,245,215)     (151,469)     4,132,211   
                                          
   (3,822,800)     (6,354,300)     (330,000)     (41,400)     (449,600)     (163,000)  
                           (739,200)        
   (3,822,800)     (6,354,300)     (330,000)     (41,400)     (1,188,800)     (163,000)  
                                          
   88,798,696      79,387,801      1,430,451      7,914,461      20,140,403      31,311,472   
   (114,288,780)     (220,743,389)           (2,577,927)     (4,501,621)     (5,244,400)  
   (25,490,084)     (141,355,588)     1,430,451      5,336,534      15,638,782      26,067,072   
   1,212,651      (221,477,023)     2,283,550      3,049,919      14,298,513      30,036,283   
   183,618,425      405,095,448      5,257,867      2,207,948      30,036,283         
  $184,831,076     $183,618,425     $7,541,417     $5,257,867     $44,334,796     $30,036,283   
  $220,179     $90,941     $(282,851)    $(3,729)    $(42,419)    $(56,146)  
                                          
   3,500,000      2,650,000      100,000      450,000      650,000      1,200,000   
   (4,650,000)     (8,050,000)           (150,000)     (150,000)     (200,000)  
   (1,150,000)     (5,400,000)     100,000      300,000      500,000      1,000,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

(continued)

 

   Poland ETF  Russia ETF  
   For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  
   Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  
   December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
   2014  2013  2014  2013  
Operations:                      
Net investment income  $793,698   $953,068   $58,849,943   $32,713,981   
Net realized gain (loss)   (543,670)   (2,324,915)   (258,329,858)   (96,307,756)  
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (4,293,368)   2,353,584    (712,413,281)   (7,548,735)  
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations   (4,043,340)   981,737    (911,893,196)   (71,142,510)  
                       
Dividends to shareholders:                      
Dividends from net investment income   (795,000)   (972,400)   (62,617,750)   (30,496,200)  
Return of capital                  
Total Dividends and Distributions   (795,000)   (972,400)   (62,617,750)   (30,496,200)  
                       
Share transactions:**                      
Proceeds from sale of shares   3,211,851    3,557,625    1,844,214,533    1,087,492,071   
Cost of shares redeemed   (10,001,503)   (5,319,246)   (515,479,048)   (1,432,363,085)  
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions   (6,789,652)   (1,761,621)   1,328,735,485    (344,871,014)  
Total increase (decrease) in net assets   (11,627,992)   (1,752,284)   354,224,539    (446,509,724)  
Net Assets, beginning of year   30,513,710    32,265,994    1,187,720,200    1,634,229,924   
Net Assets, end of year†  $18,885,718   $30,513,710   $1,541,944,739   $1,187,720,200   
† Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)  $(5,835)  $12,968   $(1,201,149)  $2,241,789   
                       
** Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                      
Shares sold   150,000    150,000    82,850,000    39,700,000   
Shares redeemed   (450,000)   (250,000)   (22,600,000)   (53,450,000)  
Net increase (decrease)   (300,000)   (100,000)   60,250,000    (13,750,000)  
                       
(a) Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 3 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

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Russia Small-Cap ETF(a)  Vietnam ETF  
For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  For the Year  
Ended  Ended  Ended  Ended  
December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  December 31,  
2014  2013  2014  2013  
      
  $1,176,447     $82,027     $12,135,409     $11,616,560   
   (5,798,385)     (1,537,346)     29,863,578      (34,499,100)  
   (30,667,992)     899,920      (37,226,628)     52,775,977   
   (35,289,930)     (555,399)     4,772,359      29,893,437   
     
   (1,048,827)     (459,982)     (12,186,983)     (12,009,950)  
               (410,017)        
   (1,048,827)     (459,982)     (12,597,000)     (12,009,950)  
     
   73,721,359      13,141,215      205,673,846      163,236,572   
         (4,211,617)     (102,250,794)     (95,157,412)  
   73,721,359      8,929,598      103,423,052      68,079,160   
   37,382,602      7,914,217      95,598,411      85,962,647   
   16,190,687      8,276,470      372,634,269      286,671,622   
  $53,573,289     $16,190,687     $468,232,680     $372,634,269   
  $(93,957)    $(204,208)    $(1,681,475)    $(1,847,165)  
     
   2,350,000      300,000      9,850,000      8,200,000   
         (100,015)     (5,000,000)     (5,000,000)  
   2,350,000      199,985      4,850,000      3,200,000   

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each year:

                                            
     Africa Index ETF    
     For the Year Ended December 31,    
    2014        2013        2012        2011        2010   
Net asset value, beginning of year  $30.93       $30.77       $26.06       $34.68       $28.15   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income   0.64        0.67        1.05        1.00        0.44   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (4.61)       0.32        4.72        (8.65)       6.47   
Total from investment operations   (3.97)       0.99        5.77        (7.65)       6.91   
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.76)       (0.83)       (1.06)       (0.97)       (0.38)  
Net asset value, end of year  $26.20       $30.93       $30.77       $26.06       $34.68   
Total return (a)   (12.86)%       3.24%       22.15%       (22.06)%       24.57%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)$95,645     $108,245     $84,627     $63,838     $107,515   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.80%       0.93%       0.91%       1.07%       0.95%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.80%       0.81%       0.80%       0.81%       0.83%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.78%       0.78%       0.78%       0.81%       0.83%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.00%       2.35%       3.63%       2.61%       1.63%  
Portfolio turnover rate   30%       86%       24%       24%       19%
                                            
     Brazil Small-Cap ETF   
     For the Year Ended December 31,   
    2014        2013        2012        2011        2010   
Net asset value, beginning of year  $29.61       $42.20       $36.35       $57.19       $48.39   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income   0.88        0.54        0.62        1.04        0.72   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (8.37)       (12.58)       5.88        (16.75)       11.65   
Total from investment operations   (7.49)       (12.04)       6.50        (15.71)       12.37   
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.89)       (0.55)       (0.62)       (1.12)       (0.78)  
Distributions from net realized capital gains                   (0.03)       (4.01)       (2.79)  
Total dividends and distributions   (0.89)       (0.55)       (0.65)       (5.13)       (3.57)  
Net asset value, end of year  $21.23       $29.61       $42.20       $36.35       $57.19   
Total return (a)   (25.19)%       (28.58)%       17.86%       (27.47)%       25.57%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)$104,011     $196,891     $552,816     $512,575   $1,078,117   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.66%       0.64%       0.64%       0.62%       0.65%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.60%       0.60%       0.60%       0.62%       0.65%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.59%       0.59%       0.59%       0.62%       0.64%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.99%       1.11%       1.42%       1.82%       1.67%  
Portfolio turnover rate   64%       33%       76%       64%       84%  

 

 

 

(a) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the year. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

                                            
     ChinaAMC A-Share ETF  
       For the Period
October 13,
2010(a) through
 
     For the Year Ended December 31,   December 31,  
    2014        2013        2012        2011     2010  
Net asset value, beginning of period  $30.89       $33.17       $30.28       $38.81       $40.75   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income (loss)   0.32(f)       (0.40)       (e)       (0.27)       (0.07)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   14.85        (1.18)       2.89        (8.26)       (0.77)  
Total from investment operations   15.17        (1.58)       2.89        (8.53)       (0.84)  
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income           (0.70)                       (1.08)  
Return of capital                                   (0.02)  
Total dividends           (0.70)                       (1.10)  
Net asset value, end of period  $46.06       $30.89       $33.17       $30.28       $38.81   
Total return (b)   49.11%       (4.74)%       9.54%       (21.98)%       (2.00)%(d)  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)$94,414     $29,344     $33,169     $15,139       $19,404   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   1.69%       1.14%       2.21%       1.71%       1.11%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.72%       0.72%       0.72%       0.72%       0.72%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.72%       0.72%       0.72%       0.72%       0.72%(c)  
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets      1.00 %         (0.70 )%         (0.69 )%         (0.71 )%         (0.70 )%(c)  
Portfolio turnover rate   59%       0%       0%       0%       0%(d)  
                                            
   ChinaAMC
SME-ChiNext ETF
                                    
   For the Period
July 23,
2014 (a) through
December 31,
2014
                                      
Net asset value, beginning of period  $24.68                                       
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment loss   (0.05)                                      
Net realized and unrealized gain on investments   3.97                                       
Total from investment operations   3.92                                       
Net asset value, end of period  $28.60                                       
Total return (b)   15.88%(d)                                      
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $21,451                                       
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   1.48%(c)                                      
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.78%(c)                                      
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.78%(c)                                      
Ratio of net investment loss to average net assets   (0.73)%(c)                                      
Portfolio turnover rate   7%(d)                                      

 

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c) Annualized
(d) Not Annualized
(e) Amount represents less than $0.005 per share
(f) Calculated based upon average shares outstanding.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

                                            
     Egypt Index ETF #  
                                     For the Period
February 16,
2010(a) through
 
     For the Year Ended December 31,       December 31,  
    2014        2013        2012        2011     2010  
Net asset value, beginning of period  $55.51       $51.00       $38.56       $79.20       $82.29   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income   0.53        1.13        3.48        1.40        0.52   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   6.67        4.42        12.68        (40.88)       (2.97)  
Total from investment operations   7.20        5.55        16.16        (39.48)       (2.45)  
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (2.76)       (1.04)       (3.72)       (1.16)       (0.64)  
Net asset value, end of period  $59.95       $55.51       $51.00       $38.56       $79.20   
Total return (b)   12.92%       10.90%       41.94%       (49.84)%       (2.98)%(d)  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)$49,461     $48,571     $36,325     $36,155     $10,887   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.97%       1.18%       1.08%       1.20%       4.14%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.97%       0.98%       0.96%       0.94%       0.94%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.92%       0.94%       0.94%       0.94%       0.94%(c)  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.63%       2.31%       5.29%       2.40%       1.57%(c)  
Portfolio turnover rate   69%       78%       50%       54%       49%(d)  
                                            
     Gulf States Index ETF   
     For the Year Ended December 31,   
    2014        2013        2012        2011        2010   
Net asset value, beginning of year  $27.09       $20.56       $20.10       $23.30       $19.04   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income   1.04        0.51        0.62        0.80        0.21   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.35)       6.57        0.45        (3.20)       4.28   
Total from investment operations   0.69        7.08        1.07        (2.40)       4.49   
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (1.04)       (0.55)       (0.61)       (0.80)       (0.23)  
Net asset value, end of year  $26.74       $27.09       $20.56       $20.10       $23.30   
Total return (b)   2.41%       34.46%       5.30%       (10.30)%       23.57%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)$18,719     $16,251     $10,278     $14,070     $22,132   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   2.07%       2.59%       3.19%       1.94%       2.53%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.99%       0.98%       0.99%       0.98%       0.98%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%       0.98%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets     2.80 %          2.24 %         2.78 %          2.69 %         1.71 %  
Portfolio turnover rate   77%       32%       16%       29%       18%  

 

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c) Annualized
(d) Not Annualized
# On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 4 reverse share split as described in the Notes to Financial Statements (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to give effect to the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

                                            
     India Small-Cap Index ETF *  
                                     For the Period
August 24,
2010(a) through
 
    For the Year Ended December 31,     December 31,  
    2014        2013        2012        2011     2010  
Net asset value, beginning of period  $31.31       $44.24       $35.28       $81.00      $78.80   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income (loss)   0.37        0.25        0.36        0.40        (0.04)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   13.29        (13.04)       8.64        (45.44)       2.24   
Total from investment operations   13.66        (12.79)       9.00        (45.04)       2.20   
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.44)       (0.14)       (0.04)       (0.64)          
Distributions from net realized capital gains                           (0.04)          
Total dividends and distributions   (0.44)       (0.14)       (0.04)       (0.68)          
Net asset value, end of period  $44.53       $31.31       $44.24       $35.28      $81.00   
Total return (b)   43.65%       (28.91)%       25.54%       (55.63)%       2.79%(d)  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)$272,745     $110,352     $93,999     $30,881   $53,658   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.92%       1.39%       1.68%       1.72%       1.46%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.89%       0.93%       0.91%       0.85%       0.85%(c)  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.85%       0.85%       0.85%       0.85%       0.85%(c)  
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average  net assets   0.82%       0.73%       0.28%       0.67%       (0.17)%(c)  
Portfolio turnover rate   120%       77%       65%       76%       29%(d)  
                                            
     Indonesia Index ETF #   
     For the Year Ended December 31,   
    2014        2013        2012        2011        2010   
Net asset value, beginning of year  $20.98       $28.63       $28.48       $28.87      $20.68   
Income from investment operations:                                           
Net investment income   0.53        0.75        0.54        0.15        0.25   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   3.31        (7.68)       0.12        (0.09)       8.21   
Total from investment operations   3.84        (6.93)       0.66        0.06        8.46   
Less:                                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.50)       (0.72)       (0.51)       (0.45)       (0.27)  
Net asset value, end of year  $24.32       $20.98       $28.63       $28.48      $28.87   
Total return (b)   18.34%       (24.20)%       2.31%       0.22%       40.94%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)$184,831     $183,618     $405,095     $471,304   $623,500   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.66%       0.67%       0.65%       0.64%       0.60%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.58%       0.57%       0.59%       0.61%       0.60%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.57%       0.57%       0.58%       0.61%       0.60%  
Ratio of net investment income to average  net assets   1.80%       1.95%       1.70%       1.43%       1.31%  
Portfolio turnover rate   12%       20%       19%       18%       31%  

 

 

 

(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c) Annualized
(d) Not Annualized
# On February 1, 2011, the Fund effected a share split as described in the Notes to Financial Statements (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to give effect to the share split.
* On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 4 reverse share split as described in the Notes to Financial Statements (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to give effect to the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Indonesia Small-Cap ETF          
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Period
March 20,
2012(a) through
December 31,
2012
          
Net asset value, beginning of period  $11.68   $14.72   $19.89           
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.10    0.16    0.08           
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   2.53    (3.11)   (4.98)          
Total from investment operations   2.63    (2.95)   (4.90)          
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.60)   (0.09)   (0.27)          
Net asset value, end of period  $13.71   $11.68   $14.72           
Total return (b)   22.52%   (20.02)%   (24.65)%(d)          
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $7,541   $5,258   $2,208           
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   2.30%   2.69%   2.71%(c)          
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.61%   0.61%   0.61%(c)          
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.61%   0.61%   0.61%(c)          
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.73%   0.46%   0.48%(c)          
Portfolio turnover rate   46%   68%   51%(d)          
   Israel ETF               
     For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Period
June 25,
2013(a) through
December 31,
2013
               
Net asset value, beginning of period  $30.04   $25.30                
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.31    0.10                
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (0.05)   4.80                
Total from investment operations   0.26    4.90                
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.28)   (0.16)               
Distributions from net realized capital gains   (0.46)                   
Total dividends and distributions   (0.74)   (0.16)               
Net asset value, end of period  $29.56   $30.04                
Total return (b)   0.88%   19.39%(d)               
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $44,335   $30,036                
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.76%   0.94%(c)               
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.60%   0.59%(c)               
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.59%   0.59%(c)               
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.03%   0.83%(c)               
Portfolio turnover rate   17%   24%(d)               

 

 

 

(a)Commencement of operations
(b)Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Annualized
(d)Not Annualized

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each year:

 

     Poland ETF 
     For the Year Ended December 31, 
    2014    2013    2012    2011    2010 
Net asset value, beginning of year  $22.60   $22.25   $17.24   $27.10   $24.08 
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.80    0.74    0.84    0.81    0.23 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (4.61)   0.36    4.99    (9.92)   3.02 
Total from investment operations   (3.81)   1.10    5.83    (9.11)   3.25 
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.80)   (0.75)   (0.82)   (0.75)   (0.23)
Net asset value, end of year  $17.99   $22.60   $22.25   $17.24   $27.10 
Total return (a)   (16.90)%   4.92%   33.82%   (33.60)%   13.49%
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $18,886   $30,514   $32,266   $31,034   $52,842 
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.99%   1.07%   1.03%   0.84%   0.94%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.60%   0.61%   0.61%   0.61%   0.67%
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.60%   0.61%   0.60%   0.61%   0.67%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.91%   3.31%   3.79%   2.61%   1.39%
Portfolio turnover rate   19%   21%   20%   27%   35%
    Russia ETF 
    For the Year Ended December 31, 
    2014    2013    2012    2011    2010 
Net asset value, beginning of year  $28.69   $29.63   $26.32   $37.47   $31.05 
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.59    0.80    0.73    0.59    0.17 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (13.45)   (1.00)   3.31    (11.16)   6.43 
Total from investment operations   (12.86)   (0.20)   4.04    (10.57)   6.60 
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.66)   (0.74)   (0.73)   (0.58)   (0.18)
Net asset value, end of year  $15.17   $28.69   $29.63   $26.32   $37.47 
Total return (a)   (44.95)%   (0.65)%   15.35%   (28.20)%   21.27%
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $1,541,945   $1,187,720   $1,634,230   $1,557,002   $2,607,965 
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.61%   0.71%   0.63%   0.62%   0.71%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.61%   0.63%   0.62%   0.62%   0.65%
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.61%   0.62%   0.62%   0.62%   0.65%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   3.92%   2.52%   2.28%   1.25%   0.62%
Portfolio turnover rate   23%   27%   41%   29%   16%

 

 

 

(a)Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the year, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the year. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Russia Small-Cap ETF #     
   For the Year Ended December 31,   For the Period
April 13,
2011(a) through
December 31,
     
    2014    2013    2012   2011     
Net asset value, beginning of period  $42.24   $45.15   $47.58   $74.88      
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.91    0.30    0.72    0.21      
Net realized and unrealized loss on investments   (23.14)   (2.01)   (2.22)   (27.30)     
Total from investment operations   (22.23)   (1.71)   (1.50)   (27.09)     
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.41)   (1.20)   (0.93)   (0.21)     
Net asset value, end of period  $19.60   $42.24   $45.15   $47.58      
Total return (b)   (52.67)%   (3.77)%   (3.17)%   (36.18)%(d)     
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $53,573   $16,191   $8,276   $3,172      
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.95%   1.87%   2.21%   7.02%(c)     
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.68%   0.67%   0.71%   0.67%(c)     
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.67%   0.67%   0.67%   0.67%(c)     
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.42%   0.59%   1.63%   0.52%(c)     
Portfolio turnover rate   32%   74%   67%   41%(d)     
   Vietnam ETF 
   For the Year Ended December 31, 
    2014    2013    2012    2011    2010 
Net asset value, beginning of year  $18.63   $17.06   $14.76   $25.34   $25.12 
Income from investment operations:                         
Net investment income   0.51    0.59    0.35    0.19    0.40 
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   0.21    1.58    2.32    (10.61)   0.16 
Total from investment operations   0.72    2.17    2.67    (10.42)   0.56 
Less:                         
Dividends from net investment income   (0.49)   (0.60)   (0.37)   (0.16)   (0.34)
Distributions from net realized capital gains                    
Return of capital   (0.02)                
Total dividends and distributions   (0.51)   (0.60)   (0.37)   (0.16)   (0.34)
Net asset value, end of year  $18.84   $18.63   $17.06   $14.76   $25.34 
Total return (b)   3.95%   12.75%   18.07%   (41.11)%   2.24%
Ratios/Supplemental Data                         
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $468,233   $372,634   $286,672   $198,525   $243,294 
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.66%   0.72%   0.76%   0.86%   0.92%
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.66%   0.72%   0.76%   0.76%   0.84%
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.65%   0.70%   0.74%   0.76%   0.84%
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.32%   2.98%   2.08%   1.00%   2.47%
Portfolio turnover rate   67%   48%   54%   43%   45%

 

 

 

(a)Commencement of operations
(b)Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of the period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Annualized
(d)Not Annualized
#On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 3 reverse share split as described in the Notes to Financial Statements (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to give effect to the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Note 1—Fund Organization—Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was incorporated in Delaware as a statutory trust on March 15, 2001. The Trust operates as a series fund, and as of December 31, 2014, offers fifty-five investment portfolios, each of which represents a separate series of the Trust.

 

These financial statements relate only to the following investment portfolios: Africa Index ETF, Brazil Small-Cap ETF, ChinaAMC A-Share ETF, ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF, Egypt Index ETF, Gulf States Index ETF, India Small-Cap Index ETF, Indonesia Index ETF, Indonesia Small-Cap ETF, Israel ETF, Poland ETF, Russia ETF, Russia Small-Cap ETF and Vietnam ETF (each a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”). China Asset Management (Hong Kong) Limited (the “Sub-Adviser”) is the sub-adviser to ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (effective January 7, 2014) and ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF. ChinaAMC A-Share ETF and ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF seek to achieve their investment objective by primarily investing directly in A-shares via the A-share quota granted to the Sub-Adviser. India Small-Cap Index ETF makes its investments through the India Small-Cap Mauritius Fund (the “Subsidiary”), a wholly owned subsidiary organized in the Republic of Mauritius. Each Fund was created to provide investors with the opportunity to purchase a security representing a proportionate undivided interest in a portfolio of securities consisting of substantially all of the common stocks in substantially the same weighting, in an index published by the China Securities Index Co. Ltd., BlueStar Global Investors LLC or Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”).

 

The Funds’ commencement of operations dates and their respective indices are presented below:

 

    Commencement    
Fund   of Operations        Index
Africa Index ETF   July 10, 2008   Market Vectors® GDP Africa Index*
Brazil Small-Cap ETF   May 12, 2009   Market Vectors® Brazil Small-Cap Index*
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF **   October 13, 2010   CSI 300 Index
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF   July 23, 2014   SME-ChiNext 100 Index
Egypt Index ETF   February 16, 2010   Market Vectors® Egypt Index*
Gulf States Index ETF   July 22, 2008   Market Vectors® GDP GCC Index*
India Small-Cap Index ETF   August 24, 2010   Market Vectors® India Small-Cap Index*
Indonesia Index ETF   January 15, 2009   Market Vectors® Indonesia Index*
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF   March 20, 2012   Market Vectors® Indonesia Small-Cap Index*
Israel ETF   June 25, 2013   BlueStar Israel Global IndexTM
Poland ETF   November 24, 2009   Market Vectors® Poland Index*
Russia ETF   April 24, 2007   Market Vectors® Russia Index*
Russia Small-Cap ETF   April 13, 2011   Market Vectors® Russia Small-Cap Index*
Vietnam ETF   August 11, 2009   Market Vectors® Vietnam Index*

 

* Published by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH.
** Effective January 7, 2014, the Fund changed its name from China ETF to ChinaAMC A-Share ETF.

 

Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The Funds are investment companies and are following accounting and reporting requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946 Financial Services — Investment Companies.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.

 

A. Security Valuation—The Funds value their investments in securities and other assets and liabilities carried at fair value daily. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Securities traded on national exchanges or traded on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the last sales price as reported at the close of each business day. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Over-the-counter securities not included in the NASDAQ National Market System and listed securities for which no sale was reported are valued at the mean of the bid and ask prices. To the extent these securities are actively traded
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  they are categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy (described below). Certain foreign securities, whose values may be affected by market direction or events occurring before the Funds’ pricing time (4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) but after the last close of the securities’ primary market, are fair valued using a pricing service and are categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The pricing service, using methods approved by the Board of Trustees, considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to intraday trading in the U.S. markets, based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators such as prices of relevant ADR’s and futures contracts. The Funds may also fair value securities in other situations, such as, when a particular foreign market is closed but the Fund is open. Short-term obligations with more than sixty days remaining to maturity are valued at market value. Short-term obligations with sixty days or less to maturity are valued at amortized cost, which with accrued interest approximates fair value. Money market fund investments are valued at net asset value and are considered to be Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Securities for which quotations are not available are stated at fair value as determined by the Pricing Committee of the Adviser appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Pricing Committee provides oversight of the Funds’ valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Among other things, these procedures allow the Funds to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value. The Pricing Committee convenes regularly to review the fair value of financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available. The Pricing Committee employs various methods for calibrating the valuation approaches utilized to determine fair value, including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing and disposition analysis.
   
  Certain factors such as economic conditions, political events, market trends, the nature of and duration of any restrictions on disposition, trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers and other security specific information are used to determine the fair value of these securities. Depending on the relative significance of valuation inputs, these securities may be classified either as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The price which the Funds may realize upon sale of an investment may differ materially from the value presented in the Schedules of Investments.
   
  The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis which includes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assume the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
   
  Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
   
  Level 2 — Significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
   
  Level 3 — Significant unobservable inputs (including the Fund’s own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
   
  A summary of the inputs, the levels used to value the Funds’ investments, and transfers between levels are located in the Schedules of Investments. Additionally, tables that reconcile the valuation of the Funds’ Level 3 investments and that present additional information about valuation methodologies and unobservable inputs, if applicable, are located in the Schedules of Investments.
   
B. Basis for Consolidation—The Subsidiary, an Indian exempted company, was incorporated on February 25, 2010 and acts as an investment vehicle for the India Small-Cap Index ETF (the “SCIF”) in order to effect certain investments on behalf of the SCIF. The SCIF is the sole shareholder of the Subsidiary, and it is intended that the SCIF will remain the sole shareholder and will continue to control the Subsidiary. The consolidated financial statements of the SCIF include the financial results of its wholly-owned subsidiary. All material interfund account balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.
   
C. Federal Income Taxes—It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
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D. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders—Dividends to shareholders from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually by each Fund. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. income tax regulations, which may differ from such amounts determined in accordance with GAAP.
   
E. Currency Translation—Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under foreign currency contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing prices of such currencies each business day. Purchases and sales of investments are translated at the exchange rates prevailing when such investments are acquired or sold. Foreign denominated income and expenses are translated at the exchange rates prevailing when accrued. The portion of realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that result from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed in the financial statements. Recognized gains or losses attributable to foreign currency fluctuations on foreign currency denominated assets, other than investments, and liabilities are recorded as net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities in the Statements of Operations.
   
F. Restricted Securities—The Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities, if any, is included at the end of each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
   
G. Repurchase Agreements—The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions, deemed to be creditworthy by the Adviser, to generate income from their excess cash balances and to invest securities lending cash collateral. A repurchase agreement is an agreement under which a Fund acquires securities from a seller, subject to resale to the seller at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund, through its custodian/securities lending agent, takes possession of securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, such securities must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the terms of the repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the Funds will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If the request for additional collateral is not met, or the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the Funds maintain their right to sell the underlying securities at market value and may claim any resulting loss against the seller. Repurchase agreements held as of December 31, 2014 are reflected in the Schedules of Investments.
   
H. Use of Derivative Instruments—The Funds may make investments in derivative instruments, including, but not limited to, options, futures, swaps and other derivatives relating to foreign currency transactions. A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. Derivative instruments may be privately negotiated contracts (often referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives) or they may be listed and traded on an exchange. Derivative contracts may involve future commitments to purchase or sell financial instruments at specified terms on a specified date, or to exchange interest payment streams or currencies based on a notional or contractual amount. Derivative instruments may involve a high degree of financial risk. The use of derivative instruments also involves the risk of loss if the Adviser is incorrect in its expectation of the timing or level of fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency prices. Investments in derivative instruments also include the risk of default by the counterparty, the risk that the investment may not be liquid and the risk that a small movement in the price of the underlying security or benchmark may result in a disproportionately large movement, unfavorable or favorable, in the price of the derivative instruments. Details of this disclosure are found below:

 

    Swap Agreements—The Funds may enter into swap transactions to gain investment exposure for total return or for hedging purposes. Risks may arise as a result of the failure of the counterparty to the swap contract to comply with the terms of the swap contract. The loss incurred by the failure of a counterparty is generally limited to the net payment to be received by the Funds and/or the termination value at the end of the contract. Therefore, the Funds consider the creditworthiness of each counterparty to a contract in evaluating potential credit risk. Additionally, risks may arise from unanticipated movements in interest rates or in the value of the underlying reference asset or index. Entering into these agreements involves, to varying degrees, market risk, liquidity risk and elements of credit, legal and documentation risk in excess of amounts recognized in the Statements of Assets
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    and Liabilities. The Funds may pay or receive cash as collateral on these contracts which may be recorded as an asset and/or liability. The Funds must set aside liquid assets, or engage in other appropriate measures, to cover their obligations under these contracts. Swap contracts are marked to market daily and the change in value, if any, is recorded as unrealized appreciation or depreciation. Upfront payments, if any, made and/or received by the Funds are recorded as an asset and/or liability and realized gains or losses are recognized over the contract’s term/event. Periodic payments received or made on swap contracts are recorded as realized gains or losses. Gains or losses are realized upon termination of a swap contract and are recorded in the Statements of Operations. The Funds, other than ChinaAMC A-Share ETF, held no swap contracts during the year ended December 31, 2014. ChinaAMC A-Share ETF invests in the following type of swap:
     
    A total return swap is an agreement that gives a Fund the right to receive the appreciation in the value of a specified security index or other instrument in return for a fee paid to the counterparty, which will typically be an agreed upon interest rate. If the underlying asset declines in value over the term of the swap, the Fund may also be required to pay the dollar value of that decline to the counterparty. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the average monthly notional amount of the total return swap contracts in ChinaAMC A-Share ETF was $1,584,549. Outstanding total return swap contracts for the ChinaAMC A-Share ETF held at December 31, 2014 are reflected in the Schedule of Investments.

 

  At December 31, 2014, ChinaAMC A-Share ETF held the following derivatives:

 

     Asset derivatives
    Equity risk
  Swap contracts, at value1 $722,776

 

  1 Statements of Assets and Liabilities location: Swap contracts, at value

 

  For ChinaAMC A-Share ETF, the impact of transactions in derivative instruments, during the year ended December 31, 2014, were as follows:

 

     Equity risk
  Realized gain(loss):     
  Swap contracts2  $(2,551,644)
  Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation):     
  Swap contracts3   2,441,097 

 

  2 Statements of Operations location: Net realized gain (loss) on swap contracts
  3 Statements of Operations location: Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on swap contracts

 

I. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities—In the ordinary course of business, the Funds enter into transactions subject to enforceable master netting or other similar agreements. Generally, the right of setoff in those agreements allows the Funds to set off any exposure to a specific counterparty with any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreements. The Funds may pledge or receive cash and/or securities as collateral for derivative instruments, securities lending and repurchase agreements. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds present securities lending and repurchase agreement assets and liabilities on a gross basis in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Collateral held at December 31, 2014 is presented in the Schedules of Investments. Refer to related disclosures in Note 2G (Repurchase Agreements) and Note 9 (Securities Lending).
   
  The table below presents both gross and net information about the derivative instruments eligible for offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities, subject to master netting or other similar agreements, as well as financial collateral received or pledged (including cash collateral and margin) as of December 31, 2014. Refer to the Schedules of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities for collateral received or pledged as of December 31, 2014.
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                Net Amount of   Financial    
        Gross   Gross Amount   Assets Presented   Instruments    
        Amount of   Offset in the   in the Statements   and Cash    
        Recognized   Statements of Assets   of Assets and   Collateral   Net
Fund   Description         Assets   and Liabilities   Liabilities   Received*   Amount
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF   Swap contracts, at value   $722,776   $—   $722,776   $—   $722,776

 

* Gross amounts not offset in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities

 

J. Other—Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Transactions in certain securities may take longer than the customary settlement cycle to be completed. The counterparty is required to collateralize such trades with cash in excess of the market value of the transaction, which is held at the custodian and marked to market daily. Realized gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities are recognized upon notification of the ex-dividend date/rate. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and discounts, is accrued as earned.
   
  In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Adviser believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

Note 3—Investment Management and Other Agreements—The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Funds. The Adviser receives a management fee, calculated daily and payable monthly based on an annual rate of 0.50% of each Fund’s average daily net assets. The Adviser has agreed, at least until May 1, 2015 (May 1, 2016 for ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF), to voluntarily waive or limit its fees and to assume as its own expense certain expenses otherwise payable by the Funds so that each Fund’s total annual operating expenses does not exceed the expense limitation (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) listed in the table below.

 

The current expense limitation and the amounts waived/assumed by the Adviser for the year ended December 31, 2014, are as follows:

 

   Expense  Waiver of   Expenses Assumed
Fund  Limitation  Management Fees   by the Adviser
Africa Index ETF   0.78%    $3,254       $   
Brazil Small-Cap ETF   0.59      88,222           
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF*   0.72      168,190        158,834   
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF*   0.78      24,879        10,605   
Egypt Index ETF   0.94                 
Gulf States Index ETF   0.98      127,811        147,560   
India Small-Cap Index ETF   0.85      76,691           
Indonesia Index ETF   0.57      188,638           
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF   0.61      35,498        84,432   
Israel ETF   0.59      73,696           
Poland ETF   0.60      104,617           
Russia ETF   0.62                 
Russia Small-Cap ETF   0.67      132,440           
Vietnam ETF   0.76                 

 

* The Adviser paid sub-advisory fees directly to the Sub-Adviser.

 

In addition, Van Eck Securities Corporation, an affiliate of the Adviser, acts as the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”). Certain officers and a Trustee of the Trust are officers, directors or stockholders of the Adviser and Distributor.

 

Note 4—Investments—For the year ended December 31, 2014, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments other than U.S. government obligations and short-term obligations (excluding in-kind transactions described in Note 6) were as follows:

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Fund  Cost of Investments
Purchased
 Proceeds from
Investments Sold
Africa Index ETF    $35,286,382     $34,897,019 
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     95,369,039      140,751,362 
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF     87,369,858      17,413,658 
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF     21,502,751      811,329 
Egypt Index ETF     46,287,429      49,892,305 
Gulf States Index ETF     21,843,541      18,878,286 
India Small-Cap Index ETF     404,558,450      301,071,596 
Indonesia Index ETF     25,882,917      26,156,105 
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     3,276,542      3,685,934 
Israel ETF     7,350,774      8,133,224 
Poland ETF     5,181,275      5,180,417 
Russia ETF     460,536,752      350,723,774 
Russia Small-Cap ETF     39,727,927      15,506,415 
Vietnam ETF     428,544,236      346,990,365 

 

Note 5—Income Taxes—As of December 31, 2014, for Federal income tax purposes, the identified cost of investments owned, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation), gross unrealized appreciation, and gross unrealized depreciation of investments were as follows:

 

Fund  Cost of Investments  Gross Unrealized
Appreciation
 Gross Unrealized
Depreciation
 Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Africa Index ETF    $104,733,537     $15,631,856     $(21,802,750)    $(6,170,894)
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     160,150,131      8,743,620      (62,680,450)     (53,936,830)
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF     69,724,595      22,894,975      (1,525,599)     21,369,376 
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF     20,687,424      1,389,129      (1,171,376)     217,753 
Egypt Index ETF     45,397,581      14,645,763      (10,411,304)     4,234,459 
Gulf States Index ETF     16,424,531      5,321,513      (3,009,839)     2,311,674 
India Small-Cap Index ETF     238,241,602      62,293,092      (27,935,589)     34,357,503 
Indonesia Index ETF     225,054,266      9,701,681      (48,239,526)     (38,537,845)
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     8,557,131      637,880      (1,718,190)     (1,080,310)
Israel ETF     42,714,271      5,844,878      (4,172,994)     1,671,884 
Poland ETF     24,997,249      309,064      (6,096,730)     (5,787,666)
Russia ETF     2,519,327,728      2,845,904      (965,314,302)     (962,468,398)
Russia Small-Cap ETF     87,245,120      1,729,496      (34,638,525)     (32,909,029)
Vietnam ETF     500,135,817      54,068,832      (81,045,867)     (26,977,035)

 

At December 31, 2014, the components of accumulated earnings (deficit) on a tax basis, for each Fund, were as follows:

                                 
Fund  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
 Accumulated
Capital
Losses
  Qualified
Late-Year
Losses
  Other
Temporary
Difference
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Total  
Africa Index ETF    $     $(19,224,474)    $(3,460,747)    $(7,100)    $(6,170,408)    $(28,862,729)  
Brazil Small-Cap ETF           (88,624,196)     (12,292,469)     (28,392)     (53,942,173)     (154,887,230)  
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF           (312,686)           (2,181)     21,336,059      21,021,192   
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF                 (11,663)     (18)     218,194      206,513   
Egypt Index ETF     173,431      (13,097,136)     (1,174,694)     (3,085)     4,236,698      (9,864,786)  
Gulf States Index ETF           (5,373,858)     (169,524)     (1,151)     2,311,675      (3,232,858)  
India Small-Cap Index ETF           (55,120,289)     (1,677,658)     (6,279)     34,358,045      (22,446,181)  
Indonesia Index ETF     245,915      (66,706,792)     (10,651,466)     (22,819)     (38,639,900)     (115,775,062)  
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF           (1,582,155)     (84,855)     (332)     (1,080,500)     (2,747,842)  
Israel ETF                 (151,015)     (1,250)     1,671,988      1,519,723   
Poland ETF           (11,700,901)     (533,549)     (2,186)     (5,794,845)     (18,031,481)  
Russia ETF           (1,088,198,237)     (129,013,323)     (105,756)     (962,553,025)     (2,179,870,341)  
Russia Small-Cap ETF           (5,931,249)     (1,338,495)     (1,284)     (32,918,691)     (40,189,719)  
Vietnam ETF           (93,015,194)     (5,088,805)     (24,838)     (26,977,122)     (125,105,959)  
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The tax character of dividends paid to shareholders during the years ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

                  
   2014 Dividends  2013 Dividends  
Fund  Ordinary Income        Return of Capital        Ordinary Income  
Africa Index ETF    $2,800,900     $     $2,901,500   
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     4,460,000            3,697,200   
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF                 663,100   
Egypt Index ETF     2,275,278            912,597   
Gulf States Index ETF     725,200            330,000   
India Small-Cap Index ETF     2,599,111            489,970   
Indonesia Index ETF     3,822,800            6,354,300   
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     330,000            41,400   
Israel ETF*     1,188,800            163,000   
Poland ETF     795,000            972,400   
Russia ETF     62,617,750            30,496,200   
Russia Small-Cap ETF     1,048,827            459,982   
Vietnam ETF     12,186,983      410,017      12,009,950   

 

*Includes short-term capital gains

 

Net qualified late year losses incurred after October 31, 2014 and within the taxable year, are deemed to arise on the first day of the Funds’ next taxable year. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Funds’ intend to defer to January 1, 2015 for federal tax purposes qualified late-year losses as follows:

 

   Late-Year  Post-October  
Fund  Ordinary Losses  Capital Losses  
Africa Index ETF    $475,352     $2,985,395   
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     123,583      12,168,886   
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF     4,523      7,140   
Egypt Index ETF           1,174,694   
Gulf States Index ETF     20,391      149,133   
India Small-Cap Index ETF     534,613      1,143,045   
Indonesia Index ETF           10,651,466   
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     84,855         
Israel ETF           151,015   
Poland ETF     3,651      529,898   
Russia ETF     811,704      128,201,619   
Russia Small-Cap ETF     31,544      1,306,951   
Vietnam ETF     923,238      4,165,567   

 

At December 31, 2014, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future capital gains, as follows:

 

   Post-Effective–  Post-Effective–              
   No Expiration  No Expiration              
   Short-Term  Long-Term  Amount Expiring in the Year Ended December 31,
Fund  Capital Losses  Capital Losses  2018    2017    2016  2015
Africa Index ETF    $4,596,524     $12,417,521     $1,095,985   $951,177  $163,267   $ 
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     18,413,365      70,210,831                   
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF     312,686                         
Egypt Index ETF     6,835,123      6,133,613      128,400             
Gulf States Index ETF     194,920      3,103,552      835,393    1,233,252    6,741     
India Small-Cap Index EF     28,740,234      26,380,055                   
Indonesia Index ETF     34,725,791      29,135,131      2,845,870             
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     1,014,907      567,248                   
Poland ETF     2,212,999      9,316,576      171,326             
Russia ETF     157,908,382      438,371,186      121,306,708    349,754,000    19,808,213    1,049,748 
Russia Small-Cap ETF     3,028,572      2,902,677                   
Vietnam ETF     12,477,008      78,677,987      1,860,199             
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During the year ended December 31, 2014, the following Funds utilized accumulated capital loss carryforwards: Egypt Index ETF utilized $380,206; Gulf States Index ETF utilized $203,788; India Small-Cap Index ETF utilized $7,433,537; and Vietnam ETF utilized $15,963,086.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, as a result of permanent book to tax differences, primarily due to investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies, foreign currency gains and losses, net operating losses, and tax treatment of in-kind redemptions, the Funds’ incurred differences that affected undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and aggregate paid in capital by the amounts in the table below. Net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.

                        
   Increase/Decrease  Increase/Decrease  Increase/Decrease  
   in Accumulated Net  in Accumulated Net  in Aggregate  
Fund  Investment Income/Loss      Realized Gain/Loss      Paid in Capital  
Africa Index ETF     $      (76,065)     $(1,144,012)     $  1,220,077   
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     79,091      4,084,945      (4,164,036)  
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF     (2,578,915)     2,693,455      (114,540)  
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF     32,116      (1,844)     (30,272)  
Egypt Index ETF     565,345      (1,419,214)     853,869   
Gulf States Index ETF     (24,484)     22,609      1,875   
India Small-Cap Index EF     (671,084)     (201,115)     872,199   
Indonesia Index ETF     (37,613)     1,412,960      (1,375,347)  
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     (809)     809         
Israel ETF     4,602      (830,559)     825,957   
Poland ETF     (17,501)     (567,768)     585,269   
Russia ETF     324,869      9,415,346      (9,740,215)  
Russia Small-Cap ETF     (17,369)     17,369         
Vietnam ETF     214,683      (3,617,806)     3,403,123   

 

The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained assuming examination by applicable tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on return filings for open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2011-2013), or expected to be taken in the Funds’ current tax year. The Funds do not have exposure for additional years that might still be open in certain foreign jurisdictions. Therefore, no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. However, the Funds are subject to foreign taxes on the appreciation in value of certain investments. The Funds provide for such taxes on both realized and unrealized appreciation.

 

Uncertainties in the Chinese tax rules governing taxation of income and gains from investments in A-Shares could result in unexpected tax liabilities for the ChinaAMC A-Share ETF and ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF. China generally imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on dividends and interest derived by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors (“QFII”) from issuers resident in China. China also imposes withholding tax at a rate of 10% on capital gains derived by nonresident enterprises from investments in an issuer resident in China. The withholding taxes on dividends, interest and capital gains may in principle be subject to a reduced rate under an applicable tax treaty, but the application of such treaties in the case of an RQFII acting for foreign investors such as the Funds is also uncertain. It is also unclear how China’s business tax may apply to activities of an RQFII and how such application may be affected by tax treaty provisions. The imposition of such taxes could have a material adverse effect on the Funds’ returns.

 

The People’s Republic of China (“PRC”) rules for taxation of RQFIIs (and QFIIs) are evolving and certain of the tax regulations to be issued by the PRC State Administration of Taxation and/or PRC Ministry of Finance to clarify the subject matter may apply retrospectively, even if such rules are adverse to the Funds and their shareholders.

 

Effective November 17, 2014, Qualified Foreign institutional investors (QFIIs) and Renminbi Foreign institutional investors (RQFIIs) are exempted temporarily from capital gains tax for a period of three years. However, QFII and RQFII are still required to pay capital gains tax for gains realized on trades executed before November 17, 2014. At this juncture, the State Administrative of Taxation (SAT) has yet to announce any rule regarding capital gain tax for those trades executed prior to November 17, 2014. The Funds have recorded capital gains tax prior to November 17, 2014 which are net of realized gain (loss) on investments as reflected in the Statements of Operations. The Funds

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are liable to the Sub-Adviser for any Chinese tax that is imposed on the Sub-Adviser with respect to the Funds’ investments in excess of such provision.

 

The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

 

The Indian Finance Minister announced the introduction of a general anti-avoidance rule (“GAAR”) in the Indian tax law in the 2012/2013 budget. GAAR would be applicable where the main purpose of an arrangement is tax avoidance and would empower Indian tax authorities to declare such arrangement as an impermissible avoidance arrangement. Presently, GAAR is expected to become effective April 1, 2015. A special committee was constituted by the Indian Revenue authorities to provide clarity and guidance on the application and implementation of GAAR and have submitted proposed recommendations. As the rules and guidelines have not yet been approved by the Indian Parliament, the Adviser cannot assess whether the India Small-Cap Index ETF, investing through its Mauritius Subsidiary, will fall within the scope of the GAAR provision.

 

Note 6—Capital Share Transactions—As of December 31, 2014, there were an unlimited number of capital shares of beneficial interest authorized by the Trust with no par value. Shares are issued and redeemed by the Funds only in Creation Units, consisting of 50,000 shares, or multiples thereof. The consideration for the purchase or redemption of Creation Units of the Funds generally consists of the in-kind contribution or distribution of securities constituting the Funds’ underlying index plus a small amount of cash. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Funds had in-kind contributions and redemptions as follows:

               
Fund  In-Kind Contributions              In-Kind Redemptions 
Africa Index ETF    $11,970,618     $8,152,538   
Brazil Small-Cap ETF     1,156,483      3,741,227   
ChinaAMC A-Share ETF              
ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF     3,142         
Egypt Index ETF     13,218,689      12,436,044   
Gulf States Index ETF     363,201      304,484   
India Small-Cap Index ETF     6,361,793      3,933,670   
Indonesia Index ETF     88,807,719      114,324,466   
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF     1,430,473         
Israel ETF     20,144,340      4,575,928   
Poland ETF     3,211,988      10,001,702   
Russia ETF     1,697,329,256      472,759,505   
Russia Small-Cap ETF     49,879,655         
Vietnam ETF     38,077,298      20,699,818   

 

The in-kind contributions and in-kind redemptions in this table represent the accumulation of each Fund’s daily net shareholder transactions including rebalancing activity, while the Statements of Changes in Net Assets reflect gross shareholder transactions including any cash component of the transactions.

 

Note 7—Concentration of Risk—The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of its underlying index, as indicated in the name of each Fund. The Adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve each Fund’s investment objective by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Funds’ index. Each of the Funds is classified as a non-diversified fund under the 1940 Act. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer issuers than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular issuers, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these issuers. The Funds may purchase securities on foreign exchanges. Securities of foreign issuers involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. These risks include devaluation of currencies, currency controls, less reliable information about issuers, different securities transaction clearance and settlement practices, future adverse political and economic developments and local/regional conflicts. These risks are heightened for investments in emerging market countries. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. issuers.

 

As a result of recent events involving Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies. These sanctions do not currently impact the

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Funds. Additional economic sanctions may be imposed or other actions may be taken that may adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Russian-related issuers’ held by Russia ETF and Russia Small-Cap ETF.

 

Should the Chinese government impose restrictions on the ability of ChinaAMC A-Share ETF and ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF to repatriate funds associated with direct investment in A-Shares, the Funds may be unable to satisfy distribution requirements applicable to regulated investment companies (“RICs”) under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code”), and the Fund may therefore be subject to Fund-level U.S. federal taxes.

 

At December 31, 2014, the Adviser owned approximately 5% and 13% of ChinaAMC A-Share ETF and ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF, respectively.

 

Note 8—Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan—The Trust has a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for Trustees under which the Trustees can elect to defer receipt of their trustee fees until retirement, disability or termination from the Board of Trustees. The fees otherwise payable to the participating Trustees are deemed invested in shares of the Funds as directed by the Trustees.

 

The expense for the Plan is included in “Trustees’ fees and expenses” in the Statements of Operations. The liability for the Plan is shown as “Deferred Trustee fees” in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Note 9—Securities Lending—To generate additional income, each of the Funds may lend its securities pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, the securities lending agent and also the Funds’ custodian. Each Fund may lend up to 33% of its investments requiring that the loan be continuously collateralized by cash, U.S. government or U.S. government agency securities, shares of an investment trust or mutual fund, or any combination of cash and such securities at all times equal to at least 102% (105% for foreign securities) of the market value plus accrued interest on the securities loaned. During the term of the loan, the Funds will continue to receive any dividends, interest or amounts equivalent thereto, on the securities loaned while receiving a fee from the borrower or earning interest on the investment of the cash collateral. Such fees and interest are shared with the securities lending agent under the terms of the securities lending agreement. The Funds may pay reasonable finders’, administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan of its securities and shares the interest earned on the collateral and borrowing fees received with the securities lending agent. Securities lending income is disclosed as such in the Statements of Operations. The collateral for securities loaned is recognized in the Schedules of Investments and the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The cash collateral is maintained on the Funds’ behalf by the lending agent and is invested in repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and/or Government Agencies. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Funds. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the lender securities identical to the securities loaned. The Funds bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower of the securities fail financially. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at December 31, 2014 are presented on a gross basis in the Schedules of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Note 10—Share Split—On January 19, 2011, the Adviser announced the Board of Trustees approved a 3 for 1 share split of the Indonesia Index ETF. This split took place for shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 28, 2011 and was payable on January 31, 2011. Fund shares began trading on the split adjusted NAV on February 1, 2011. The Financial Highlights prior to February 1, 2011 for the Fund have been adjusted to reflect the 3 for 1 share split.

 

On July 1, 2013, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a 1 for 3 reverse share splits for Russia Small-Cap ETF, and 1 for 4 reverse share splits for Egypt Index ETF and India Small-Cap Index ETF. Fund shares began trading on the split adjusted NAV on July 1, 2013. The Statements of Changes in Net Assets and Financial Highlights prior to July 1, 2013 for the Funds have been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 3 reverse share split.

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Note 11—Bank Line of Credit—The Funds may participate in a $200 million committed credit facility (the “Facility”) to be utilized for temporary financing until the settlement of sales or purchases of portfolio securities, the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Funds at the request of the shareholders and other temporary or emergency purposes. The Funds have agreed to pay commitment fees, pro rata, based on the unused but available balance. Interest is charged to the Funds at rates based on prevailing market rates in effect at the time of borrowings. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the following Funds borrowed under this Facility:

 

Fund  Days
Outstanding
  Average Daily
   Loan Balance   
  Average
Interest Rate
  Outstanding Loan
Balance as of
December 31, 2014
Africa Index ETF   133   $4,104,231    1.50%  $ 
Brazil Small-Cap ETF   319    967,408    1.49     
Egypt Index ETF   206    3,752,476    1.50    5,639,017 
Gulf States Index ETF   161    256,026    1.49     
India Small-Cap Index ETF   196    7,356,167    1.49     
Indonesia Index ETF   360    923,153    1.50    167,663 
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF   44    68,220    1.47     
Israel ETF   261    264,076    1.49     
Poland ETF   133    123,432    1.49     
Russia ETF   221    8,353,711    1.49    24,672,223 
Russia Small-Cap ETF   177    883,990    1.49     
Vietnam ETF   140    10,041,049    1.50     

 

Note 12—Custodian Fees—The Funds have entered into an expense offset agreement with the custodian wherein they receive a credit toward the reduction of custodian fees whenever there are uninvested cash balances. The Funds could have invested their cash balances elsewhere if they had not agreed to a reduction in fees under the expense offset agreement with the custodian. For the year ended December 31, 2014, there were no offsets to custodian fees.

 

Note 13—Subsequent Event Review—The Funds have evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Market Vectors ETF Trust

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF), including the schedules of investments (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF), of Africa Index ETF, Brazil Small-Cap ETF, ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (formerly China ETF), ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF, Egypt Index ETF, Gulf States Index ETF, India Small-Cap Index ETF, Indonesia Index ETF, Indonesia Small-Cap ETF, Israel ETF, Poland ETF, Russia ETF, Russia Small-Cap ETF and Vietnam ETF (fourteen of the series constituting Market Vectors ETF Trust) (the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2014, and the related statements of operations (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF), the statements of changes in net assets (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF) and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2014, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF), of Africa Index ETF, Brazil Small-Cap ETF, ChinaAMC A-Share ETF (formerly China ETF), ChinaAMC SME-ChiNext ETF, Egypt Index ETF, Gulf States Index ETF, India Small-Cap Index ETF, Indonesia Index ETF, Indonesia Small-Cap ETF, Israel ETF, Poland ETF, Russia ETF, Russia Small-Cap ETF and Vietnam ETF (fourteen of the series constituting Market Vectors ETF Trust) at December 31, 2014, the results of their operations (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF), the changes in their net assets (consolidated as it relates to India Small-Cap Index ETF) and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

 

New York, New York
February 24, 2015

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TAX INFORMATION

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The Funds listed below intend to pass through foreign tax credits in the maximum amounts shown. The gross foreign source income earned during 2014 by the Funds is shown below.

 

Fund  Foreign Tax Credits   Gross Foreign Source Income 
Africa Index ETF  $297,504   $3,533,913 
Brazil Small-Cap ETF   116,093    5,362,363 
Egypt Index ETF   17,076    1,119,696 
Gulf States Index ETF   23,355    972,897 
Indonesia Index ETF   1,105,134    6,355,656 
Indonesia Small-Cap ETF   17,632    112,754 
Israel ETF   166,453    838,485 
Poland ETF   77,465    1,029,610 
Russia ETF   11,913,269    79,820,086 
Russia Small-Cap ETF   216,839    1,722,611 
Vietnam ETF   97,930    15,678,476 

 

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction

 

The Funds listed below had the following percentage of ordinary income dividends paid that qualified for the Corporate Dividends Received Deduction in 2014.

 

Israel ETF   1.98%        
Russia ETF   0.73%        

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

 

Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
  Term of
Office2 and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex3
Overseen
  Other Directorships Held
By Trustee During Past Five Years
Independent Trustees:   
    
David H. Chow,
1957*†
  Chairman
Trustee
  Since 2008 Since 2006  Founder and CEO, DanCourt Management LLC (financial/strategy consulting firm and Registered Investment Adviser), March 1999 to present.  55  Director, Forward Management LLC and Audit Committee Chairman, January 2008 to present; Trustee, Berea College of Kentucky and Vice-Chairman of the Investment Committee, May 2009 to present; Member of the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council, October 2012 to present; President, July 2013 to present, and Board Member of the CFA Society of Stamford, July 2009 to present.
                
R. Alastair Short,
1953*†
  Trustee  Since 2006  President, Apex Capital Corporation (personal investment vehicle), January 1988 to present; Vice Chairman, W.P. Stewart & Co., Inc. (asset management firm), September 2007 to September 2008; and Managing Director, The GlenRock Group, LLC (private equity investment firm), May 2004 to September 2007.  68  Chairman and Independent Director, EULAV Asset Management, January 2011 to present; Independent Director, Tremont offshore funds, June 2009 to present; Director, Kenyon Review.
                
Peter J.
Sidebottom,
1962*†
  Trustee  Since 2012  CEO, AspenWoods LLC, 2013 to present; Independent business adviser, January 2014 to present; Partner, Bain & Company (management consulting firm), April 2012 to December 2013; Executive Vice President and Senior Operating Committee Member, TD Ameritrade (on-line brokerage firm), February 2009 to January 2012.  55  Board Member, Special Olympics, New Jersey, November 2011 to September 2013; Director, The Charlotte Research Institute, December 2000 to present; Board Member, Social Capital Institute, University of North Carolina Charlotte, November 2004 to January 2012; Board Member, NJ-CAN, July 2014 to present.
                
Richard D.
Stamberger,
1959*†
  Trustee  Since 2006  Director, President and CEO, SmartBrief, Inc. (media company).  68  Director, Food and Friends, Inc., 2013 to present.
                
Interested Trustee:      
       
Jan F. van Eck,
19634
  Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer  Trustee
(Since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer
(Since 2009)
  Director, President and Owner of the Adviser, Van Eck Associates Corporation; Director and President, Van Eck Securities Corporation (“VESC”); Director and President, Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corp. (“VEARA”).  55  Director, National Committee on US-China Relations.

 

 

 

1The address for each Trustee and officer is 335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10017.
2Each Trustee serves until resignation, death, retirement or removal. Officers are elected yearly by the Trustees.
3The Fund Complex consists of the Van Eck Funds, Van Eck VIP Trust and the Trust.
4“Interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. van Eck is an officer of the Adviser.
*Member of the Audit Committee.
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
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Officer’s Name,
Address1 and
Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
  Term of Office2
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During The Past Five Years
Russell G. Brennan,
1964
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer  Since 2008  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of the Adviser (since 2008); Manager (Portfolio Administration) of the Adviser, September 2005 to October 2008; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Charles T. Cameron,
1960
  Vice President  Since 2006  Director of Trading (since 1995) and Portfolio Manager (since 1997) for the Adviser; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Simon Chen,
1971
  Assistant Vice President  Since 2012  Greater China Director of the Adviser (Since January 2012); General Manager, SinoMarkets Ltd. (June 2007 to December 2011).
          
John J. Crimmins,
1957
  Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer  Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (Since 2012); Treasurer (Since 2009)  Vice President of Portfolio Administration of the Adviser, June 2009 to present; Vice President of VESC and VEARA, June 2009 to present; Chief Financial, Operating and Compliance Officer, Kern Capital Management LLC, September 1997 to February 2009; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Eduardo Escario,
1975
  Vice President  Since 2012  Regional Director, Business Development/Sales for Southern Europe and South America of the Adviser (since July 2008); Regional Director (Spain, Portugal, South America and Africa) of Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd. (May 2001-July 2008).
          
Lars Hamich,
1968
  Vice President  Since 2012  Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Van Eck Global (Europe) GmbH (since 2009); Chief Executive Officer of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (“MVIS”) (since June 2011); Managing Director of STOXX Limited (until 2008).
          
Wu-Kwan Kit,
1981
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary  Since 2011  Assistant Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 2011); Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel (September 2007-2011); University of Pennsylvania Law School (August 2004-May 2007).
          
Susan C. Lashley,
1955
  Vice President  Since 2006  Vice President of the Adviser and VESC; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Laura I. Martínez,
1980
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary  Since 2008  Assistant Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 2008); Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell (October 2005-June 2008); Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Ferat Oeztuerk,
1983
  Assistant Vice President  Since 2012  Sales Associate, Van Eck Global (Europe) GmbH (since November 2011); Account Manager, Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited (January 2011 to October 2011).
          
James Parker,
1969
  Assistant Treasurer  Since June 2014  Manager (Portfolio Administration) of the Adviser (Since June 2010); Vice President of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (April 1999 to January 2010).
          
Jonathan R. Simon,
1974
  Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer  Vice President (Since 2006) and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (Since 2014)  Vice President (since 2006), General Counsel and Secretary (since 2014) of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Bruce J. Smith,
1955
  Senior Vice President  Since 2006  Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 1997); Director of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since October 2010); Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
          
Janet Squitieri,
1961
  Chief Compliance Officer  Since September 2013  Vice President, Global Head of Compliance of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since September 2013); Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President North America of HSBC Global Asset Management NA (August 2010-September 2013); Chief Compliance Officer North America of Babcock & Brown LP (July 2008-June 2010).

 

 

 

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President’s Letter 1
Management Discussion 3
Performance Comparison  
Agribusiness ETF (MOO) 7
Coal ETF (KOL) 9
Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX) 11
Gold Miners ETF (GDX) 13
Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) 15
Natural Resources ETF (HAP) 17
Oil Services ETF (OIH) 19
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) 21
Solar Energy ETF (KWT) 23
Steel ETF (SLX) 25
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) 27
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR) 29
Explanation of Expenses 32
Schedule of Investments  
Agribusiness ETF (MOO) 36
Coal ETF (KOL) 37
Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX) 39
Gold Miners ETF (GDX) 41
Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) 44
Natural Resources ETF (HAP) 48
Oil Services ETF (OIH) 55
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) 57
Solar Energy ETF (KWT) 59
Steel ETF (SLX) 61
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) 63
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR) 65
Statements of Assets and Liabilities 68
Statements of Operations 70
Statements of Changes in Net Assets 72
Financial Highlights  
Agribusiness ETF (MOO) 77
Coal ETF (KOL) 77
Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX) 78
Gold Miners ETF (GDX) 78
Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) 79
Natural Resources ETF (HAP) 79
Oil Services ETF (OIH) 80
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) 80
Solar Energy ETF (KWT) 81
Steel ETF (SLX) 81
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) 82
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR) 82
Notes to Financial Statements 83
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 92
Tax Information 93
Board of Trustees and Officers 94

 

The information contained in this report represents the opinions of Van Eck Global and may differ from other persons. This information is not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. The information contained herein regarding each index has been provided by the relevant index provider. Also, unless otherwise specifically noted, any discussion of the Funds’ holdings and the Funds’ performance, and the views of Van Eck Global are as of December 31, 2014.

 
 

MARKET VECTORS HARD ASSETS ETFs

(unaudited)

 

Dear Shareholder:

 

This last year was not kind to hard assets and, in particular, energy stocks. If the first eight months may have been challenging, as the fall in energy prices accelerated, the last four were particularly brutal for most sectors. While West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude prices fell nearly 46% over the 12 month period to end the year at $53.27 per barrel, North American (Henry Hub) natural gas also fell significantly, ending the year down around 32%.

 

At the end of the year, the secular (U.S. shale oil production), cyclical (global demand worries), and seasonal (second half 2015 demand exceeds that of the first half) drivers to the crude market were uniquely synchronized to support a negative outlook for near-term oil prices. However, while we believe this will continue to make for a soft market in the first half of 2015, we do see an inflection in all of these drivers in the second half, which should lead prices to trend back to our longer-term price view.

 

Specifically, in the U.S., while the unconventional shale oil and gas boom, in particular, is now expected to moderate, the stimulus that cheap energy prices provides for both the consumer and the industrial sector is expected to be significant and broad-spread throughout the country. Eventually, we expect this to translate into slightly higher growth in worldwide crude oil demand as we anticipate both current cheap fuel prices and surging global auto sales to spur consumption.

 

We continue to believe that the shale story remains a compelling one, not only in the U.S., but also in other areas globally. A potential that, so far, remains largely untapped.

 

Top 10 Countries with Technically Recoverable Shale Oil Resources

 

Source: EIA, June 10, 2013

 

We offer unique global exposure to the unconventional energy theme in two forms. Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (NYSE Arca: FRAK) seeks to track an index covering those companies that are primarily involved in this growing segment. Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (NYSE Arca: OIH), tracking, as it does, the overall performance of 25 of the largest U.S. listed, publicly traded oil services companies, provides access to some of the main companies servicing this sector both in North America and, particularly, globally.

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MARKET VECTORS HARD ASSETS ETFs

(unaudited)

 

For investors interested in the value offered across hard assets, we continue to offer a suite of funds combining both focused and broad-based ETFs.

 

Going forward, we will, of course, continue to seek out and evaluate the most attractive opportunities for you as a shareholder in the hard asset space. Please stay in touch with us through our website (http://www.marketvectorsetfs.com) on which we offer videos and email subscriptions, all of which are designed to keep you up to date with your investments in Market Vectors ETFs.

 

On the following pages, you will find the performance record of each of the funds for the 12 month period ended December 31, 2014. You will also find their financial statements. As always, we value your continuing confidence in us and look forward to helping you meet your investment goals in the future.

 

 
 

 

Jan F. van Eck
Trustee and President
Market Vectors ETF Trust

 

January 14, 2015

 

Represents the opinions of the investment adviser. Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Not intended to be a forecast of future events, a guarantee of future results or investment advice. Current market conditions may not continue.

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MANAGEMENT DISCUSSION (unaudited)

 

Hard Assets Market Overview

 

The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index(RVEIT), which includes equities of the world’s largest and most prominent hard assets producers, remains the most comprehensive index in the hard assets producer space. For the 12 month period ending December 31, 2014, the Index returned -7.26%.

 

The table below shows average sector weightings within this index and the total return of each sector for the 12 month period ending December 31, 2014.

 

RVEIT Sector Average Sector Weighting 12 Month Total Return
for Period Ending
December 31, 2014
Energy  40.64%  -11.36%
Agriculture  31.31%  4.96%
Base/Industrial Metals  13.08%  -17.39%
Precious Metals  6.89%  -15.80%
Paper & Forest Products  4.07%  3.08%
Alternatives  4.01%  1.94%

 

Source: Van Eck Global; FactSet; S-Network Global Indexes, LLC. Past performance is no guarantee of future results; current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. Index performance is not illustrative of fund performance. Investors cannot invest directly in an Index.

 

Three sectors — agriculture, alternatives and paper & forest products-had positive returns over the 12 months ended December 31, 2014, while the remaining three sectors-base/industrial metals, energy and precious metals-all had negative returns over the same period. The largest sector by average weight, energy, which accounted for over 40% the index, performed particularly poorly during the year. While, of the three larger sectors, only agriculture had a positive return over the 12 months, two of the three smaller sectors, by average weight, alternatives, and paper & forest products, also both had positive returns over the period. However, the sectors with positive performances were unable to prevent the index as a whole from posting a negative total return over the 12 month period.

 

Eleven of the suite of 12 Market Vectors Hard Assets ETFs posted negative total returns during the 12 month period. After Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NYSE Arca: NLR) (+9.61%), which was the sole fund to post a positive total return for the period under review, Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (NYSE Arca: MOO) (-0.13%) was the next best performer. The Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (NYSE Arca: REMX) (-28.07%) and Market Vectors Steel ETF (NYSE Arca: SLX) (-26.44%) posted the worst total returns of the eleven.

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MARKET VECTORS HARD ASSETS ETFs

(unaudited)

 

January 1 through December 31, 2014
Market Vectors Hard Assets ETFs Total Return

 

 

 

Source: Van Eck Global. Returns based on each Fund’s net asset value (NAV). The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Funds reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Funds incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. Investment return and value of the shares of the Funds will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted.

 

Agribusiness

 

Animal health care and consumer staples companies led performance in the sector. Companies manufacturing and distributing agricultural and farm machinery, a Russian company producing potash (used in fertilizers), and a biotechnology company detracted most from performance. Geographically, the greatest positive returns came from companies in the U.S. and Canada, while the greatest negative returns came from those in Switzerland and Russia.

 

Coal

 

While the first six months of 2014 may have been difficult for the coal industry, the second six months were even more challenging, with coal mining stocks hit particularly hard by the sell-off from the beginning of September to mid-October. On the other hand, the consumption of coal in the U.S. in 2014 was forecast to exceed that for 2013,1 and one of the most important coal-consuming countries, India, announced in November that it intended to double coal production to a billion tonnes over the next five years.2 Only two countries contributed positive total returns: the Philippines and Russia. The U.S., with an average weight of over 40%, detracted most from the sector’s performance.

 

Global Alternative Energy

 

Along with solar energy stocks, global alternative energy stocks delivered a negative performance for the 12 months ending December 31, 2014. As with solar energy stocks, global alternative energy stocks were adversely affected by the fall in oil prices in 2014, particularly during the last four months of the year. While significant contributions to overall performance came from companies involved in wind energy and automobile manufacturing, the greatest detractors from performance were companies involved in lighting and semiconductor products, and the manufacture of advanced materials and crystal growth equipment. The strongest contribution to total return came from companies in the Denmark. Companies in the U.S. and Brazil were the main detractors from performance.

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Gold Miners/Junior Gold Miners

 

If 2013 was a difficult year for gold miners, both large and small, so, too, was 2014. Having bounced back with modest gains during the first half of 2014, on the back of both a strengthening U.S. dollar and economy, stocks started to decline at the beginning of September and continued down for the rest of the year. While Canadian gold mining companies, both large and junior, were by far the most significant detractors from performance, juniors in Australia were also particularly hard hit. However, the majority of their established peers in Australia, China and South Africa posted positive performances for the 12 month period.

 

Natural Resources

 

The agricultural, alternatives, and paper and forest products sectors of the natural resources industry all posted positive returns. However, with their heavier aggregate average weighting over the 12 month period, the energy, base/industrial metals, and precious metals sectors, with their strongly negative performances, overwhelmed these positive returns.

 

Oil Services

 

Having hit a high on June 30, on the back of falling oil prices oil services stocks started to decline thereafter nearly continuously through to the end of the year, and particularly precipitously in the last week in November through to mid-December. Energy stocks, including oil services stocks, crashed at the end of November after OPEC announced that there would be no cuts in production, a move that sent the price of oil to its lowest since May 20103 and was expected to hit oil services companies badly.4 While U.S. oil services companies detracted by far the most from performance, foreign-domiciled companies also lagged.

 

Rare Earth and Strategic Metals

 

Rare earth prices remained depressed throughout 2014, impacting companies of all sizes involved in extracting and refining the metals. During the year, efforts by the Chinese government both to consolidate the country’s rare earth mining industry5 and to stamp out smuggling6 met with limited success. Such efforts failed to provide much support to prices.7 While most companies in China posted positive returns, companies in Australia involved in zircon and the mining and refining of rare earths, and in the U.S. a company involved specifically in the mining and refining of rare earths, were the largest detractors from performance. Smaller companies performed worse than their mid-cap peers during the period under review.

 

Solar Energy

 

Having performed strongly in the first half of 2014, from early July solar energy stocks declined, in fits and starts, during the second half of the year. Among other factors, the decline in the price of crude oil8 during the year, and over the last four months of the year in particular, was especially challenging for the solar sector. Within the sector, the only, but also strong, positive contribution came from companies in China. This positive performance was, however, no match for companies’ negative performances in such countries as Taiwan, Switzerland and the U.S. In addition to having the highest average weighting in the sector, mid-cap companies also made the only positive contribution to overall performance. Both smaller and larger companies detracted from performance, in particular smaller companies.

 

Steel

 

If the first half of 2014 was a challenging one for the steel industry, the second half was brutal. In addition to oversupply, imports of steel into the U.S. increased substantially in 2014.9 With the two largest average weightings in the sector during the 12 month period, Brazil and the U.S. were also the two largest detractors from performance.

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MARKET VECTORS HARD ASSETS ETFs

(unaudited)

 

Unconventional Oil & Gas

 

While unconventional energy companies performed well during the first half of 2014, particularly those in the U.S., companies were hard hit in the second half as the price of crude plummeted. Of the 50 U.S. stocks (on average nearly 76% of the fund by weight during the period under review) just five contributed with positive performance. Although a single Australian company contributed positive returns, the country’s low relative average weighting resulted in a minimal contribution to performance.

 

Uranium and Nuclear Energy

 

The sector posted positive total returns for whole the 12 month period, with performance gains occurring in the first half of the year. Uranium miners have, in particular, benefited from robustness in the price of the metal over 2014. Such news as the fact that China will need some 1,000 nuclear reactors10 to fulfill its pledge on climate control and that re-elected Japanese prime minister, Shinzu Abe, fully intends to boost reactor restarts11 also helped bolster the industry. With the largest average weighting over the period under review, utilities produced the vast majority of the sector’s positive return. However, industrial companies detracted from performance during the period. Geographically, companies in the U.S. contributed most to return, while Japan detracted most from performance.

 

 

All indices are unmanaged and include the reinvestment of all dividends, but do not reflect the payment of transaction costs, advisory fees or expenses that are associated with an investment in the Fund. An index’s performance is not illustrative of the Fund’s performance. Indices are not securities in which investments can be made. Results reflect past performance and do not guarantee future results.

 

The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index (RVEIT) is a rules based, modified capitalization weighted, float adjusted index comprising publicly traded companies engaged in the production and distribution of commodities and commodity-related products and services in the following sectors: 1) Agriculture; 2) Alternatives (Water & Alternative Energy); 3) Base and Industrial Metals; 4) Energy; 5) Forest Products; and 6) Precious Metals.
   
1 U.S. Energy Information Administration: Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO) - December 2014, http://www.eia.gov/forecasts/steo/pdf/steo_full.pdf
   
2 The Times of India: Coal production to double to 1 billion tonnes by 2019: Goyal, http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/Coal-production-to-double-to-1-biilion-tonnes-by-2019-Goyal/articleshow/45056750.cms
   
3 CNN News; Nightmare day for oil stocks, http://money.cnn.com/2014/11/28/investing/oil-stocks-plunge-opec/
   
4 Financial Times: Opec decision threatens US shale industry investment, http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/03ab7918-7686-11e4-9761-00144feabdc0.html
   
5 China Daily: China to further consolidate rare earth resources, http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/business/2014-10/29/content_18822173.htm
   
6 CINME 2014: Integration of innovation: the theme of China’s rare earth industry, http://www.bcinfe.com/en/Newsshow.asp?id=183
   
7 Ibid.
   
8 ETF Trends: Solar ETFs Shattered by Low Oil Prices, http://www.etftrends.com/2014/12/solar-etfs-shattered-by-low-oil-prices/
   
9 The Wall Street Journal: U.S. Steel Lays Off 756, Blaming Low Oil Prices, http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-steel-to-cut-jobs-amid-low-oil-prices-1420556069
   
10 Bloomberg News: China Needs 1,000 Nuclear Reactors to Fulfill Its Climate Pledge, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-11-21/latest-china-revolution-seeks-great-leap-for-clean-energy.html
   
11 The Japan Times: With election over, Abe ready to boost reactor restarts, http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/12/15/national/abe-set-boost-efforts-revive-nuclear-power-election/#.VKHSDQpBA
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MARKET VECTORS AGRIBUSINESS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 

 

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVMOOTR2
One Year   (0.33)%   (0.13)%   0.24%
Five Years   5.40%   5.47%   5.80%
Life* (annualized)   4.90%   4.92%   5.46%
Life* (cumulative)   42.05%   42.21%   47.68%
*since 8/31/07               

 

Index data prior to March 18, 2013 reflects that of the DAXglobal Agribusiness Index (DXAG). From March 18, 2013 forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® Global Agribusiness Index (MVMOOTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (MOO) was 8/31/07.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (8/31/07) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (9/5/07), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.57% / Net Expense Ratio 0.57%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.56% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

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MARKET VECTORS AGRIBUSINESS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Global Agribusiness Index (MVMOOTR) is a rules-based, modified-capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to give investors exposure to the overall performance of the global agribusiness industry.

 

Market Vectors Global Agribusiness Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Agribusiness ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Agribusiness ETF (MOO)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for MOO is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   September 5, 2007* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   5    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   5    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   20    1.1%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   177    9.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   644    34.9%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   859    46.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   98    5.3%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   19    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   10    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   2    0.1%
Less Than -3.0%   2    0.1%
    1845    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS COAL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 

 

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVKOLTR2
One Year   (22.67)%   (23.07)%   (22.73)%
Five Year   (15.10)%   (15.05)%   (14.65)%
Life* (annualized)   (12.30)%   (12.33)%   (11.77)%
Life* (cumulative)   (59.97)%   (60.06)%   (58.25)%
*since 1/10/08               

 

Index data prior to September 24, 2012 reflects that of the Stowe Coal IndexSM (TCOAL). From September 24, 2012 forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® Global Coal Index (MVKOLTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Coal ETF (KOL) was 1/10/08.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (1/10/08) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (1/14/08), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.63% / Net Expense Ratio 0.59%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.59% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

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MARKET VECTORS COAL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Global Coal Index (MVKOLTR) is a rules-based, capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the coal industry.

 

Market Vectors Global Coal Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Coal ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Coal ETF (KOL)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for KOL is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   January 14, 2008* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   10    0.6%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   8    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   14    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   24    1.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   43    2.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   165    9.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   545    31.0%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   663    37.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   209    11.9%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   38    2.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   19    1.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   13    0.7%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   3    0.2%
Less Than -3.0%   1    0.1%
    1755    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  AGIXLT2
One Year   (3.34)%   (3.04)%   (2.47)%
Five Years   (5.02)%   (5.11)%   (5.66)%
Life* (annualized)   (8.88)%   (8.86)%   (9.23)%
Life* (cumulative)   (50.98)%   (50.89)%   (52.42)%
*since 5/3/07               

 

Commencement dates for the Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX) was 5/3/07.

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (5/3/07) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (5/9/07), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.64% / Net Expense Ratio 0.62%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.62% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

2Ardour Global IndexSM (Extra Liquid) (AGIXLT) is a rules-based, global capitalization-weighted, float adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the alternative energy industry.

 

“Ardour Global IndexesSM, LLC”, “ARDOUR GLOBAL INDEXSM (Extra Liquid)”, and “ARDOUR – XLSM” are service marks of Ardour Global IndexesSM, LLC and have been licensed for use by Van Eck Associates Corporation in connection with Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX). Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Ardour Global IndexesSM, LLC and Ardour Global IndexesSM, LLC makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund. AGIXLT is calculated by Dow Jones Indexes. The Fund, based on the AGIXLT, is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones Indexes, and Dow Jones Indexes makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Global Alternative Energy ETF (GEX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for GEX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   May 9, 2007* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   13    0.7%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   85    4.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   202    10.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   504    26.2%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   748    38.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   322    16.7%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   35    1.8%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   7    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   2    0.1%
Less Than -3.0%   1    0.1%
    1927    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

12

MARKET VECTORS GOLD MINERS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  GDMNTR2
One Year   (12.42)%   (12.31)%   (11.99)%
Five Year   (16.25)%   (16.18)%   (15.71)%
Life* (annualized)   (7.94)%   (7.91)%   (7.43)%
Life* (cumulative)   (51.01)%   (50.88)%   (48.66)%
*since 5/16/06               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX) was 5/16/06.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (5/16/06) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (5/22/06), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.53% / Net Expense Ratio 0.53%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.53% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS GOLD MINERS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
(unaudited)

 

2NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDMNTR) is a modified capitalization-weighted index comprised of publicly traded companies involved primarily in the mining for gold.

 

NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index (GDMNTR), a trademark of NYSE or its affiliates, is licensed for use by Van Eck Associates Corporation in connection with Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (GDX). Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by NYSE and NYSE makes no representation as to the accuracy and/or completeness of GDMNTR or results to be obtained by any person from using GDMNTR in connection with trading the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Gold Miners ETF (GDX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for GDX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   May 22, 2006* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   11    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   52    2.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   1093    50.6%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   968    44.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   30    1.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   7    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   1    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   0    0.0%
    2169    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

14

MARKET VECTORS JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVGDXJTR2
One Year   (22.33)%   (21.60)%   (20.86)%
Five Years   (22.59)%   (22.55)%   (21.88)%
Life* (annualized)   (21.43)%   (21.35)%   (21.01)%
Life* (cumulative)   (71.05)%   (70.90)%   (70.27)%
*since 11/10/09               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ) was 11/10/09.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (11/10/09) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (11/11/09), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.55% / Net Expense Ratio 0.55%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.56% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2014. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR) is a rules-based, modified capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of a global universe of publicly traded small- and medium-capitalization companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from gold and/or silver mining, hold real property that has the potential to produce at least 50% of the company’s revenue from gold or silver mining when developed, or primarily invest in gold or silver.
15

MARKET VECTORS JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Market Vectors Global Junior Gold Miners Index (MVGDXJTR) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate MVGDXJTR. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that MVGDXJTR is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in MVGDXJTR to third parties. Market Vectors Junior Gold Miners ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Junior Gold Miners ETF (GDXJ)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for GDXJ is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   November 11, 2009* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   6    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   2    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   6    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   17    1.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   68    5.3%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   242    18.7%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   413    31.8%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   334    25.8%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   147    11.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   42    3.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   9    0.7%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   6    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   1    0.1%
    1293    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

16

MARKET VECTORS NATURAL RESOURCES ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  RVEIT2
One Year   (7.25)%   (7.71)%   (7.26)%
Five Year   2.08%   2.06%   2.27%
Life* (annualized)   (0.76)%   (0.83)%   (0.57)%
Life* (cumulative)   (4.72)%   (5.14)%   (3.58)%
*since 8/29/08
Effective May 1, 2014, the name of the index that the Fund seeks to replicate changed from The RogersTM-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index to The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index (the “Index”). In connection with that change, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved changing the Fund’s name to Market Vectors Natural Resources ETF and, accordingly, the Fund’s investment objective changed such that the Fund will seek to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Natural Resources ETF (HAP) was 8/29/08.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (8/29/08) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (9/3/08), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.73% / Net Expense Ratio 0.50%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.49% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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

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MARKET VECTORS NATURAL RESOURCES ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

by the total number of shares outstanding. The NAV is not necessarily the same as the ETF’s intraday trading value. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index (RVEIT) is a rules-based, modified capitalization-weighted, float adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the production and distribution of commodities and commodity-related products and services.

 

The RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index has been licensed by Van Eck Associates Corporation from S-Network Global Indexes, LLC in connection with Market Vectors Natural Resources ETF (HAP). Market Vectors Natural Resources ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S-Network Global Indexes, LLC, which makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

“Jim Rogers,” “James Beeland Rogers, Jr.,” and “Rogers,” are trademarks, service marks and/or registered trademarks of Beeland Interests, Inc. (“Beeland Interests”), which is owned and controlled by James Beeland Rogers, Jr., and are used subject to license. The personal names and likeness of Jim Rogers/James Beeland Rogers, Jr. are owned and licensed by James Beeland Rogers, Jr.

 

The Fund is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Beeland Interests or James Beeland Rogers, Jr. Neither Beeland Interests nor James Beeland Rogers, Jr. makes any representation or warranty, express or implied, nor accepts any responsibility, regarding the accuracy or completeness of this material, or the advisability of investing in securities or commodities generally, or in the Fund or in futures particularly.

 

BEELAND INTERESTS AND ITS AFFILIATES AND VAN ECK AND ITS AFFILIATES SHALL NOT HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS, OMISSIONS OR INTERRUPTIONS, AND MAKES NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY OWNERS OF HAP, OR ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF RVEI. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL BEELAND INTERESTS OR VAN ECK OR ANY THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST PROFITS OR INDIRECT, PUNITIVE, SPECIAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR LOSSES, EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY THEREOF.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Natural Resources ETF (HAP)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for HAP is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   September 3, 2008* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   8    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   4    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   6    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   16    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   27    1.7%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   131    8.2%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   685    42.8%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   669    42.0%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   35    2.2%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   6    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   4    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   1    0.1%
    1594    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

18

MARKET VECTORS OIL SERVICES ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVOIHTR2
One Year   (23.53)%   (23.64)%   (23.71)%
Life *(annualized)   (0.15)%   (0.45)%   (0.39)%
Life* (cumulative)   (0.44)%   (1.36)%   (1.19)%
*since 12/20/11               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (OIH) was 12/20/2011.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (12/20/11) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (12/21/11), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.39% / Net Expense Ratio 0.35%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.35% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2 Market Vectors® US Listed Oil Services 25 Index (MVOIHTR) is a rules-based, modified capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to track the overall performance of 25 of the largest U.S. listed, publicly traded oil services companies.
19

MARKET VECTORS OIL SERVICES ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON
(unaudited)

 

Market Vectors US Listed Oil Services 25 Index (MVOIHTR) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate MVOIHTR. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that MVOIHTR is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in MVOIHTR to third parties. Market Vectors Oil Services ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Oil Services ETF (OIH)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for OIH is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   December 21, 2011* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   4    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   5    0.7%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   380    50.0%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   364    47.8%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   3    0.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   2    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   0    0.0%
    761    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

20

MARKET VECTORS RARE EARTH/STRATEGIC METALS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVREMXTR2
One Year   (28.49)%   (28.07)%   (27.76)%
Life* (annualized)   (22.16)%   (21.96)%   (22.36)%
Life* (cumulative)   (64.90)%   (64.51)%   (65.30)%
*since 10/27/10               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) was 10/27/10.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (10/27/10) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (10/28/10), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.72% / Net Expense Ratio 0.58%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.57% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2 Market Vectors® Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index (MVREMXTR) is a rules-based, modified capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index comprised of publicly traded companies engaged in a variety of activities that are related to the mining, refining and manufacturing of rare earth/strategic metals.
21

MARKET VECTORS RARE EARTH/STRATEGIC METALS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Market Vectors Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF (REMX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for REMX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   October 28, 2010* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   5    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   1    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   5    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   27    2.6%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   110    10.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   226    21.5%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   301    28.4%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   257    24.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   64    6.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   22    2.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   8    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   4    0.4%
Less Than -3.0%   21    2.0%
    1051    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

22

MARKET VECTORS SOLAR ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVKWTTR2
One Year   (7.16)%   (6.17)%   (5.76)%
Five Year   (20.11)%   (20.06)%   (21.15)%
Life* (annualized)   (26.72)%   (26.63)%   (27.26)%
Life* (cumulative)   (87.52)%   (87.43)%   (88.15)%
*since 4/21/08               
                
Index data prior to March 18, 2013 reflects that of the Ardour Solar Energy Index (SOLRXT). From March 18, 2013 forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® Global Solar Energy Index (MVKWTTR). All Index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (KWT) was 4/21/08.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (4/21/08) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (4/23/08), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 1.08% / Net Expense Ratio 0.65%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.65% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in cash. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

23

MARKET VECTORS SOLAR ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2Market Vectors® Global Solar Energy Index (MVKWTTR) is a rules-based, modified-capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to give investors exposure to the overall performance of the global solar energy industry.

 

Market Vectors Global Solar Energy Index (the “Index”) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Solar Energy ETF (KWT)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for KWT is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   April 23, 2008* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   4    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   11    0.7%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   22    1.3%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   86    5.1%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   242    14.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   508    30.1%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   525    31.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   201    11.9%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   47    2.8%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   21    1.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   8    0.5%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   2    0.1%
Less Than -3.0%   6    0.4%
    1686    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

24

MARKET VECTORS STEEL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  STEEL2
One Year   (26.33)%   (26.44)%   (26.24)%
Five Year   (8.41)%   (8.44)%   (8.13)%
Life* (annualized)   0.59%   0.58%   0.95%
Life* (cumulative)   4.93%   4.85%   8.13%
*since 10/10/06               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Steel ETF was 10/10/06.

 

1The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (10/10/06) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (10/16/06), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.63% / Net Expense Ratio 0.55%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.55% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

25

MARKET VECTORS STEEL ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

2NYSE Arca Steel Index (STEEL) is a modified capitalization-weighted index comprised of publicly traded companies predominantly involved in the production of steel products or mining and processing of iron ore.

 

NYSE Arca Steel Index (STEEL) is a trademark of NYSE or its affiliates, is licensed for use by Van Eck Associates Corporation in connection with Market Vectors Steel ETF (SLX). Market Vectors Steel ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by NYSE and NYSE makes no representation as to the accuracy and/or completeness of STEEL or the results to be obtained by any person from the using STEEL in connection with trading the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Steel ETF (SLX)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for SLX is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   October 16, 2006* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   16    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   658    31.8%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   1332    64.6%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   52    2.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   3    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   2    0.1%
    2067    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

26

MARKET VECTORS UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVFRAKTR2
One Year   (21.41)%   (21.18)%   (21.08)%
Life (annualized)   (3.37)%   (3.26)%   (3.09)%
Life* (cumulative)   (9.41)%   (9.11)%   (8.65)%
*since 2/14/12               

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK) was 2/14/2012.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (2/14/12) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (2/15/12), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.67% / Net Expense Ratio 0.54%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.54% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

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MARKET VECTORS UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

2 Market Vectors® Global Unconventional Oil & Gas Index (MVFRAKTR) is a rules-based, modified capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index intended to track the overall performance of companies involved in the exploration, development, extraction, production and/or refining of unconventional oil and natural gas.

 

Market Vectors Global Unconventional Oil & Gas Index (MVFRAKTR) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate MVFRAKTR. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that MVFRAKTR is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in MVFRAKTR to third parties. Market Vectors Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (the “Fund”) is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund.

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF (FRAK)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for FRAK is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   February 15, 2012* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   1    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   8    1.1%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   97    13.4%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   412    57.0%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   167    23.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   30    4.1%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   7    1.0%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   2    0.3%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   0    0.0%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   0    0.0%
Less Than -3.0%   0    0.0%
    724    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS URANIUM+NUCLEAR ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 (Since Inception)

 

This chart shows the value of a hypothetical $10,000 investment in the Fund at NAV and at Share Price over the past 10 fiscal year periods or since inception (for funds lacking 10-year records). The result is compared with the Fund’s benchmark.

 


 

Total Return  Share Price1  NAV  MVNLRTR2
One Year   9.52%   9.61%   9.71%
Five Years   (0.79)%   (0.77)%   (1.02)%
Life* (annualized)   (7.07)%   (7.06)%   (6.94)%
Life* (cumulative)   (41.80)%   (41.76)%   (41.21)%
*since 8/13/07               
                
Index data prior to March 24, 2014 reflects that of the DAXglobal® Nuclear Energy Index (DXNE). From March 24, 2014 forward, the index data reflects that of the Market Vectors® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index (MVNLRTR). All index history reflects a blend of the performance of the aforementioned Indexes.

 

Commencement date for the Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR) was 8/13/07.

 

1 The price used to calculate market return (Share Price) is determined by using the closing price listed on NYSE Arca. Since the shares of the Fund did not trade in the secondary market until several days after the Fund’s commencement, for the period from commencement (8/13/07) to the first day of secondary market trading in shares of the Fund (8/15/07), the NAV of the Fund is used as a proxy for the secondary market trading price to calculate market returns.

 

The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results. Performance information for the Fund reflects temporary waivers of expenses and/or fees. Had the Fund incurred all expenses, investment returns would have been reduced. These returns do not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends and distributions or the sale of Fund shares.

 

Investment return and value of the shares of the Fund will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Performance may be lower or higher than performance data quoted. Performance current to the most recent month-end is available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com.

 

Gross Expense Ratio 0.76% / Net Expense Ratio 0.60%

 

Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”) has agreed to waive fees and/or pay Fund expenses to the extent necessary to prevent the operating expenses of the Fund (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) from exceeding 0.60% of the Fund’s average daily net assets per year until at least May 1, 2015. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Fund’s Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation.

 

Fund shares are not individually redeemable and will be issued and redeemed at their NAV only through certain authorized broker-dealers in large, specified blocks of shares called “creation units” and otherwise can be bought and sold only through exchange trading. Creation units are issued and redeemed principally in kind. Shares may trade at a premium or discount to their NAV in the secondary market.

 

The “Net Asset Value” (NAV) of a Market Vectors 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. Market Vectors ETF investors should not expect to buy or sell shares at NAV.

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MARKET VECTORS URANIUM+NUCLEAR ENERGY ETF

PERFORMANCE COMPARISON

(unaudited)

 

Index returns assume the reinvestment of all income and do not reflect any management fees or brokerage expenses associated with Fund returns. Investors cannot invest directly in the Index. Returns for actual Fund investors may differ from what is shown because of differences in timing, the amount invested and fees and expenses.

 

2 Market Vectors® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy is a rules based, modified capitalization weighted, float adjusted index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of companies involved in uranium and nuclear energy.

 

Market Vectors® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index (MVNLRTR) is the exclusive property of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (a wholly owned subsidiary of the Adviser), which has contracted with Solactive AG to maintain and calculate the Index. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties. Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH makes no representation regarding the advisability of investing in the Fund

 

FREQUENCY DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS AND DISCOUNTS

(unaudited)

Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (NLR)
Closing Price vs. NAV

 

The following Frequency Distribution of Premiums and Discounts chart is provided to show the frequency at which the closing price for NLR is at a premium or discount to its daily net asset value (NAV). The chart is for comparative purposes only and represents the period noted.

 

   August 15, 2007* through December 31, 2014
Premium/Discount Range  Number of Days  Percentage of Total Days
Greater than or Equal to 3.0%   2    0.1%
Greater than or Equal to 2.5% And Less Than 3.0%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 2.0% And Less Than 2.5%   3    0.2%
Greater than or Equal to 1.5% And Less Than 2.0%   15    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to 1.0% And Less Than 1.5%   46    2.5%
Greater than or Equal to 0.5% And Less Than 1.0%   186    10.0%
Greater than or Equal to 0.0% And Less Than 0.5%   510    27.4%
Greater than or Equal to -0.5% And Less Than 0.0%   736    39.5%
Greater than or Equal to -1.0% And Less Than -0.5%   258    13.9%
Greater than or Equal to -1.5% And Less Than -1.0%   49    2.6%
Greater than or Equal to -2.0% And Less Than -1.5%   23    1.2%
Greater than or Equal to -2.5% And Less Than -2.0%   14    0.8%
Greater than or Equal to -3.0% And Less Than -2.5%   5    0.3%
Less Than -3.0%   9    0.5%
    1859    100.0%

 

 

* First day of secondary market trading.

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

EXPLANATION OF EXPENSES
(unaudited)

 

Hypothetical $1,000 investment at beginning of period

As a shareholder of a Fund, you incur operating expenses, including management fees and other Fund expenses. This disclosure is intended to help you understand the ongoing costs (in dollars) of investing in your Fund and to compare these costs with the ongoing costs of investing in other mutual funds.

 

The disclosure is based on an investment of $1,000 invested at the beginning of the period and held for the entire period, July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014.

 

Actual Expenses

The first line in the table below provides information about account values and actual expenses. You may use the information in this line, together with the amount you invested, to estimate the expenses that you paid over the period. Simply divide your account value by $1,000 (for example, an $8,600 account value divided by $1,000 = 8.6), then multiply the result by the number in the first line under the heading entitled “Expenses Paid During the Period.”

 

Hypothetical Example for Comparison Purposes

The second line in the table below provides information about hypothetical account values and hypothetical expenses based on your Fund’s actual expense ratio and an assumed rate of return of 5% per year before expenses, which is not the Fund’s actual return. The hypothetical account values and expenses may not be used to estimate the actual ending account balance or expenses you paid for the period. You may use this information to compare the ongoing costs of investing in your Fund and other funds. To do so, compare this 5% hypothetical example with the 5% hypothetical examples that appear in the shareholder reports of other funds.

 

Please note that the expenses shown in the table are meant to highlight your ongoing costs only and do not reflect any transactional costs, such as program fees. Therefore, the second line of the table is useful in comparing ongoing costs only, and will not help you determine the relative costs of owning different funds. In addition, if these transactional costs were included, your costs would have been higher.

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   Beginning
Account
Value
July 1, 2014
  Ending
Account
Value
December 31, 2014
  Annualized
Expense
Ratio
During Period
  Expenses Paid
During the Period*
July 1, 2014 -
December 31, 2014
Agribusiness ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $984.90    0.56%  $2.80 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.38    0.56%  $2.85 
Coal ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $802.20    0.59%  $2.68 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.23    0.59%  $3.01 
Global Alternative Energy ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $823.90    0.62%  $2.85 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.08    0.62%  $3.16 
Gold Miners ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $702.00    0.53%  $2.27 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.53    0.53%  $2.70 
Junior Gold Miners ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $574.90    0.54%  $2.14 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.48    0.54%  $2.75 
Natural Resources ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $851.30    0.50%  $2.33 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.68    0.50%  $2.55 
Oil Services ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $636.10    0.35%  $1.44 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,023.44    0.35%  $1.79 
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $726.50    0.58%  $2.52 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.28    0.58%  $2.96 
Solar Energy ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $782.30    0.65%  $2.92 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,021.93    0.65%  $3.31 
Steel ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $767.60    0.55%  $2.45 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.43    0.55%  $2.80 
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $651.60    0.54%  $2.25 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.48    0.54%  $2.75 
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF                    
Actual  $1,000.00   $1,004.80    0.61%  $3.08 
Hypothetical**  $1,000.00   $1,022.13    0.61%  $3.11 
* Expenses are equal to the Fund’s annualized expense ratio (for the six months ended December 31, 2014) multiplied by the average account value over the period, multiplied by the number of days in the most recent fiscal half year divided by the number of days in the fiscal year (to reflect the one-half year period).
** Assumes annual return of 5% before expenses
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AGRIBUSINESS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 99.9%    
Argentina: 0.1%    
 147,438   Cresud S.A.C.I.F. y A (ADR) *  $1,487,649 
Australia: 1.8%    
 6,071,896   Incitec Pivot Ltd. #   15,743,801 
 769,804   Nufarm Ltd. #   2,967,327 
 2,016,993   Treasury Wine Estates Ltd. #   7,803,733 
         26,514,861 
Brazil: 0.3%    
 2,372,000   All America Latina Logistica SA   4,515,206 
Canada: 10.4%    
 595,746   Agrium, Inc. (USD) †   56,429,061 
 2,637,316   Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (USD)   93,150,001 
         149,579,062 
Chile: 0.4%    
 217,952   Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA (ADR)   5,204,694 
China / Hong Kong: 1.1%    
 64,396,000   Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings Ltd. * † # §   1,352,155 
 5,824,000   China BlueChemical Ltd. #   2,059,770 
 11,670,000   Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd. * #   11,289,829 
 8,366,000   Sinofert Holdings Ltd. * #   1,363,985 
         16,065,739 
Germany: 1.5%    
 775,171   K+S AG † #   21,390,972 
Indonesia: 1.1%    
 1,500,776   Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT #   2,932,487 
 34,377,800   Charoen Pokphand Indonesia Tbk PT #   10,464,104 
 
 
13,328,610
 
 
 
 
 
Perusahaan Perkebunan London
Sumatra Indonesia Tbk PT #
 
 
 
 
 
2,028,388
 
 
         15,424,979 
Israel: 1.1%    
 2,244,429   Israel Chemicals Ltd. #   16,186,637 
Japan: 6.1%    
 4,707,130   Kubota Corp. #   68,257,416 
 903,000   Nippon Meat Packers, Inc. #   19,737,152 
         87,994,568 
Malaysia: 3.1%    
 5,910,000   Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd #   3,673,466 
 13,638,955   IOI Corp. Bhd #   18,718,162 
 2,029,770   Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd   13,235,737 
 2,372,500   PPB Group Bhd #   9,667,805 
         45,295,170 
Netherlands: 1.2%    
 317,927   Nutreco NV #   17,064,602 
Norway: 3.5%    
 1,231,859   Marine Harvest ASA (ADR) †   16,827,194 
 750,202   Yara International ASA #   33,209,789 
         50,036,983 
Russia: 1.3%    
 703,485   PhosAgro OAO (GDR) * # Reg S   7,186,629 
 923,291   Uralkali OJSC (GDR) # Reg S   10,853,967 
         18,040,596 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
Singapore: 4.3%    
 2,341,000   First Resources Ltd. #  $3,290,125 
 26,913,745   Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. #   9,311,636 
 1,620,520   Indofood Agri Resources Ltd. #   881,684 
 20,110,751   Wilmar International Ltd. #   48,985,925 
         62,469,370 
South Africa: 0.4%    
 373,388   Tongaat Hulett Ltd. #   5,569,730 
Switzerland: 8.1%    
 1,812,039   Syngenta AG (ADR) †   116,405,385 
Taiwan: 0.4%    
 3,550,000   Taiwan Fertilizer Co. Ltd. #   6,257,834 
Thailand: 1.4%    
 23,611,336   Charoen Pokphand Foods (NVDR) #   19,432,103 
Turkey: 0.1%    
 63,573   Turk Traktor ve Ziraat Makineleri AS #   2,086,169 
Ukraine: 0.1%    
 208,816   Kernel Holding SA * #   1,659,648 
United Kingdom: 2.1%    
 3,806,877   CNH Industrial NV (USD) †   30,683,429 
United States: 50.0%    
 262,948   AGCO Corp. †   11,885,250 
 95,012   Andersons, Inc.   5,048,938 
 1,672,345   Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   86,961,940 
 99,604   Balchem Corp.   6,637,611 
 539,612   Bunge Ltd.   49,056,127 
 177,729   CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   48,438,262 
 179,581   Chiquita Brands International, Inc. *   2,596,741 
 1,142,954   Deere & Co.   101,117,140 
 438,135   FMC Corp.   24,986,839 
 111,322   IDEXX Laboratories, Inc. *   16,505,713 
 22,092   Lindsay Corp. †   1,894,168 
 957,869   Monsanto Co.   114,436,609 
 1,220,210   Mosaic Co.   55,702,587 
 42,449   MWI Veterinary Supply, Inc. *   7,212,510 
 308,550   Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. * †   10,117,355 
 198,934   Toro Co.   12,693,979 
 453,397   Tractor Supply Co.   35,736,752 
 1,237,912   Tyson Foods, Inc.   49,627,892 
 1,837,645   Zoetis, Inc.   79,073,864 
         719,730,277 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $1,535,241,981)
 1,439,095,663 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.0%
(Cost: $380,060)
   
 380,060   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   380,060 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 99.9%
(Cost: $1,535,622,041)
 1,439,475,723 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Principal        
Amount      Value 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS
COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 5.2%
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Repurchase Agreements: 5.2%     
$12,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $12,000,053; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $12,240,000 including accrued interest)  $12,000,000 
 4,098,670   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,098,684; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 9.00%, due 11/15/18 to 2/15/38, valued at $4,180,644 including accrued interest)   4,098,670 
 891,329   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $891,333; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.63% to 2.38%, due 2/28/15 to 7/15/21, valued at $909,156 including accrued interest)   891,329 
 19,469,521   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $19,469,586; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $19,858,957 including accrued interest)   19,469,521 
Principal        
Amount      Value 
           
Repurchase Agreements: (continued)     
$19,469,521   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $19,469,629; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at $19,858,935 including accrued interest)  $19,469,521 
 19,469,521   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $19,469,608; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $19,858,912 including accrued interest)   19,469,521 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $75,398,562)
   75,398,562 
Total Investments: 105.1%
(Cost: $1,611,020,603)
   1,514,874,285 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (5.1)%   (73,972,844)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $1,440,901,441 


 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $70,822,839.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $381,427,030 which represents 26.5% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $1,352,155 which represents 0.1% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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AGRIBUSINESS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)  
 % of Investments    Value 
Consumer Discretionary    2.5%    $35,736,752 
Consumer Staples    28.9      416,044,829 
Financials    0.9      12,777,478 
Health Care    7.1      102,792,087 
Industrials    16.2      233,132,757 
Materials    44.4      638,611,760 
Money Market Fund    0.0      380,060 
     100.0%    $1,439,475,723 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Argentina  $1,487,649   $   $   $1,487,649 
Australia       26,514,861        26,514,861 
Brazil   4,515,206            4,515,206 
Canada   149,579,062            149,579,062 
Chile   5,204,694            5,204,694 
China / Hong Kong       14,713,584    1,352,155    16,065,739 
Germany       21,390,972        21,390,972 
Indonesia       15,424,979        15,424,979 
Israel       16,186,637        16,186,637 
Japan       87,994,568        87,994,568 
Malaysia   13,235,737    32,059,433        45,295,170 
Netherlands       17,064,602        17,064,602 
Norway   16,827,194    33,209,789        50,036,983 
Russia       18,040,596        18,040,596 
Singapore       62,469,370        62,469,370 
South Africa       5,569,730        5,569,730 
Switzerland   116,405,385            116,405,385 
Taiwan       6,257,834        6,257,834 
Thailand       19,432,103        19,432,103 
Turkey       2,086,169        2,086,169 
Ukraine       1,659,648        1,659,648 
United Kingdom   30,683,429            30,683,429 
United States   719,730,277            719,730,277 
Money Market Fund   380,060            380,060 
Repurchase Agreements       75,398,562        75,398,562 
Total  $1,058,048,693   $455,473,437   $1,352,155   $1,514,874,285 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $ 9,477,665 and transfers of securities from Level 2 to Level 1 were $ 45,346,656. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

The following table reconciles the valuation of the Fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

   Common Stocks
   China / Hong Kong
Balance as of December 31, 2013    $ 
Realized gain (loss)      
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (4,202,054)
Purchases      
Sales      
Transfers in and/or out of level 3     5,554,209 
Balance as of December 31, 2014    $1,352,155 

 

Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 resulted primarily due to suspended trading.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 100.0%     
Australia: 10.3%     
 2,478,541   Aurizon Holdings Ltd. #  $9,297,536 
 634,210   New Hope Corp. Ltd. #   1,269,841 
 1,095,998   Whitehaven Coal Ltd. * #   1,244,864 
         11,812,241 
Canada: 4.8%     
 200,234   Westshore Terminals Investment Corp.   5,468,078 
China / Hong Kong: 18.0%     
 8,281,095   China Coal Energy Co. Ltd. #   5,176,519 
 3,178,408   China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. #   9,378,961 
 9,304,067   Fushan International Energy Group Ltd. #   2,021,352 
 2,109,307   Hidili Industry International Development Ltd. * #   189,587 
 470,814   Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. (ADR)   3,968,962 
         20,735,381 
Indonesia: 14.9%     
 60,768,415   Adaro Energy Tbk PT #   5,070,196 
 116,007,400   Bumi Resources Tbk PT * #   747,815 
 1,509,152   Indo Tambangraya Megah Tbk PT #   1,861,387 
 2,550,000   Tambang Batubara Bukit Asam Tbk PT #   2,554,146 
 4,959,200   United Tractors Tbk PT #   6,926,040 
         17,159,584 
Philippines: 3.5%     
 1,264,290   Semirara Mining and Power Corp. #   3,997,118 
Poland: 2.7%     
 201,619   Jastrzebska Spolka Weglowa SA * #   945,462 
 79,177   Lubelski Wegiel Bogdanka SA #   2,146,910 
         3,092,372 
Russia: 0.2%     
 483,005   Raspadskaya OAO (USD) * #   182,433 
South Africa: 3.5%     
 450,959   Exxaro Resources Ltd. † #   4,024,602 
Thailand: 4.9%     
 7,532,400   Banpu PCL (NVDR) #   5,684,077 
United States: 37.2%     
 82,236   Alliance Holdings GP LP   5,015,574 
 147,433   Alliance Resource Partners LP   6,346,991 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
United States: (continued)     
 431,213   Alpha Natural Resources, Inc. *  $720,126 
 648,026   Arch Coal, Inc.   1,153,486 
 142,006   Cloud Peak Energy, Inc. *   1,303,615 
 233,424   Consol Energy, Inc.   7,892,065 
 28,549   FreightCar America, Inc.   751,124 
 151,764   Joy Global, Inc.   7,060,061 
 340,627   Natural Resource Partners LP   3,150,800 
 675,171   Peabody Energy Corp.   5,225,823 
 199,620   SunCoke Energy, Inc.   3,860,651 
 179,249   Walter Energy, Inc.   247,364 
         42,727,680 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $196,205,486)
   114,883,566 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.1%
(Cost: $173,564)
     
 173,564   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   173,564 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.1%
(Cost: $196,379,050)
   115,057,130 
          
Principal         
Amount         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 0.6%
(Cost: $689,582)
     
Repurchase Agreement: 0.6%     
$689,582   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $689,585; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.63% to 2.38%, due 2/28/15 to 7/15/21, valued at $703,374 including accrued interest)   689,582 
Total Investments: 100.7%
(Cost: $197,068,632)
   115,746,712 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.7)%   (841,718)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%   $114,904,994 


 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $646,922.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $62,718,846 which represents 54.6% of net assets.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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(continued)

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)  
  % of Investments     Value 
Energy   67.9%    $78,123,465 
Industrials   25.6      29,502,839 
Materials   6.3      7,257,262 
Money Market Fund   0.2      173,564 
    100.0%    $115,057,130 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Australia  $   $11,812,241   $   $11,812,241 
Canada   5,468,078            5,468,078 
China / Hong Kong   3,968,962    16,766,419        20,735,381 
Indonesia       17,159,584        17,159,584 
Philippines       3,997,118        3,997,118 
Poland       3,092,372        3,092,372 
Russia       182,433        182,433 
South Africa       4,024,602        4,024,602 
Thailand       5,684,077        5,684,077 
United States   42,727,680            42,727,680 
Money Market Fund   173,564            173,564 
Repurchase Agreement       689,582        689,582 
Total  $52,338,284   $63,408,428   $   $115,746,712 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $425,147. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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GLOBAL ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.9%     
Austria: 1.0%     
 46,844   Verbund - Oesterreichische Elektrizis AG † #  $867,504 
Brazil: 1.8%     
 191,254   Cosan Ltd. (Class A) (USD)   1,482,218 
Canada: 1.4%     
 47,274   Canadian Solar, Inc. (USD) *   1,143,558 
China / Hong Kong: 7.6%     
 3,561,000   China Longyuan Power Group Corp. Ltd. #   3,672,010 
 35,272   JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (ADR) * †   695,211 
 94,514   Trina Solar Ltd. (ADR) * †   875,200 
 491,400   Xinjiang Goldwind Science & Technology Co. Ltd. #   762,905 
 150,052   Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (ADR) * †   352,622 
         6,357,948 
Denmark: 9.5%     
 217,201   Vestas Wind Systems A/S * #   7,888,927 
Germany: 1.5%     
 68,798   Nordex SE * #   1,227,420 
Italy: 4.2%     
 1,651,750   Enel Green Power SpA #   3,460,684 
Japan: 3.2%     
 127,204   Kurita Water Industries Ltd. #   2,649,930 
Spain: 4.5%     
 224,674   EDP Renovaveis SA #   1,462,102 
 249,665   Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA * #   2,253,694 
         3,715,796 
United States: 65.2%     
 128,552   Covanta Holding Corp.   2,829,430 
 134,961   Cree, Inc. * †   4,348,443 
 122,525   Eaton Corp. Plc   8,326,799 
 50,893   EnerSys, Inc.   3,141,116 
 84,040   First Solar, Inc. *   3,747,764 
 34,836   Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc.   863,236 
 80,993   International Rectifier Corp. *   3,231,621 
 41,372   Itron, Inc. *   1,749,622 
 179,366   Plug Power, Inc. * †   538,098 
 50,890   Polypore International, Inc. *   2,394,374 
 32,811   Power Integrations, Inc.   1,697,641 
 66,064   Solarcity Corp. * †   3,533,103 
 301,232   SunEdison, Inc. * †   5,877,036 
 59,913   Sunpower Corp. * †   1,547,553 
 39,201   Tesla Motors, Inc. * †   8,718,694 
 43,520   Veeco Instruments, Inc. *   1,517,978 
         54,062,508 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $87,635,435)
   82,856,493 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.2%
(Cost: $156,085)
     
 156,085   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   156,085 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.1% (Cost: $87,791,520)   83,012,578 
Principal        
Amount      Value 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 25.4%     
Repurchase Agreements: 25.4%     
$1,052,249   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,052,252; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $1,073,294 including accrued interest)  $1,052,249 
 4,998,422   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,998,444; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $5,098,390 including accrued interest)   4,998,422 
 4,998,422   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Daiwa Capital Markets America, 0.12%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,998,455; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 6.50%, due 6/1/17 to 3/1/48, valued at $5,098,390 including accrued interest)   4,998,422 
 4,998,422   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,998,444; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $5,098,391 including accrued interest)   4,998,422 
 4,998,422   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Nomura Securities Int., Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,998,444; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 8.88%, due 1/7/15 to 10/20/64, valued at $5,098,390 including accrued interest)   4,998,422 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $21,045,937)
   21,045,937 
Total Investments: 125.5%
(Cost: $108,837,457)
   104,058,515 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (25.5)%   (21,121,143)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $82,937,372 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $20,686,661.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $24,245,176 which represents 29.2% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)  
  % of Investments     Value 
Consumer Discretionary   10.5%    $8,718,694 
Energy   2.8      2,345,454 
Industrials   42.8      35,545,796 
Information Technology   32.3      26,784,249 
Utilities   11.4      9,462,300 
Money Market Fund   0.2      156,085 
    100.0%    $83,012,578 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Austria  $   $867,504   $   $867,504 
Brazil   1,482,218            1,482,218 
Canada   1,143,558            1,143,558 
China / Hong Kong   1,923,033    4,434,915        6,357,948 
Denmark       7,888,927        7,888,927 
Germany       1,227,420        1,227,420 
Italy       3,460,684        3,460,684 
Japan       2,649,930        2,649,930 
Spain       3,715,796        3,715,796 
United States   54,062,508            54,062,508 
Money Market Fund   156,085            156,085 
Repurchase Agreements       21,045,937        21,045,937 
Total  $58,767,402   $45,291,113   $   $104,058,515 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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GOLD MINERS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 100.1%    
Australia: 5.6%    
 31,214,085   Newcrest Mining Ltd. * #  $275,306,768 
 18,266,686   OceanaGold Corp. (LDR) ‡ * † #   30,704,143 
         306,010,911 
Canada: 58.9%    
 10,259,920   Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (USD)   255,369,409 
 7,721,482   Alamos Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡ †   55,054,167 
 15,129,182   AuRico Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡   49,623,717 
 55,721,574   B2GOLD Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   90,268,950 
 42,020,788   Barrick Gold Corp. (USD)   451,723,471 
 14,332,650   Centerra Gold, Inc. ‡   74,741,382 
 9,569,378   Detour Gold Corp. ‡ *   78,405,696 
 38,808,040   Eldorado Gold Corp. (USD) ‡ †   235,952,883 
 7,125,192   First Majestic Silver Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   35,768,464 
 5,623,103   Franco-Nevada Corp. (USD) †   276,600,436 
 29,351,939   Goldcorp, Inc. (USD)   543,597,910 
 22,851,801   IAMGOLD Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   61,699,863 
 69,389,887   Kinross Gold Corp. (USD) ‡ *   195,679,481 
 30,588,954   New Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡ *   131,532,502 
 9,185,508   Pan American Silver Corp. (USD) ‡   84,506,674 
 9,699,220   Primero Mining Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   37,245,005 
 20,122,614   Rio Alto Mining Ltd. ‡ *   48,992,680 
 16,821,570   Semafo, Inc. ‡ *   43,279,325 
 13,387,782   Silver Wheaton Corp. (USD) †   272,173,608 
 53,399,683   Yamana Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡   214,666,726 
         3,236,882,349 
China / Hong Kong: 3.0%    
 1,606,176,000   G-Resources Group Ltd. ‡ * † #   38,016,881 
 52,990,500   Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Ltd. ‡ † #   26,600,864 
 354,036,000   Zijin Mining Group Ltd. ‡ † #   100,106,563 
         164,724,308 
Peru: 2.9%    
 16,711,270   Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA (ADR) ‡   159,759,741 
South Africa: 10.5%    
 24,586,894   AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ADR) ‡ * †   213,905,978 
 47,005,752   Gold Fields Ltd. (ADR) ‡   212,936,056 
 26,439,767   Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (ADR) ‡ * †   49,971,160 
 13,615,614   Sibanye Gold Ltd. (ADR) ‡   103,070,198 
         579,883,392 
United Kingdom: 6.4%    
 69,850,513   Cenatamin Plc ‡ † #   64,162,567 
 4,285,267   Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR) †   288,869,848 
         353,032,415 
United States: 12.8%    
 17,823,504   Alacer Gold Corp. (CAD) ‡   35,854,750 
 6,272,078   Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. ‡ * †   32,050,319 
 22,279,974   Hecla Mining Co. ‡   62,161,127 
 17,996,261   Newmont Mining Corp.   340,129,333 
 3,687,563   Royal Gold, Inc. ‡   231,210,200 
         701,405,729 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $9,409,140,122)
 5,501,698,845 
Principal
Amount
      Value 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 2.0%    
Repurchase Agreements: 2.0%    
$25,952,836   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $25,952,937; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 6.00%, due 8/15/21 to 7/15/52, valued at $26,471,893 including accrued interest)  $25,952,836 
 25,952,836   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $25,952,951; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $26,471,893 including accrued interest)   25,952,836 
 5,316,039   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $5,316,057; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 9.00%, due 11/15/18 to 2/15/38, valued at $5,422,361 including accrued interest)   5,316,039 
 25,952,836   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $25,952,937; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 3.00% to 8.00%, due 1/1/23 to 12/1/47, valued at $26,472,003 including accrued interest)   25,952,836 
 25,952,836   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $25,952,951; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $26,471,894 including accrued interest)   25,952,836 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $109,127,383)
 109,127,383 
Total Investments: 102.1%
(Cost: $9,518,267,505)
 5,610,826,228 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (2.1)%  (115,378,888)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $5,495,447,340 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
CAD Canadian Dollar
LDR Local Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
Affiliated issuer — as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $105,313,301.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $534,897,786 which represents 9.7% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments  Value 
Gold   91.2   $5,015,038,653 
Silver   8.8    486,660,192 
    100.0%  $5,501,698,845 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in securities of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014 is set forth below:

 

Affiliates  Value
12/31/13
   Purchases   Sales
Proceeds
   Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Dividend
Income
   Value
12/31/14
 
Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd.  $255,494,336   $204,916,790   $(184,595,863)  $(31,125,967)  $2,626,864   $(b)
Alacer Gold Corp.   32,662,760    22,189,877    (19,534,677)   (585,775)   255,849    35,854,750 
Alamos Gold, Inc.   86,359,875    37,153,429    (34,889,389)   (5,869,472)   1,110,545    55,054,167 
AngloGold Ashanti Ltd.   263,887,415    177,765,742    (175,657,479)   (54,926,136)       213,905,978 
Argonaut Gold, Inc.   41,607,597    13,138,961    (25,811,394)   (36,876,365)        
AuRico Gold, Inc.   50,512,473    33,521,589    (29,631,921)   (4,310,034)   734,818    49,623,717 
B2GOLD Corp.   73,352,694    73,822,379    (44,193,723)   2,886,562        90,268,950 
Cenatamin Plc   45,536,027    37,714,364    (29,456,465)   5,518,677    481,134    64,162,567 
Centerra Gold, Inc.       92,337,682    (17,444,994)   11,102    714,846    74,741,382 
Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA   172,407,552    107,982,551    (94,619,989)   (47,470,020)   458,518    159,759,741 
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.   60,807,762    24,145,039    (23,322,572)   (8,137,355)       32,050,319 
Detour Gold Corp.   29,719,906    48,050,131    (33,896,025)   5,179,276        78,405,696 
Eldorado Gold Corp.   227,152,300    138,022,547    (137,962,143)   (50,436,328)   566,422    235,952,883 
First Majestic Silver Corp.   63,934,259    31,634,839    (31,255,042)   (5,470,507)       35,768,464 
Franco-Nevada Corp.   303,060,868    173,362,299    (256,623,990)   9,808,383    4,945,853    (b)
Gold Fields Ltd.   137,455,587    111,694,141    (90,062,849)   (39,100,467)   1,297,437    212,936,056 
G-Resources Group Ltd.   35,807,423    23,765,371    (20,809,284)   (1,746,701)       38,016,881 
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.   61,451,372    36,328,336    (35,606,743)   (18,251,882)       49,971,160 
Hecla Mining Co.   58,832,383    39,360,366    (31,247,592)   (7,141,630)   181,276    62,161,127 
IAMGOLD Corp.   69,906,703    40,575,243    (38,168,611)   (22,623,438)       61,699,863 
Kinross Gold Corp.   279,172,808    142,350,172    (135,008,639)   (105,080,817)       195,679,481 
McEwen Mining, Inc.   33,088,138    16,403,310    (35,088,320)   (25,132,304)        
New Gold, Inc.   147,029,291    91,969,804    (80,864,542)   (17,008,506)       131,532,502 
Newcrest Mining Ltd.   300,661,039    152,183,265    (252,332,102)   (7,482,202)       (b)
OceanaGold Corp.       58,832,675    (13,937,889)   (73,504)       30,704,143 
Osisko Mining Corp.   108,179,466    24,376,090    (32,398,351)   63,913,749         
Pan American Silver Corp.   98,757,957    61,667,562    (57,215,437)   6,569,680    3,314,640    84,506,674 
Primero Mining Corp.       82,886,306    (17,972,493)   (826,868)       37,245,005 
Randgold Resources Ltd.   289,763,069    145,814,753    (165,838,343)   (1,799,417)   2,253,803    (b)
Rio Alto Mining Ltd.       58,023,890    (4,937,832)   (509,416)       48,992,680 
Royal Gold, Inc.   165,512,971    133,973,303    (126,769,706)   24,912,321    2,854,801    231,210,200 
Semafo, Inc.       80,992,783    (19,410,544)   383,674        43,279,325 
Sibanye Gold Ltd.   49,277,526    82,536,002    (50,406,878)   20,033,654    4,070,104    103,070,198 
Yamana Gold, Inc.   325,822,967    231,468,672    (137,017,064)   (8,231,346)   4,677,592    214,666,726 
Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Ltd.   28,055,858    17,244,379    (15,185,761)   (2,351,762)   660,521    26,600,864 
Zijin Mining Group Ltd.   71,142,465    51,414,881    (42,438,369)   (367,531)   3,629,786    100,106,563 
   $3,966,412,847   $2,899,619,523   $(2,541,613,015)  $(363,718,672)  $34,834,809   $2,797,928,062 

 

(b) Not an affiliate at the end of the reporting period.

 

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The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Australia  $   $306,010,911   $   $306,010,911 
Canada   3,236,882,349            3,236,882,349 
China / Hong Kong       164,724,308        164,724,308 
Peru   159,759,741            159,759,741 
South Africa   579,883,392            579,883,392 
United Kingdom   288,869,848    64,162,567        353,032,415 
United States   701,405,729            701,405,729 
Repurchase Agreements       109,127,383        109,127,383 
Total  $4,966,801,059   $644,025,169   $   $5,610,826,228 

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.5%     
Australia: 14.0%    
 48,595,262   Beadell Resources Ltd. ‡ * † #  $8,822,317 
 29,828,779   Evolution Mining Ltd. † #   15,503,815 
 341,527,377   Focus Minerals Ltd. * #   1,901,643 
 15,742,123   Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd. ‡ * † #   8,402,461 
 12,824,101   Medusa Mining Ltd. ‡ * † #   6,717,260 
 39,640,261   Northern Star Resources Ltd. ‡ † #   47,886,864 
 21,998,831   OceanaGold Corp. (CAD) ‡ *   38,366,189 
 35,814,217   Perseus Mining Ltd. (CAD) ‡ *   7,266,429 
 19,789,339   Red 5 Ltd. * # §   1,490,454 
 31,713,126   Regis Resources Ltd. ‡ * † #   49,556,231 
 28,981,777   Resolute Mining Ltd. * #   6,187,235 
 49,616,201   Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd. ‡ * #   10,229,869 
 37,181,293   Silver Lake Resources Ltd. ‡ * † #   5,853,241 
 12,050,869   Troy Resources Ltd. ‡ * † #   4,469,637 
         212,653,645 
Canada: 58.9%     
 7,306,382   Alamos Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡ †   52,094,504 
 9,781,993   Argonaut Gold, Inc. ‡ *   15,455,253 
 11,197,116   Asanko Gold, Inc. ‡ *   17,401,087 
 17,785,964   AuRico Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡   58,337,962 
 2,913,536   Bear Creek Mining Corp. *   3,571,959 
 7,075,128   Continental Gold Ltd. ‡ * †   11,300,658 
 5,618,325   Dundee Precious Metals, Inc. *   13,290,922 
 7,534,541   Endeavour Silver Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   16,274,609 
 9,704,615   First Majestic Silver Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   48,717,167 
 6,963,431   Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc. ‡ *   31,743,506 
 14,692,085   Gabriel Resources Ltd. *   5,010,467 
 10,431,238   Great Panther Silver Ltd. (USD) ‡ *   6,415,211 
 6,141,607   Guyana Goldfields, Inc. * †   14,953,017 
 31,124,516   IAMGOLD Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   84,036,193 
 3,696,703   Kirkland Lake Gold, Inc. ‡ * †   10,691,953 
 31,217,986   Lake Shore Gold Corp. ‡ *   21,023,120 
 3,407,986   MAG Silver Corp. * †   28,011,247 
 13,623,261   McEwen Mining, Inc. (USD) ‡ * †   15,121,820 
 15,720,418   Novagold Resources, Inc. (USD) * †   46,375,233 
 10,789,501   Premier Gold Mines Ltd. ‡ *   17,606,006 
 7,413,194   Pretium Resources, Inc. (USD) ‡ * †   42,922,393 
 9,038,767   Primero Mining Corp. (USD) ‡ *   34,708,865 
 22,213,879   Rio Alto Mining Ltd. ‡ *   54,084,299 
 40,191,852   Romarco Minerals, Inc. ‡ *   17,003,244 
 23,512,152   Rubicon Minerals Corp. (USD) ‡ *   22,806,787 
 7,363,589   Sandstorm Gold Ltd. (USD) ‡ * †   25,036,203 
 2,859,988   Seabridge Gold, Inc. (USD) ‡ * †   21,592,909 
 16,640,556   Semafo, Inc. ‡ *   42,813,604 
 5,334,739   Silver Standard Resources, Inc. (USD) ‡ *   26,700,369 
 12,625,712   Silvercorp Metals, Inc. (USD) ‡ †   16,413,426 
 3,539,254   Sulliden Mining Capital, Inc. ‡ *   1,283,390 
 7,486,737   Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp. (USD) ‡ * †   4,856,646 
 20,853,276   Teranga Gold Corp. ‡ *   8,191,876 
 9,679,310   Timmins Gold Corp. ‡ *   9,526,798 
 47,767,146   Torex Gold Resources, Inc. ‡ *   50,726,173 
         896,098,876 
Cayman Islands: 0.8%     
 31,243,255   Endeavour Mining Corp. (CAD) ‡ *   11,464,177 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
China / Hong Kong: 3.8%     
 17,917,934   China Gold International Resources Corp. Ltd. (CAD) *  $31,867,856 
 228,004,000   China Precious Metal Resources Holdings Co. Ltd. * † #   18,414,965 
 22,054,000   China Silver Group Ltd. #   4,938,118 
 19,287,400   Real Gold Mining Ltd. * # §   3,039,646 
         58,260,585 
South Africa: 3.4%     
 3,349,846   DRDGOLD Ltd. (ADR) ‡ †   5,192,261 
 25,018,406   Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd. (ADR) ‡ * †   47,284,787 
         52,477,048 
Turkey: 1.1%     
 2,542,157   Koza Altin Isletmeleri AS #   16,973,792 
United Kingdom: 5.9%     
 88,127,501   Cenatamin Plc ‡ † #   80,951,255 
 7,915,411   Highland Gold Mining Ltd. #   3,860,623 
 7,141,883   Lydian International Ltd. (CAD) *   2,898,066 
 47,103,767   Patagonia Gold Plc * #   2,579,149 
         90,289,093 
United States: 11.6%     
 15,398,024   Alacer Gold Corp. (CAD) ‡   30,975,520 
 7,129,630   Allied Nevada Gold Corp. ‡ * †   6,202,778 
 6,564,371   Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. ‡ * †   33,543,936 
 3,673,340   Gold Resource Corp. ‡ †   12,415,889 
 26,922,140   Hecla Mining Co. ‡   75,112,771 
 11,251,341   Midway Gold Corp. ‡ * †   8,325,992 
 10,562,926   Paramount Gold and Silver Corp. ‡ * †   10,774,185 
         177,351,071 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $1,977,949,753)
   1,515,568,287 

 

Principal         
Amount         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 9.4%     
Repurchase Agreements: 9.4%     
$11,963,101   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $11,963,154; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $12,202,363 including accrued interest)   11,963,101 
 8,471,401   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $8,471,429; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 9.00%, due 11/15/18 to 2/15/38, valued at $8,640,830 including accrued interest)   8,471,401 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Principal
Amount
      Value 
           
Repurchase Agreements: (continued)     
$40,938,901   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $40,939,037; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $41,757,774 including accrued interest)  $40,938,901 
 40,938,901   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $40,939,128; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at $41,757,729 including accrued interest)   40,938,901 
Principal
Amount
      Value 
             
Repurchase Agreements: (continued)    
$ 40,938,901    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $40,939,083; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $41,757,681 including accrued interest)  $40,938,901 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $143,251,205)
   143,251,205 
Total Investments: 108.9%
(Cost: $2,121,200,958)
   1,658,819,492 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (8.9)%   (136,129,159)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $1,522,690,333 


 

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
CAD Canadian Dollar
USD United States Dollar
Affiliated issuer — as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940.
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $131,223,670.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $297,778,575 which represents 19.6% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $4,530,100 which represents 0.3% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments  Value 
Diversified Metals & Mining   3.6%  $54,084,299 
Gold   39.7    601,607,490 
Materials   46.1    699,163,797 
Precious Metals & Minerals   2.0    30,216,215 
Silver   8.6    130,496,486 
    100.0%  $1,515,568,287 

 

A summary of the Fund’s transactions in securities of affiliates for the year ended December 31, 2014 is set forth below:

 

Affiliates  Value
12/31/13
   Purchases   Sales
Proceeds
    Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Dividend
Income
   Value
12/31/14
 
Alacer Gold Corp.  $   $30,453,396   $(461,903)   $(38,032)  $     $ 30,975,520  
Alamos Gold, Inc.       55,193,933    (817,808)    (38,471)        52,094,504  
Alexco Resource Corp.   3,987,474    6,971,754    (8,876,865)    (13,429,112)         
Allied Nevada Gold Corp.   20,671,899    37,929,206    (16,077,237)    (20,541,453)        6,202,778  
Argonaut Gold, Inc.   54,587,316    60,698,215    (36,962,063)    (62,663,688)        15,455,253  
Asanko Gold, Inc.   10,011,747    50,110,738    (26,982,634)    (29,659,507)        17,401,087  
Aurcana Corp.   1,637,383    1,262,743    (3,462,436)    (17,097,162)         
AuRico Gold, Inc.       59,153,900    (893,585)    (24,435)        58,337,962  
Banro Corp.   10,523,025    7,657,186    (8,599,086)    (58,668,104)         
Beadell Resources Ltd.   34,682,182    36,473,587    (19,807,584)    (26,580,997)        8,822,317  
Belo Sun Mining Corp.   4,305,426    3,257,118    (4,629,700)    (7,358,602)         
Brigus Gold Corp.   13,100,044    6,159,833    (75,215)    36,328          
Cenatamin Plc       81,353,690    (1,218,577)    (48,013)        80,951,255  
China Precious Metal Resources Holdings Co. Ltd.   38,965,239    44,956,712    (39,959,404)    (24,571,692)        (b)
China Silver Group Ltd.   6,700,679    6,404,566    (11,616,149)    (407,559)   211,831     (b)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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JUNIOR GOLD MINERS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Affiliates (continued)  Value
12/31/13
   Purchases   Sales
Proceeds
   Realized
Gain (Loss)
   Dividend
Income
   Value
12/31/14
 
Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.  $(a)  $32,724,133   $(531,940)  $(5,719)  $   $33,543,936 
Continental Gold Ltd.   26,954,156    36,546,701    (27,302,105)   (43,970,833)       11,300,658 
DRDGOLD Ltd.   8,851,679    15,496,253    (7,085,328)   (8,438,505)   88,325    5,192,261 
Dundee Precious Metals, Inc.   25,930,439    45,014,550    (38,472,096)   (48,840,745)       (b)
Endeavour Mining Corp.   12,631,266    32,033,163    (17,307,420)   (44,298,025)       11,464,177 
Endeavour Silver Corp.   28,170,880    46,258,841    (24,961,947)   (43,845,756)       16,274,609 
First Majestic Silver Corp.       50,447,820    (741,324)   (44,100)       48,717,167 
Fortuna Silver Mines, Inc.   28,136,616    41,566,539    (49,541,589)   (7,294,764)       31,743,506 
Gold Resource Corp.       24,750,835    (13,495,455)   (16,146,541)   590,791    12,415,889 
Golden Star Resources Ltd.   8,870,543    11,761,667    (10,754,848)   (37,267,923)        
Great Panther Silver Ltd.   7,289,562    14,794,554    (9,038,695)   (14,867,084)       6,415,211 
Guyana Goldfields, Inc.   15,149,615    26,693,733    (31,322,914)   (16,240,905)       (b)
Harmony Gold Mining Co. Ltd.       45,671,189    (700,424)   (7,325)       47,284,787 
Hecla Mining Co.       76,809,360    (1,148,584)   (47,253)       75,112,771 
IAMGOLD Corp.       81,846,296    (1,201,844)   (72,417)       84,036,193 
Indophil Resources NL   9,258,702    13,495,467    (31,383,305)   (5,266,902)        
Intrepid Mines Ltd.   9,407,569    12,369,413    (17,965,266)   (14,811,780)        
Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd.   8,153,978    22,137,147    (10,510,187)   (47,634,077)       8,402,461 
Kirkland Lake Gold, Inc.   9,505,843    16,178,491    (14,711,263)   (27,851,196)       10,691,953 
Lake Shore Gold Corp.   14,796,976    34,626,466    (29,370,252)   (31,339,276)       21,023,120 
LionGold Corp. Ltd.   8,282,417    5,209,006    (8,395,739)   (50,473,377)        
Lydian International Ltd.   4,731,990    11,184,601    (5,228,566)   (13,245,107)       (b)
Market Vectors Gold Miners ETF       93,399,498    (77,085,821)   (16,313,677)        
McEwen Mining, Inc.   40,305,724    58,177,570    (54,033,587)   (39,891,183)       15,121,820 
Medusa Mining Ltd.   20,236,362    29,019,681    (9,858,151)   (46,898,104)       6,717,260 
Midway Gold Corp.   5,773,907    18,173,064    (9,471,834)   (9,129,060)       8,325,992 
Northern Star Resources Ltd.   18,840,747    60,572,591    (42,655,005)   (3,151,025)   1,869,867    47,886,864 
OceanaGold Corp.   36,071,367    58,749,747    (48,761,374)   (17,408,865)       38,366,189 
Papillon Resources Ltd.   19,817,636    29,276,550    (25,280,640)   4,351,731         
Paramount Gold and Silver Corp.   8,919,590    13,775,610    (10,414,516)   (12,360,530)       10,774,185 
Perseus Mining Ltd.   6,036,609    17,391,530    (7,590,728)   (55,770,860)       7,266,429 
Petropavlovsk Plc   14,371,175    14,304,530    (5,074,196)   (31,319,193)        
Premier Gold Mines Ltd.   16,622,924    34,037,877    (26,453,041)   (37,405,622)       17,606,006 
Pretium Resources, Inc.       44,229,292    (614,933)   (68,243)       42,922,393 
Primero Mining Corp.   26,960,187    63,314,495    (49,154,023)   (16,762,116)       34,708,865 
Regis Resources Ltd.       45,814,725    (708,556)   (4,732)       49,556,231 
Rio Alto Mining Ltd.   22,909,674    87,644,456    (64,481,064)   (15,697,834)       54,084,299 
Romarco Minerals, Inc.   18,058,825    37,462,515    (33,420,231)   (29,770,064)       17,003,244 
Rubicon Minerals Corp.   20,726,952    43,371,622    (28,917,841)   (52,336,403)       22,806,787 
Sandstorm Gold Ltd.   29,203,521    59,912,360    (33,216,629)   (45,344,630)       25,036,203 
Saracen Mineral Holdings Ltd.   7,209,787    24,826,000    (14,921,156)   (17,230,033)       10,229,869 
Seabridge Gold, Inc.   26,741,674    34,058,741    (36,170,282)   (33,585,387)       21,592,909 
Semafo, Inc.   42,992,303    73,248,302    (60,599,053)   (5,112,215)       42,813,604 
Silver Lake Resources Ltd.   14,460,044    23,045,931    (8,018,040)   (17,230,975)       5,853,241 
Silver Standard Resources, Inc.   38,483,629    57,413,804    (41,465,683)   (17,277,290)       26,700,369 
Silvercorp Metals, Inc.   30,447,336    32,571,556    (21,866,348)   (62,902,876)   278,357    16,413,426 
St. Barbara Ltd.   6,170,731    4,955,389    (5,165,912)   (39,890,148)        
Sulliden Mining Capital, Inc.   16,363,047    20,900,288    (56,887,394)   6,210,074        1,283,390 
Tanzanian Royalty Exploration Corp.   13,741,947    19,825,831    (8,676,178)   (26,986,911)       4,856,646 
Teranga Gold Corp.       41,151,811    (12,837,002)   (13,244,010)       8,191,876 
Timmins Gold Corp.   11,929,200    18,882,854    (14,631,069)   (16,697,713)       9,526,798 
Torex Gold Resources, Inc.   41,749,355    70,504,476    (63,259,832)   (27,054,623)       50,726,173 
Troy Resources Ltd.   8,214,578    16,955,795    (8,225,021)   (16,792,694)       4,469,637 
   $988,653,476   $2,432,621,293   $(1,411,526,477)  $(1,446,175,320)  $3,039,171   $1,294,700,080 

 

(a) Not an affiliate at the beginning of the reporting period.
(b) Not an affiliate at the end of the reporting period.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Australia  $45,632,618   $167,021,027   $   $212,653,645 
Canada   896,098,876            896,098,876 
Cayman Islands   11,464,177            11,464,177 
China / Hong Kong   31,867,856    23,353,083    3,039,646    58,260,585 
South Africa   52,477,048            52,477,048 
Turkey       16,973,792        16,973,792 
United Kingdom   2,898,066    87,391,027        90,289,093 
United States   177,351,071            177,351,071 
Repurchase Agreements       143,251,205        143,251,205 
Total  $1,217,789,712   $437,990,134   $3,039,646   $1,658,819,492 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $46,727,996. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

The following table reconciles the valuation of the Fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

 Common Stocks
 China/Hong Kong
Balance as of December 31, 2013  $4,551,243 
Realized gain (loss)   (11,857)
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)   (1,485,153)
Purchases   6,807 
Sales   (21,394)
Transfers in and/or out of level 3    
Balance as of December 31, 2014  $3,039,646 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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NATURAL RESOURCES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number      
of Shares     Value  
    
COMMON STOCKS: 100.4%     
Argentina: 0.1%     
 2,598   YPF SA (ADR)  $68,769 
Australia: 3.6%     
 53,287   Alumina Ltd. * #   77,168 
 10,918   Bega Cheese Ltd. #   45,746 
 69,168   BHP Billiton Ltd. #   1,639,220 
 11,721   BlueScope Steel Ltd. * #   53,178 
 1,820   Caltex Australia Ltd. #   50,620 
 36,670   Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. † #   80,706 
 14,535   GrainCorp. Ltd. #   97,715 
 9,020   Iluka Resources Ltd. #   43,422 
 39,682   Newcrest Mining Ltd. * #   349,993 
 15,767   Oil Search Ltd. #   101,349 
 14,844   Origin Energy Ltd. #   140,781 
 13,147   Santos Ltd. #   88,029 
 9,551   Woodside Petroleum Ltd. #   296,092 
         3,064,019 
Austria: 0.3%     
 200   Mayr-Melnhof Karton AG #   20,761 
 1,941   OMV AG #   51,540 
 2,788   Verbund - Oesterreichische Elektrizis AG † #   51,631 
 2,342   Voestalpine AG #   92,540 
         216,472 
Bermuda: 0.1%     
 3,902   Nabors Industries Ltd. (USD)   50,648 
Brazil: 0.8%     
 14,437   Cia de Saneamento Basico do Estado de Sao Paulo (ADR) †   90,809 
 2,450   Cia de Saneamento de Minas Gerais SA   23,208 
 15,551   Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (ADR) †   32,346 
 5,450   Fibria Celulose SA *   66,654 
 19,267   Gerdau SA (ADR)   68,398 
 20,065   Petroleo Brasileiro SA (ADR)   146,474 
 3,900   SLC Agricola SA   20,687 
 31,897   Vale SA (ADR)   260,917 
         709,493 
Canada: 11.9%     
 11,174   Agnico-Eagle Mines Ltd. (USD)   278,121 
 11,440   Agrium, Inc. (USD)   1,083,597 
 6,621   Alamos Gold, Inc.   47,446 
 4,291   ARC Resources Ltd.   93,211 
 47,703   B2Gold Corp. *   78,252 
 60,545   Barrick Gold Corp. (USD)   650,859 
 8,531   Cameco Corp. (USD)   139,994 
 14,709   Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. (USD)   454,214 
 1,600   Canadian Solar, Inc. (USD) *   38,704 
 1,882   Canfor Corp. *   48,161 
 8,205   Detour Gold Corp. *   67,227 
 4,426   Dominion Diamond Corp. *   79,750 
 1,573   Domtar Corp. (USD)   63,266 
 37,237   Eldorado Gold Corp. (USD)   226,401 
 11,441   Enbridge, Inc. (USD)   588,182 
 9,989   EnCana Corp. (USD)   138,547 
 12,943   First Quantum Minerals Ltd.   184,493 
 42,291   Goldcorp, Inc. (USD)   783,229 
 3,978   Husky Energy, Inc. †   94,449 
 3,428   Imperial Oil Ltd. (USD)   147,507 
 59,497   Kinross Gold Corp. (USD) *   167,782 
           
Number      
of Shares       Value  
           
Canada: (continued)     
 13,465   Lundin Mining Corp. *  $66,497 
 10,874   New Gold, Inc. *   46,754 
 7,876   Pan American Silver Corp. (USD)   72,459 
 66,049   Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan, Inc. (USD)   2,332,851 
 2,307   Resolute Forest Products (USD) *   40,626 
 18,941   Silver Wheaton Corp. (USD)   385,071 
 19,564   Suncor Energy, Inc. (USD)   621,744 
 12,850   Talisman Energy, Inc. (USD)   100,615 
 10,058   Teck Cominco Ltd. (USD) †   137,191 
 2,257   Tourmaline Oil Corp. *   75,412 
 9,551   TransCanada Corp. (USD) †   468,954 
 51,258   Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. *   158,874 
 1,656   West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd.   95,035 
 45,787   Yamana Gold, Inc. (USD)   184,064 
         10,239,539 
Chile: 0.2%     
 116,317   Aguas Andinas SA #   66,634 
 41,147   Empresas CMPC SA   102,968 
 15,630   Inversiones Aguas Metropolitanas SA   24,214 
         193,816 
China / Hong Kong: 2.2%     
 3,400   Aluminum Corp of China Ltd. (ADR) *   39,168 
 23,100   Angang New Steel Co. Ltd. #   19,535 
 510,868   Chaoda Modern Agriculture Holdings Ltd. * # §   10,727 
 175,914   China Agri-Industries Holdings Ltd. #   72,220 
 55,000   China Coal Energy Co. Ltd. #   34,381 
 31,000   China Gas Holdings Ltd. #   48,547 
 20,200   China Hongqiao Group Ltd. † #   13,548 
 187,800   China Modern Dairy Holdings Ltd. * † #   53,218 
 27,900   China Molybdenum Co. Ltd. (Class H) #   16,165 
 25,100   China Oilfield Services Ltd. (Class H) #   43,338 
 343,827   China Petroleum & Chemical Corp. #   278,437 
 45,691   China Shenhua Energy Co. Ltd. #   134,827 
 216,879   CNOOC Ltd. #   293,250 
 14,400   Dongfang Electric Corp. Machinery Co. Ltd. #   26,373 
 40,500   Fosun International Ltd. #   52,790 
 46,300   Huaneng Power International, Inc. #   62,561 
 13,800   Inner Mongolia Yitai Coal Co. (USD) #   19,753 
 30,300   Jiangxi Copper Co. Ltd. (Class H) #   51,716 
 41,800   Kunlun Energy Co. Ltd. #   39,447 
 52,400   Lee & Man Paper Manufacturing Ltd. #   29,260 
 38,000   Maanshan Iron and Steel Co. Ltd. # (Class H) *   11,318 
 40,557   Nine Dragons Paper Holdings Ltd. #   35,316 
 71,300   Noble Group Ltd. (SGD) #   60,808 
 284,640   PetroChina Co. Ltd. (Class-H) #   315,967 
 13,400   Tianjin Capital Environmental Protection Group Co. Ltd. #   8,979 
 27,000   Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. Ltd. #   22,875 
 45,400   Zhaojin Mining Industry Co. Ltd. † #   22,790 
 304,061   Zijin Mining Group Ltd. #   85,976 
         1,903,290 
Colombia: 0.0%     
 3,366   Pacific Rubiales Energy Corp. (CAD) †   20,895 
Denmark: 0.4%     
 9,466   Vestas Wind Systems A/S * #   343,813 


 

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Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Finland: 0.2%     
 6,271   Outokumpu Oyj * #  $35,890 
 13,892   Stora Enso Oyj (R Shares) #   124,208 
         160,098 
France: 2.7%     
 143   Eramet SA * #   13,132 
 14,605   Suez Environnement Co. #   254,466 
 1,532   Technip SA #   91,257 
 32,060   Total SA #   1,642,499 
 20,190   Veolia Environnement SA #   357,622 
         2,358,976 
Germany: 0.5%     
 727   Aurubis AG #   40,639 
 1,131   BayWa AG #   41,687 
 158   KWS Saat AG #   51,599 
 2,631   Nordex SE * #   46,939 
 829   Salzgitter AG #   23,198 
 9,392   ThyssenKrupp AG * #   239,250 
         443,312 
Greece: 0.0%     
 1,305   Athens Water Supply & Sewage Co. SA #   9,873 
Hungary: 0.0%     
 704   MOL Hungarian Oil & Gas NyRt #   30,974 
India: 0.4%     
 10,662   Reliance Industries Ltd. (GDR) * # 144A   297,560 
 1,408   Vedanta Resources Plc (GBP) #   12,495 
         310,055 
Indonesia: 0.1%     
 25,044   Astra Agro Lestari Tbk PT #   48,935 
 44,954   International Nickel Indonesia Tbk PT #   13,066 
 222,700   Perusahaan Perkebunan London Sumatra Indonesia Tbk PT #   33,891 
         95,892 
Ireland: 0.1%     
 5,558   Smurfit Kappa Group Plc #   124,604 
Italy: 0.8%     
 36,252   ENI SpA #   635,008 
 3,390   Saipem SpA * #   35,536 
         670,544 
Japan: 3.0%     
 8,700   Calbee, Inc. #   299,400 
 8,600   Daido Steel Co. #   32,451 
 3,100   Daio Paper Corp. #   25,284 
 6,900   Dowa Holdings Co. Ltd. #   54,768 
 3,917   Hitachi Metals Ltd. #   66,489 
 14,600   Inpex Holdings, Inc. #   162,385 
 12,464   JFE Holdings, Inc. #   277,692 
 33,600   JX Holdings, Inc. #   130,633 
 73,435   Kobe Steel Ltd. #   126,370 
 4,765   Kurita Water Industries Ltd. #   99,265 
 28,629   Mitsubishi Materials Corp. #   94,883 
 2,800   Nippon Paper Industries † #   40,176 
 204,900   Nippon Steel Corp. #   507,794 
 22,114   Nippon Suisan Kaisha Ltd. * #   68,694 
 21,350   Nisshin Seifun Group, Inc. #   206,491 
 23,976   OJI Paper Co. Ltd. #   85,701 
 6,170   Rengo Co. Ltd. † #   25,401 
 4,083   Sumitomo Forestry Co. Ltd. #   39,892 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Japan: (continued)     
 11,523   Sumitomo Metal Mining Ltd. #  $171,699 
 4,200   TonenGeneral Sekiyu K.K. #   35,819 
         2,551,287 
Luxembourg: 0.5%     
 7,092   Adecoagro SA (USD) *   56,807 
 21,896   ArcelorMittal † #   239,890 
 3,183   Tenaris SA (ADR)   96,158 
 1,037   Ternium SA (ADR)   18,293 
         411,148 
Malaysia: 0.7%     
 15,351   Genting Plantation Bhd #   43,647 
 222,794   IOI Corp. Bhd #   305,763 
 32,178   Kuala Lumpur Kepong Bhd   209,827 
 3,200   Petronas Dagangan Bhd #   15,683 
         574,920 
Mexico: 0.6%     
 15,150   Gruma, SAB de CV   161,699 
 82,214   Grupo Mexico, SAB de CV   238,837 
 6,407   Industrias Penoles, SA de CV   125,408 
         525,944 
Netherlands: 1.8%     
 590   Core Laboratories NV (USD) †   71,001 
 5,591   Nutreco NV #   300,095 
 33,074   Royal Dutch Shell Plc (GBP) #   1,143,218 
         1,514,314 
Norway: 1.7%     
 24,173   Marine Harvest ASA #   329,933 
 29,432   Norsk Hydro ASA #   164,806 
 4,985   SeaDrill Ltd. #   57,335 
 14,184   Statoil ASA #   248,251 
 14,188   Yara International ASA #   628,071 
         1,428,396 
Peru: 0.1%     
 9,600   Cia de Minas Buenaventura SA (ADR)   91,776 
Philippines: 0.0%     
 34,100   Manila Water Co., Inc. #   22,185 
Poland: 0.2%     
 2,931   KGHM Polska Miedz SA #   89,063 
 4,151   Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen SA #   56,581 
 22,269   Polskie Gornictwo Naftowe I Gazownictwo SA #   27,681 
         173,325 
Portugal: 0.1%     
 4,248   Galp Energia, SGPS, SA #   43,138 
 3,370   Portucel-Empresa Productora de Pasta e Papel SA #   12,497 
         55,635 
Russia: 1.5%     
 10,573   JSC MMC Norilsk Nickel (ADR) #   151,193 
 6,994   Lukoil (ADR) #   276,716 
 2,408   Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works (GDR) # Reg S   5,792 
 1,064   Novatek OAO (GDR) # Reg S   82,860 
 1,808   Novolipetsk Steel (GDR) Reg S   20,756 
 79,780   OAO Gazprom (ADR) #   367,279 
 6,495   PhosAgro OAO (GDR) * # Reg S   66,351 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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NATURAL RESOURCES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Russia: (continued)     
 9,626   Polymetal International (GBP) #  $86,185 
 14,286   Rosneft Oil Co. (GDR) # Reg S   49,805 
 3,792   Severstal OAO (GDR) Reg S   34,507 
 13,003   Surgutneftegas OJSC (ADR) #   55,037 
 3,280   Tatneft (ADR) #   80,431 
         1,276,912 
Singapore: 0.8%     
 511,219   Golden Agri-Resources Ltd. #   176,872 
 43,081   Olam International Ltd. #   65,357 
 198,464   Wilmar International Ltd. #   483,420 
         725,649 
South Africa: 1.5%     
 2,154   African Rainbow Minerals Ltd. #   22,056 
 2,804   Anglo American Platinum Ltd. * #   82,314 
 20,902   AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. (ADR) *   181,847 
 752   Assore Ltd. #   9,649 
 1,834   Exxaro Resources Ltd. † #   16,368 
 36,851   Gold Fields Ltd. (ADR)   166,935 
 28,593   Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. * #   186,845 
 1,250   Kumba Iron Ore Ltd. † #   25,849 
 22,124   Lonmin Plc (GBP) * #   61,018 
 8,958   Mondi Plc (GBP) #   145,588 
 17,982   Northern Platinum Ltd. * #   56,678 
 11,321   Sappi Ltd. * † #   41,043 
 6,843   Sasol Ltd. #   255,378 
 37,370   Sibanye Gold Ltd. #   72,076 
         1,323,644 
South Korea: 1.1%     
 1,532   Hyundai Steel Co. #   87,750 
 272   Korea Zinc Co. Ltd. #   99,420 
 1,729   POSCO #   435,526 
 835   SK Energy Co. Ltd. #   64,312 
 329   SK Holdings Co. Ltd. #   48,833 
 562   S-Oil Corp. #   24,694 
 2,248   Woongjin Coway Co. Ltd. #   171,414 
 16   Young Poong Corp. #   18,066 
         950,015 
Spain: 0.4%     
 2,820   Acerinox SA #   42,545 
 9,438   Gamesa Corp. Tecnologica SA * #   85,196 
 1,409   Pescanova SA *# §    
 13,368   Repsol YPF SA #   250,260 
         378,001 
Sweden: 0.7%     
 3,815   BillerudKorsnas AB #   54,483 
 5,895   Boliden AB #   93,837 
 1,243   Holmen AB (B Shares) #   42,061 
 3,187   Lundin Petroleum AB * † #   45,417 
 3,856   SSAB AB (B Shares) * #   19,636 
 15,058   Svenska Cellulosa AB (B Shares) #   323,275 
         578,709 
Switzerland: 3.8%     
 149,094   Glencore Xstrata Plc (GBP) #   688,479 
 7,413   Syngenta AG #   2,385,768 
 4,590   Transocean, Inc. (USD) †   84,135 
 10,431   Weatherford International Plc (USD) *   119,435 
         3,277,817 
Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
Taiwan: 0.3%     
 268,172   China Steel Corp. #  $222,450 
 23,420   Formosa Petrochemical Corp. #   50,806 
         273,256 
Thailand: 0.1%     
 18,700   PTT Exploration & Production PCL (NVDR) #   63,325 
Turkey: 0.1%     
 38,472   Eregli Demir ve Celik Fabrikalari TAS #   73,096 
 1,654   Tupras-Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri AS #   39,080 
         112,176 
United Kingdom: 8.0%     
 3,582   Acergy SA (NOK) #   36,436 
 29,963   Anglo American Plc #   554,680 
 8,287   Antofagasta Plc #   96,600 
 45,853   BG Group Plc #   613,847 
 252,147   BP Plc #   1,601,189 
 68,679   Centrica Plc #   297,603 
 74,331   CNH Industrial NV (USD)   599,108 
 22,611   DS Smith Plc #   112,803 
 3,158   ENSCO Plc CL A (USD)   94,582 
 8,118   Evraz Plc #   19,412 
 6,066   Kazakhmys Plc * #   24,215 
 3,397   Noble Corp Plc (USD)   56,288 
 16,859   Pennon Group Plc #   240,959 
 19,716   Petra Diamonds Ltd. * #   59,217 
 3,404   Petrofac Ltd. #   37,098 
 20,491   Polyus Gold International Ltd. #   57,867 
 4,777   Randgold Resources Ltd. (ADR)   322,018 
 26,728   Rio Tinto Plc #   1,232,596 
 10,067   Severn Trent Plc #   314,113 
 12,237   Tullow Oil Plc #   78,892 
 28,805   United Utilities Group Plc #   409,315 
         6,858,838 
United States: 49.0%     
 6,663   AGCO Corp.   301,168 
 25,407   Alcoa, Inc.   401,177 
 2,343   Allegheny Technologies, Inc.   81,466 
 1,622   American States Water Co.   61,085 
 6,827   Anadarko Petroleum Corp.   563,227 
 2,139   Andersons, Inc.   113,666 
 5,075   Apache Corp.   318,050 
 7,462   Aqua America, Inc.   199,235 
 51,246   Archer-Daniels-Midland Co.   2,664,792 
 5,833   Baker Hughes, Inc.   327,056 
 11,546   Bunge Ltd.   1,049,647 
 5,567   Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   164,839 
 2,662   Cameron International Corp. *   132,967 
 1,147   Carpenter Technology Corp.   56,490 
 3,959   CF Industries Holdings, Inc.   1,078,986 
 2,982   Cheniere Energy, Inc. *   209,933 
 6,993   Chesapeake Energy Corp.   136,853 
 25,483   Chevron Corp.   2,858,683 
 1,176   Cimarex Energy Co.   124,656 
 3,302   Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. †   23,576 
 1,523   Concho Resources, Inc. *   151,919 
 16,593   ConocoPhillips   1,145,913 
 3,103   Consol Energy, Inc.   104,912 
 1,154   Continental Resources, Inc. *   44,267 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

50

 

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
United States: (continued)     
 5,046   Cree, Inc. * †  $162,582 
 13,109   Darling International, Inc. *   238,059 
 28,531   Deere & Co.   2,524,138 
 5,184   Devon Energy Corp.   317,313 
 906   Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. †   33,259 
 7,387   EOG Resources, Inc.   680,121 
 2,042   EQT Corp.   154,579 
 57,081   Exxon Mobil Corp.   5,277,138 
 3,175   First Solar, Inc. *   141,589 
 3,152   FMC Technologies, Inc. *   147,640 
 22,396   Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc.   523,171 
 7,977   Graphic Packaging Holding Co. *   108,647 
 11,424   Halliburton Co.   449,306 
 1,459   Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   98,366 
 3,426   Hess Corp.   252,907 
 2,639   HollyFrontier Corp.   98,910 
 5,720   Ingredion, Inc.   485,285 
 10,333   International Paper Co.   553,642 
 1,650   Itron, Inc. *   69,779 
 1,323   Joy Global, Inc.   61,546 
 22,904   Kinder Morgan, Inc.   969,068 
 971   Lindsay Corp.   83,254 
 3,469   Louisiana-Pacific Corp. * †   57,447 
 9,098   Marathon Oil Corp.   257,382 
 4,067   MeadWestvaco Corp.   180,534 
 38,533   Monsanto Co.   4,603,538 
 25,124   Mosaic Co.   1,146,911 
 2,249   Murphy Oil Corp.   113,619 
 5,804   National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   380,336 
 25,930   Newmont Mining Corp.   490,077 
 4,858   Noble Energy, Inc.   230,415 
 6,875   Nucor Corp.   337,219 
 10,453   Occidental Petroleum Corp.   842,616 
 1,416   Oceaneering International, Inc.   83,275 
 2,807   ONEOK, Inc.   139,761 
 769   Ormat Technologies, Inc.   20,901 
 2,400   Packaging Corp. of America   187,320 
 7,461   Phillips 66   534,954 
 4,949   Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. *   162,278 
 2,007   Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   298,742 
 2,234   QEP Resources, Inc.   45,171 
 2,274   Range Resources Corp.   121,545 
 1,683   Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   103,117 
 3,416   Rock-Tenn Co. (Class A)   208,308 
 1,405   Royal Gold, Inc.   88,093 
 17,346   Schlumberger Ltd.   1,481,522 
 743   Schweitzer-Mauduit International, Inc.   31,429 
 22   Seaboard Corp. *   92,355 
 4,385   Southern Copper Corp.   123,657 
 4,760   Southwestern Energy Co. *   129,900 
 9,045   Spectra Energy Corp.   328,333 
 5,182   Steel Dynamics, Inc.   102,293 
 6,247   Stillwater Mining Co. *   92,081 
 2,164   Sunpower Corp. * †   55,896 
Number         
of Shares       Value 
      
United States: (continued)     
 1,702   Tesoro Corp.  $126,544 
 1,436   The Chefs’ Warehouse, Inc. *   33,085 
 10,821   Tractor Supply Co.   852,911 
 23,325   Tyson Foods, Inc.   935,099 
 3,136   United States Steel Corp.   83,857 
 7,026   Valero Energy Corp.   347,787 
 12,790   Weyerhaeuser Co.   459,033 
 2,242   Whiting Petroleum Corp. *   73,986 
 9,068   Williams Companies, Inc.   407,516 
 1,092   Worthington Industries, Inc.   32,858 
          42,168,563 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $97,970,763)
   86,350,917 
RIGHTS: 0.0%
(Cost: $6,997)
   
Spain: 0.0%     
 13,368   Repsol SA Rights (EUR 0.47, expiring 01/13/15) *   7,392 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.4%     
(Cost: $97,977,760)   86,358,309 
      
Principal         
Amount         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 1.6%    
Repurchase Agreements: 1.6%     
$617,753   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $617,756; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.63% to 2.38%, due 2/28/15 to 7/15/21, valued at $630,108 including accrued interest)   617,753 
 750,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $750,003; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $765,000 including accrued interest)   750,000 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned     
(Cost: $1,367,753)   1,367,753 
Total Investments: 102.0%     
(Cost: $99,345,513)   87,726,062 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (2.0)%   (1,703,403)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $86,022,659 
           


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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NATURAL RESOURCES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
CAD Canadian Dollar
GBP British Pound
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
NOK Norwegian Krone
NVDR Non-Voting Depositary Receipt
SGD Singapore Dollar
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $1,275,317.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $30,177,243 which represents 35.1% of net assets.
§ Illiquid Security — the aggregate value of illiquid securities is $10,727 which represents 0.0% of net assets.
Reg S Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.
144A Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or otherwise restricted. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, unless otherwise noted, and the value amounted to $297,560, or 0.3% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments   Value 
Consumer Discretionary   1.2%   $1,064,217 
Consumer Staples   10.7     9,240,284 
Energy   40.6     35,097,366 
Financials   0.5     459,033 
Industrials   5.0     4,331,107 
Information Technology   0.6     468,550 
Materials   38.4     33,142,791 
Utilities   3.0     2,554,961 
    100.0%   $86,358,309 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

52

 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Argentina  $68,769   $   $   $68,769 
Australia       3,064,019        3,064,019 
Austria       216,472        216,472 
Bermuda   50,648            50,648 
Brazil   709,493            709,493 
Canada   10,239,539            10,239,539 
Chile   127,182    66,634        193,816 
China / Hong Kong   39,168    1,853,395    10,727    1,903,290 
Colombia   20,895            20,895 
Denmark       343,813        343,813 
Finland       160,098        160,098 
France       2,358,976        2,358,976 
Germany       443,312        443,312 
Greece       9,873        9,873 
Hungary       30,974        30,974 
India       310,055        310,055 
Indonesia       95,892        95,892 
Ireland       124,604        124,604 
Italy       670,544        670,544 
Japan       2,551,287        2,551,287 
Luxembourg   171,258    239,890        411,148 
Malaysia   209,827    365,093        574,920 
Mexico   525,944            525,944 
Netherlands   71,001    1,443,313        1,514,314 
Norway       1,428,396        1,428,396 
Peru   91,776            91,776 
Philippines       22,185        22,185 
Poland       173,325        173,325 
Portugal       55,635        55,635 
Russia   55,263    1,221,649        1,276,912 
Singapore       725,649        725,649 
South Africa   348,782    974,862        1,323,644 
South Korea       950,015        950,015 
Spain       378,001        378,001 
Sweden       578,709        578,709 
Switzerland   203,570    3,074,247        3,277,817 
Taiwan       273,256        273,256 
Thailand       63,325        63,325 
Turkey       112,176        112,176 
United Kingdom   1,071,996    5,786,842        6,858,838 
United States   42,168,563            42,168,563 
Rights*   7,392            7,392 
Repurchase Agreements       1,367,753        1,367,753 
Total  $56,181,066   $31,534,269   $10,727   $87,726,062 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $ 91,557 and transfers of securities from Level 2 to Level 1 were $ 354,853. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

53

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

The following table reconciles the valuation of the Fund’s Level 3 investment securities and related transactions during the year ended December 31, 2014:

 

   Common Stocks  
   China/Hong Kong  Spain 
Balance as of December 31, 2013    $       $   
Realized gain (loss)                
Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (33,336)          
Purchases                
Sales                
Transfers in and/or out of level 3     44,063           
Balance as of December 31, 2014    $10,727       $   

 

Transfers from Level 2 to Level 3 resulted primarily due to suspended trading.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

54

OIL SERVICES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number of Shares      Value 
     
COMMON STOCKS: 99.5%    
Bermuda: 5.7%    
 1,719,925   Nabors Industries Ltd. (USD)  $22,324,626 
 2,550,593   Seadrill Ltd. (USD) †   30,454,080 
         52,778,706 
Luxembourg: 3.8%    
 1,159,000   Tenaris SA (ADR)   35,013,390 
Netherlands: 2.6%     
 200,263   Core Laboratories NV (USD) †   24,099,649 
Switzerland: 7.1%     
 1,647,176   Transocean, Inc. (USD) †   30,192,736 
 3,178,668   Weatherford International Plc (USD) *   36,395,749 
         66,588,485 
United Kingdom: 6.9%  
 1,403,129   ENSCO Plc CL A (USD)   42,023,714 
 1,320,577   Noble Corp Plc (USD)   21,881,961 
         63,905,675 
United States: 73.4%     
 806,622   Baker Hughes, Inc.   45,227,295 
 923,349   Cameron International Corp. *   46,121,283 
 78,436   CARBO Ceramics, Inc. †   3,141,362 
 454,974   Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. †   16,702,096 
 341,050   Dresser-Rand Group, Inc. *   27,897,890 
 899,976   FMC Technologies, Inc. *   42,154,876 
 2,499,678   Halliburton Co.   98,312,336 
 565,092   Helmerich & Payne, Inc.   38,098,503 
 1,081,810   McDermott International, Inc. *   3,148,067 
 1,283,263   National Oilwell Varco, Inc.   84,092,224 
 508,850   Oceaneering International, Inc.   29,925,468 
 224,996   Oil States International, Inc. *   11,002,304 
 808,217   Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.   13,408,320 
 625,534   Rowan Companies Plc   14,587,453 
 2,142,716   Schlumberger Ltd.   183,009,374 
 874,513   Superior Energy Services, Inc.   17,621,437 
 260,191   Tidewater, Inc. †   8,432,790 
         682,883,078 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $1,349,632,933)
   925,268,983 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.5%
(Cost: $4,045,761)
   
 4,045,761   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   4,045,761 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.0%
(Cost: $1,353,678,694)
 929,314,744 
Principal
Amount
       Value 
   
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 9.6%  
Repurchase Agreements: 9.6%    
$ 21,254,173    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $21,254,256; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 6.00%, due 8/15/21 to 7/15/52, valued at $21,679,256 including accrued interest)  $21,254,173 
  5,860,495    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $5,860,515; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $5,977,719 including accrued interest)   5,860,495 
  21,254,173    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $21,254,291; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at $21,679,282 including accrued interest)   21,254,173 
  19,868,035    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $19,868,112; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 6.00%, due 6/1/17 to 12/20/44, valued at $20,265,396 including accrued interest)   19,868,035 
  21,254,173    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $21,254,267; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $21,679,257 including accrued interest)   21,254,173 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $89,491,049)
   89,491,049 
Total Investments: 109.6%
(Cost: $1,443,169,743)
   1,018,805,793 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (9.6)%   (88,971,532)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $929,834,261 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

55

OIL SERVICES ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $86,095,260.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)
  % of Investments  Value 
Oil & Gas Drilling   24.7%  $229,673,489 
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services   74.9    695,595,494 
Money Market Fund   0.4    4,045,761 
    100.0%  $929,314,744 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks*  $925,268,983   $   $   $925,268,983 
Money Market Fund   4,045,761            4,045,761 
Repurchase Agreements       89,491,049        89,491,049 
Total  $929,314,744   $89,491,049   $   $1,018,805,793 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

56

RARE EARTH/STRATEGIC METALS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number        
of Shares      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 96.8%     
Australia: 15.1%     
 7,114,672   Alkane Resources Ltd. * #  $1,273,568 
 894,661   Iluka Resources Ltd. #   4,306,915 
 57,776,603   Lynas Corp. Ltd. * † #   3,170,082 
         8,750,565 
Canada: 3.8%     
 1,030,951   5N Plus, Inc. *   2,198,531 
Chile: 5.8%     
 406,078   Molibdenos y Metales SA   3,379,243 
China / Hong Kong: 23.7%     
 6,115,474   China Molybdenum Co. Ltd. (Class H) #   3,543,190 
 19,344,497   China Rare Earth Holdings Ltd. * † #   2,480,160 
 9,495,790   Hunan Non-Ferrous Metal Corp. Ltd. * †   4,751,048 
 59,702,964   North Mining Shares Co. Ltd. * † #   2,971,056 
         13,745,454 
France: 5.7%       
 36,136   Eramet SA * † #   3,318,338 
Ireland: 3.7%       
 41,847,546   Kenmare Resources Plc (GBP) * #   2,138,072 
Japan: 8.3%       
 127,292   OSAKA Titanium Technologies Co. † #   2,418,364 
 365,547   Toho Titanium Co. Ltd. * † #   2,374,686 
         4,793,050 
Mexico: 2.8%       
 1,555,432   Cia Minera Autlan SAB de CV *   1,653,598 
South Africa: 4.3%     
 194,556   Assore Ltd. † #   2,496,329 
United Kingdom: 1.6%     
 62,964,118   Rare Earth Minerals Plc * #   922,273 
United States: 22.0%     
 2,868,491   Molycorp, Inc. * †   2,525,993 
 102,657   RTI International Metals, Inc. *   2,593,116 
 1,733,049   Thompson Creek Metals Co., Inc. *   2,894,192 
 198,151   Tronox Ltd.   4,731,846 
         12,745,147 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $100,206,641)
   56,140,600 
PREFERRED STOCKS: 3.1%     
Brazil: 3.1%
(Cost: $2,959,005)
     
 542,123   Cia de Ferro Ligas da Bahia   1,772,270 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.1%
(Cost: $50,075)
     
 50,075   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   50,075 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.0%
(Cost: $103,215,721)
   57,962,945 
Principal        
Amount      Value 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 18.8%     
Repurchase Agreements: 18.8%     
$2,596,161   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $2,596,171; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 6.00%, due 8/15/21 to 7/15/52, valued at $2,648,084 including accrued interest)  $2,596,161 
 2,596,161   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $2,596,173; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $2,648,084 including accrued interest)   2,596,161 
 546,536   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $546,538; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 9.00%, due 11/15/18 to 2/15/38, valued at $557,467 including accrued interest)   546,536 
 2,596,161   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $2,596,170; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $2,648,090 including accrued interest)   2,596,161 
 2,596,161   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $2,596,173; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $2,648,084 including accrued interest)   2,596,161 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned     
(Cost: $10,931,180)   10,931,180 
Total Investments: 118.8%
(Cost: $114,146,901)
   68,894,125 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (18.8)%   (10,908,582)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $57,985,543 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

57

RARE EARTH/STRATEGIC METALS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

GBP British Pound
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $8,631,809.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $31,413,033 which represents 54.2% of net assets.

 

           
Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments    Value 
Commodity Chemicals   8.2%    $4,731,846 
Diversified Metals & Mining   78.2      45,360,784 
Electronic Components   3.8      2,198,531 
Gold   2.2      1,273,568 
Materials   1.6      922,273 
Steel   5.9      3,425,868 
Money Market Fund   0.1      50,075 
    100.0%    $57,962,945 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Australia  $   $8,750,565   $   $8,750,565 
Canada   2,198,531            2,198,531 
Chile   3,379,243            3,379,243 
China / Hong Kong   4,751,048    8,994,406        13,745,454 
France       3,318,338        3,318,338 
Ireland       2,138,072        2,138,072 
Japan       4,793,050        4,793,050 
Mexico   1,653,598            1,653,598 
South Africa       2,496,329        2,496,329 
United Kingdom       922,273        922,273 
United States   12,745,147            12,745,147 
Preferred Stocks*   1,772,270            1,772,270 
Money Market Fund   50,075            50,075 
Repurchase Agreements       10,931,180        10,931,180 
Total  $26,549,912   $42,344,213   $   $68,894,125 

 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $ 3,938,894 and transfers of securities from Level 2 to Level 1 were $ 4,710,195. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

58

SOLAR ENERGY ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

         
Number        
of Shares      Value 
         
COMMON STOCKS: 100.0%    
Canada: 4.6%    
 38,403   Canadian Solar, Inc. (USD) * †  $928,969 
China / Hong Kong: 35.5%     
 397,000   China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Ltd. † #   548,695 
 4,773,000   GCL-Poly Energy Holdings Ltd. * † #   1,108,654 
 4,664,000   Hanergy Thin Film Power Group Ltd. †   1,690,018 
 38,825   JA Solar Holdings Co. Ltd. (ADR) * †   317,783 
 20,082   JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (ADR) * †   395,816 
 81,902   Renesola Ltd. (ADR) * †   115,482 
 1,324,000   Shunfeng International Clean Energy Ltd. * #   935,468 
 84,548   Trina Solar Ltd. (ADR) * †   782,914 
 3,604,000   United Photovoltaics Group Ltd. * #   481,363 
 1,984,000   Xinyi Solar Holdings Ltd. #   540,526 
 122,360   Yingli Green Energy Holding Co. Ltd. (ADR) * †   287,546 
         7,204,265 
Germany: 1.6%     
 18,404   SMA Solar Technology AG * † #   333,101 
Norway: 1.7%     
 1,510,417   Renewable Energy Corp. AS * #   354,196 
Singapore: 2.4%     
 35,903   REC Solar ASA (NOK) * #   483,240 
South Korea: 0.3%     
 46,032   Woongjin Energy Co. Ltd. * #   55,602 
Switzerland: 2.1%     
 66,650   Meyer Burger Technology AG * † #   424,702 
Taiwan: 18.4%     
 357,000   Danen Technology Corp. * #   130,047 
 469,000   E-Ton Solar Tech Co. Ltd. * #   253,524 
 28,500   Giga Solar Materials Corp. #   443,451 
 415,688   Gintech Energy Corp. * #   303,169 
 278,322   Green Energy Technology, Inc. * #   179,324 
 359,000   Motech Industries, Inc. #   546,601 
 751,306   Neo Solar Power Corp. #   703,950 
 553,000   Sino-American Silicon Products, Inc. #   957,202 
 348,301   Solartech Energy Corp. * #   228,792 
         3,746,060 
United States: 33.4%     
 22,902   Advanced Energy Industries, Inc. *   542,777 
 29,738   First Solar, Inc. *   1,326,166 
 27,428   SolarCity Corp. * †   1,466,849 
 82,019   SunEdison, Inc. * †   1,600,191 
 45,595   Sunpower Corp. * †   1,177,719 
 21,572   TerraForm Power, Inc. †   666,143 
         6,779,845 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $21,091,839)
   20,309,980 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.3%
(Cost: $49,065)
     
 49,065   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   49,065 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.3%
(Cost: $21,140,904)
   20,359,045 
            
Principal         
Amount       Value 
      
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 28.5%     
Repurchase Agreements: 28.5%     
$ 289,638    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $289,639; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $295,431 including accrued interest)  $289,638 
  1,375,831    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,375,837; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $1,403,348 including accrued interest)   1,375,831 
  1,375,831    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,375,836; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $1,403,351 including accrued interest)   1,375,831 
  1,375,831    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,375,839; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at $1,403,349 including accrued interest)   1,375,831 
  1,375,831    Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,375,837; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $1,403,348 including accrued interest)   1,375,831 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $5,792,962)
   5,792,962 
Total Investments: 128.8%
(Cost: $26,933,866)
   26,152,007 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (28.8)%   (5,842,131)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $20,309,876 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
NOK Norwegian Krone
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $5,670,703.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $9,011,607 which represents 44.4% of net assets.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)  
  % of Investments  Value 
Construction & Engineering   2.7%  $548,695 
Electrical Components & Equipment   7.2    1,466,849 
Industrial Machinery   2.1    424,702 
Information Technology   12.9    2,625,486 
Semiconductor Equipment   30.4    6,188,466 
Semiconductors   41.2    8,389,639 
Utilities   3.3    666,143 
Money Market Fund   0.2    49,065 
    100.0%  $20,359,045 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

       Level 2   Level 3     
   Level 1   Significant   Significant     
   Quoted   Observable   Unobservable     
   Prices   Inputs   Inputs   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Canada  $928,969   $   $   $928,969 
China / Hong Kong   3,589,559    3,614,706        7,204,265 
Germany       333,101        333,101 
Norway       354,196        354,196 
Singapore       483,240        483,240 
South Korea       55,602        55,602 
Switzerland       424,702        424,702 
Taiwan       3,746,060        3,746,060 
United States   6,779,845            6,779,845 
Money Market Fund   49,065            49,065 
Repurchase Agreements       5,792,962        5,792,962 
Total  $11,347,438   $14,804,569   $   $26,152,007 

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, transfers of securities from Level 1 to Level 2 were $ 485,030. These transfers resulted primarily from changes in certain foreign securities valuation methodologies between the last close of the securities’ primary market (Level 1) and valuation by a pricing service (Level 2), which takes into account market direction or events occurring before the Fund’s pricing time but after the last local close, as described in the Notes to Financial Statements.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

60

STEEL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number of
Shares
     Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.9%     
Brazil: 20.8%     
 1,040,934   Cia Siderurgica Nacional SA (ADR) †  $2,165,143 
 859,365   Gerdau SA (ADR)   3,050,746 
 1,118,140   Vale SA (ADR) †   9,146,385 
         14,362,274 
India: 4.4%     
 227,123   Sesa Sterlite Ltd. (ADR)   3,084,330 
Luxembourg: 15.6%     
 355,078   ArcelorMittal (USD) †   3,916,510 
 125,851   Tenaris SA (ADR)   3,801,959 
 173,925   Ternium SA (ADR)   3,068,037 
         10,786,506 
Russia: 0.3%     
 312,290   Mechel OAO (ADR) *   213,575 
South Korea: 6.9%     
 74,356   POSCO (ADR)   4,744,656 
United Kingdom: 13.5%     
 203,093   Rio Tinto Plc (ADR) †   9,354,464 
United States: 38.4%     
 17,633   A.M. Castle & Co. * †   140,711 
 132,843   AK Steel Holding Corp. * †   789,087 
 90,326   Allegheny Technologies, Inc.   3,140,635 
 39,939   Carpenter Technology Corp.   1,966,996 
 114,929   Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc. †   820,593 
 88,274   Commercial Metals Co.   1,437,983 
 23,185   Gibraltar Industries, Inc. *   376,988 
 8,087   Handy & Harman Ltd. *   372,245 
 7,766   LB Foster Co.   377,195 
 69,458   Nucor Corp.   3,406,915 
 51,297   Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co.   3,142,967 
 20,322   Schnitzer Steel Industries, Inc. †   458,464 
 159,673   Steel Dynamics, Inc.   3,151,945 
 49,677   SunCoke Energy, Inc.   960,753 
 34,238   TimkenSteel Corp.   1,267,833 
 116,813   United States Steel Corp.   3,123,580 
 51,073   Walter Energy, Inc.   70,481 
 51,373   Worthington Industries, Inc.   1,545,814 
         26,551,185 
Total Common Stocks     
(Cost: $125,643,214)   69,096,990 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.4%
(Cost: $255,824)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 255,824   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   255,824 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.3%     
(Cost: $125,899,038)   69,352,814 
Principal
Amount
      Value 
           
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 29.4%     
Repurchase Agreements: 29.4%     
$4,816,651   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,816,672; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $4,912,984 including accrued interest)  $4,816,651 
 1,013,990   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Credit Agricole CIB, 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,013,993; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 9.00%, due 11/15/18 to 2/15/38, valued at $1,034,270 including accrued interest)   1,013,990 
 4,816,651   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,816,667; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $4,912,995 including accrued interest)   4,816,651 
 4,816,651   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with JP Morgan Securities, LLC, 0.10%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,816,678; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.50% to 8.00%, due 8/1/16 to 1/1/45, valued at $4,912,990 including accrued interest)   4,816,651 
 4,816,651   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $4,816,672; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $4,912,984 including accrued interest)   4,816,651 
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $20,280,594)
 20,280,594 
Total Investments: 129.7%
(Cost: $146,179,632)
 89,633,408 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (29.7)%  (20,506,266)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $69,127,142 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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STEEL ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS
(continued)

 

ADRAmerican Depositary Receipt
USDUnited States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $19,514,236.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments  Value 
Energy   5.5%  $3,801,959 
Industrials   1.1    754,183 
Materials   93.0    64,540,848 
Money Market Fund   0.4    255,824 
    100.0%  $69,352,814 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks*  $69,096,990   $   $   $69,096,990 
Money Market Fund   255,824            255,824 
Repurchase Agreements       20,280,594        20,280,594 
Total  $69,352,814   $20,280,594   $   $89,633,408 

 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.
   
There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

62

UNCONVENTIONAL OIL & GAS ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
    Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 99.8%
Canada: 23.2%
   
 53,348   ARC Resources Ltd.  $1,158,848 
 65,918   Athabasca Oil Corp. *   147,401 
 27,089   Baytex Energy Corp. (USD) †   449,948 
 20,290   Birchcliff Energy Ltd. *   136,989 
 30,780   Bonavista Energy Corp. †   193,994 
 128,216   Cenovus Energy, Inc. (USD)   2,643,814 
 66,449   Crescent Point Energy Corp. (USD) †   1,538,959 
 117,495   EnCana Corp. (USD)   1,629,656 
 37,017   Enerplus Corp. (USD) †   355,363 
 53,178   Husky Energy, Inc.   1,262,590 
 33,260   Lightstream Resources Ltd. †   34,172 
 24,601   MEG Energy Corp. *   415,238 
 9,825   Paramount Resources Ltd. *   238,531 
 83,251   Pengrowth Energy Corp. (USD) †   258,911 
 83,338   Penn West Petroleum Ltd. (USD) †   173,343 
 22,986   Peyto Exploration & Development Corp. †   664,227 
 17,101   PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.   451,794 
 37,270   Surge Energy, Inc. †   118,415 
 145,625   Talisman Energy, Inc. (USD)   1,140,244 
 28,716   Tourmaline Oil Corp. *   959,473 
 41,076   Whitecap Resources, Inc. †   405,706 
         14,377,616 
United States: 76.6%    
 52,766   Anadarko Petroleum Corp.   4,353,195 
 9,915   Antero Resources Corp. *   402,351 
 5,201   Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. *   124,824 
 35,688   BreitBurn Energy Partners LP   249,816 
 55,068   Cabot Oil & Gas Corp.   1,630,564 
 69,316   California Resources Corp. *   381,931 
 5,729   Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. *   238,326 
 85,088   Chesapeake Energy Corp.   1,665,172 
 12,103   Cimarex Energy Co.   1,282,918 
 10,998   Concho Resources, Inc. *   1,097,051 
 12,073   Continental Resources, Inc. * †   463,120 
 43,197   Denbury Resources, Inc.   351,192 
 65,606   Devon Energy Corp.   4,015,743 
 6,137   Diamondback Energy, Inc. *   366,870 
 9,103   Energen Corp.   580,407 
 52,549   EOG Resources, Inc.   4,838,186 
 19,927   EQT Corp.   1,508,474 
 28,121   EXCO Resources, Inc. †   61,023 
 12,793   Gulfport Energy Corp. *   533,980 
 48,715   Halcon Resources Corp. * †   86,713 
 44,710   Hess Corp.   3,300,492 
 10,355   Laredo Petroleum Inc * †   107,174 
 11,713   Legacy Reserves LP   133,880 
 36,480   Linn Energy, LLC †   369,542 
 23,161   LinnCo, LLC †   240,180 
 103,366   Marathon Oil Corp.   2,924,224 
 10,309   Matador Resources Co. *   208,551 
 11,510   Memorial Resource Development Corp. *   207,525 
 11,983   National Fuel Gas Co.   833,178 
 20,273   Newfield Exploration Co. *   549,804 
 44,339   Noble Energy, Inc.   2,102,999 
 5,052   Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. * †   28,544 
 12,965   Oasis Petroleum, Inc. *   214,441 
 60,699   Occidental Petroleum Corp.   4,892,946 
 14,488   Pioneer Natural Resources Co.   2,156,539 
Number
of Shares
   Value 
           
United States: (continued)    
 23,698   QEP Resources, Inc.  $479,174 
 19,455   Range Resources Corp.   1,039,870 
 6,427   Rosetta Resources, Inc. *   143,386 
 8,502   SM Energy Co.   328,007 
 43,903   Southwestern Energy Co. *   1,198,113 
 18,222   Ultra Petroleum Corp. * †   239,802 
 5,091   Unit Corp. *   173,603 
 15,060   Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC   226,954 
 25,168   Whiting Petroleum Corp. *   830,544 
 25,284   WPX Energy, Inc. *   294,053 
         47,455,381 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $83,653,546)
 61,832,997 
MONEY MARKET FUND: 0.1%
(Cost: $34,138)
   
 34,138   Dreyfus Government Cash Management Fund   34,138 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 99.9%
(Cost: $83,687,684)
 61,867,135 
          
Principal         
Amount         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 6.0%    
Repurchase Agreements: 6.0%    
$97,661   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $97,661; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $99,614 including accrued interest)   97,661 
 1,131,162   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with BNP Paribas Securities Corp., 0.07%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,131,166; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 2.13% to 6.00%, due 8/15/21 to 7/15/52, valued at $1,153,785 including accrued interest)   1,131,162 
 1,000,000   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Citigroup Global Markets, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,000,004; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.38% to 8.00%, due 12/15/17 to 7/15/51, valued at $1,020,000 including accrued interest)   1,000,000 
 1,131,162   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with HSBC Securities USA, Inc., 0.06%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $1,131,166; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 9.38%, due 1/15/15 to 7/15/32, valued at $1,153,788 including accrued interest)   1,131,162 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

63

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SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

Number of Shares    Value 
         
Repurchase Agreements: (continued)     
334,816  Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Mizuho Securities USA, Inc., 0.08%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $334,817; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 0.00% to 7.50%, due 1/31/16 to 12/20/44, valued at $341,512 including accrued interest)  $334,816 
      
Total Short-term Investments Held as Collateral for Securities Loaned
(Cost: $3,694,801)
   3,694,801 
Total Investments: 105.9%
(Cost: $87,382,485)
   65,561,936 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (5.9)%   (3,624,594)
NET ASSETS: 100.0%  $61,937,342 

 

USD United States Dollar
 * Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $3,543,858.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)    
  % of Investments  Value 
Energy   9.9%  $6,129,826 
Gas Utilities   1.3    833,178 
Integrated Oil & Gas   19.6    12,099,842 
Oil & Gas Exploration & Production   69.1    42,770,151 
Money Market Fund   0.1    34,138 
    100.0%  $61,867,135 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

    Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
    Value 
Common Stocks*  $61,832,997   $   $   $61,832,997 
Money Market Fund   34,138            34,138 
Repurchase Agreements       3,694,801        3,694,801 
Total  $61,867,135   $3,694,801   $   $65,561,936 

 

* See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

64

URANIUM+NUCLEAR ENERGY ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2014

 

Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
COMMON STOCKS: 100.0%
Australia: 0.1%
 20,585   Energy Resources of Australia Ltd. * #  $21,845 
 198,836   Paladin Energy Ltd. (CAD) * †   57,509 
         79,354 
Canada: 1.4%
 51,874   Cameco Corp. (USD)   851,252 
 56,617   Denison Mines Corp. *   55,236 
 12,835   Uranium Energy Corp. (USD) * †   22,461 
         928,949 
Czech Republic: 0.9%
 23,768   CEZ AS #   610,004 
Finland: 1.9%
 57,562   Fortum OYJ #   1,249,760 
France: 3.3%
 32,352   Alstom SA * #   1,043,437 
 43,826   Electricite de France SA #   1,206,460 
         2,249,897 
India: 1.1%
 32,828   Larsen & Toubro Ltd. (GDR) # Reg S   761,002 
Japan: 20.2%
 47,000   Chugoku Electric Power Co., Inc. #   613,911 
 538,000   Hitachi Ltd. #   3,967,043 
 28,200   Hokkaido Electric Power Co., Inc. * #   225,523 
 29,400   Hokuriku Electric Power Co. #   375,090 
 182,714   IHI Corp. #   924,460 
 34,974   JGC Corp. #   719,312 
 148,205   Kajima Corp. #   608,884 
 116,100   Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. * #   1,103,411 
 69,800   Kyushu Electric Power Co., Inc. * #   698,391 
 467,106   Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. #   2,575,293 
 32,900   Shikoku Electric Power Co., Inc. * #   398,684 
 6,300   Taihei Dengyo Kaisha Ltd. #   48,046 
 74,100   Tohoku Electric Power Co., Inc. #   861,437 
 106,500   Tokyo Electric Power Co., Inc. * #   432,754 
 4,000   Toshiba Plant Systems & Services Corp. #   61,811 
 14,000   Toyo Engineering Corp. #   51,185 
         13,665,235 
Netherlands: 0.8%
 13,555   Chicago Bridge & Iron Co. NV (USD)   569,039 
South Korea: 2.3%
 8,129   Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction Co. Ltd. #   173,664 
 1,295   KEPCO Engineering & Construction Co., Inc. #   60,456 
 69,958   Korea Electric Power Corp. (ADR) *   1,354,387 
         1,588,507 
United Kingdom: 2.3%
 45,172   AMEC Plc #   596,824 
 49,550   Babcock International Group Plc #   812,080 
 55,003   Serco Group Plc †   137,822 
         1,546,726 
Number
of Shares
      Value 
           
United States: 65.7%
 28,942   Ameren Corp.  $1,335,095 
 31,509   AMETEK, Inc.   1,658,319 
 60,650   Dominion Resources, Inc.   4,663,985 
 18,766   DTE Energy Co.   1,620,819 
 65,235   Duke Energy Corp.   5,449,732 
 15,947   Entergy Corp.   1,395,044 
 84,800   Exelon Corp.   3,144,384 
 48,335   FirstEnergy Corp.   1,884,582 
 15,055   Flowserve Corp.   900,741 
 17,714   Fluor Corp.   1,074,000 
 52,894   NextEra Energy, Inc.   5,622,103 
 39,179   PG&E Corp.   2,085,890 
 11,711   Pinnacle West Capital Corp.   799,978 
 91,085   PPL Corp.   3,309,118 
 61,853   Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc.   2,561,333 
 3,992   SPX Corp.   342,993 
 97,974   The Southern Co.   4,811,503 
 52,873   Xcel Energy, Inc.   1,899,198 
         44,558,817 
Total Common Stocks
(Cost: $62,513,880)
   67,807,290 
CLOSED-END FUND: 0.1%
(Cost: $44,576)
 
 9,294   Uranium Participation Corp. *   41,325 
Total Investments Before Collateral for Securities Loaned: 100.1%
(Cost: $62,558,456)
  67,848,615  
 
Principal
Amount
         
SHORT-TERM INVESTMENT HELD AS COLLATERAL FOR SECURITIES LOANED: 0.2%
(Cost: $170,202)
Repurchase Agreement: 0.2%
$170,202   Repurchase agreement dated 12/31/14 with Barclays Capital, 0.05%, due 1/2/15, proceeds $170,202; (collateralized by various U.S. government and agency obligations, 1.50% to 2.13%, due 8/31/18 to 6/30/21, valued at $173,606 including accrued interest)   170,202 
Total Investments: 100.3%
(Cost: $62,728,658)
 68,018,817 
Liabilities in excess of other assets: (0.3)%  (206,881)
NET ASSETS: 100.0% $67,811,936 


 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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URANIUM+NUCLEAR ENERGY ETF

SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

(continued)

 

ADR American Depositary Receipt
CAD Canadian Dollar
GDR Global Depositary Receipt
USD United States Dollar
* Non-income producing
Security fully or partially on loan. Total market value of securities on loan is $166,263.
# Indicates a fair valued security which has not been valued utilizing an independent quote, but has been valued pursuant to guidelines established by the Board of Trustees. The aggregate value of fair valued securities is $20,200,767 which represents 29.8% of net assets.
Reg S  Security was purchased pursuant to Regulation S under the Securities Act of 1933, which exempts from registration securities offered and sold outside of the United States. Such a security cannot be sold in the United States without either an effective registration statement filed pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, or pursuant to an exemption from registration.

 

Summary of Investments by Sector Excluding
Collateral for Securities Loaned (unaudited)
  % of Investments  Value 
Energy   2.4%  $1,605,127 
Financials   0.1    41,325 
Industrials   18.4    12,522,544 
Information Technology   5.8    3,967,043 
Utilities   73.3    49,712,576 
    100.0%  $67,848,615 

 

The summary of inputs used to value the Fund’s investments as of December 31, 2014 is as follows:

 

   Level 1
Quoted
Prices
   Level 2
Significant
Observable
Inputs
   Level 3
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
   Value 
Common Stocks                    
Australia  $57,509   $21,845   $   $79,354 
Canada   928,949            928,949 
Czech Republic       610,004        610,004 
Finland       1,249,760        1,249,760 
France       2,249,897        2,249,897 
India       761,002        761,002 
Japan       13,665,235        13,665,235 
Netherlands   569,039            569,039 
South Korea   1,354,387    234,120        1,588,507 
United Kingdom   137,822    1,408,904        1,546,726 
United States   44,558,817            44,558,817 
Closed-End Fund   41,325            41,325 
Repurchase Agreement       170,202        170,202 
Total  $47,647,848   $20,370,969   $   $68,018,817 

 

*See Schedule of Investments for security type and geographic sector breakouts.

 

There were no transfers between levels during the year ended December 31, 2014.

 

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

December 31, 2014

 

   Agribusiness ETF  Coal ETF  Global Alternative
Energy ETF
  Gold Miners ETF
                         
Assets:                            
Investments, at value (1)                            
Unaffiliated issuers (2)    $1,439,475,723     $115,057,130     $83,012,578     $2,703,770,783 
Affiliated issuers (3)                       2,797,928,062 
Short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned (4)     75,398,562      689,582      21,045,937      109,127,383 
Cash     2,312,515                  2,355,948 
Cash denominated in foreign currency, at value (5)     332,682      106,386            6,460,547 
Receivables:                            
Investment securities sold     276,586      6,331      84,872       
Shares sold           1,989            19,423 
Due from Adviser                        
Dividends     3,071,860      152,292      76,763      1,647,649 
Prepaid expenses     49,819      2,525      1,642      114,853 
Total assets     1,520,917,747      116,016,235      104,221,792      5,621,424,648 
                             
Liabilities:                            
Payables:                            
Investment securities purchased     2,312,860      107,641            6,460,170 
Collateral for securities loaned     75,398,562      689,582      21,045,937      109,127,383 
Line of credit                       6,144,044 
Shares redeemed     269,147      9,693             
Due to Adviser     786,226      50,371      31,135      2,478,228 
Due to custodian                 55,115       
Deferred Trustee fees      350,280      17,078      8,323      597,940 
Accrued expenses      899,231      236,876      143,910      1,169,543 
Total liabilities     80,016,306      1,111,241      21,284,420      125,977,308 
NET ASSETS    $1,440,901,441     $114,904,994     $82,937,372     $5,495,447,340 
Shares outstanding     27,400,000      7,850,000      1,533,298      298,252,500 
Net asset value, redemption and offering price per share    $52.59     $14.64     $54.09     $18.43 
Net assets consist of:                            
Aggregate paid in capital    $2,406,341,302     $588,006,014     $367,054,751     $15,131,176,856 
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (96,250,426)     (81,332,357)     (4,783,283)     (3,907,441,277)
Undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)     (106,257)     (24,028)     (13,513)     6,102,870 
Accumulated net realized gain (loss)     (869,083,178)     (391,744,635)     (279,320,583)     (5,734,391,109)
     $1,440,901,441     $114,904,994     $82,937,372     $5,495,447,340 
(1)   Value of securities on loan    $70,822,839     $646,922     $20,686,661     $105,313,301 
(2)   Cost of investments - Unaffiliated issuers    $1,535,622,041     $196,379,050     $87,791,520     $4,347,095,237 
(3)   Cost of investments - Affiliated issuers    $     $     $     $5,062,044,885 
(4)   Cost of short-term investments held as collateral for securities loaned    $75,398,562     $689,582     $21,045,937     $109,127,383 
(5)   Cost of cash denominated in foreign currency    $338,278     $106,386     $     $6,460,547 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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            Rare Earth/              Uranium+
Junior Gold  Natural      Strategic          Unconventional  Nuclear
Miners ETF  Resources ETF  Oil Services ETF  Metals ETF  Solar Energy ETF  Steel ETF  Oil & Gas ETF  Energy ETF
                                              
                                              
                                              
  $220,868,207     $86,358,309     $929,314,744     $57,962,945     $20,359,045     $69,352,814     $61,867,135     $67,848,615 
   1,294,700,080                                           
                                                      
   143,251,205      1,367,753      89,491,049      10,931,180      5,792,962      20,280,594      3,694,801      170,202 
   127,579      1,221                                     
   13,678,499      435,462            386,589      15,713                  8,512 
                                                      
   726,323      142,813            37,128            2,723,377            22,131 
               3,474                  197            2,086 
         5,359                  1,586                   
   635,381      170,626      959,446      82,853      16,256      163,648      152,496      149,897 
   28,240      1,602      21,789      1,500      393      1,628      1,014      1,193 
   1,674,015,514      88,483,145      1,019,790,502      69,402,195      26,185,955      92,522,258      65,715,446      68,202,636 
                                                      
                                                      
   139,703      547,664            325,915            2,956,806            33,208 
   143,251,205      1,367,753      89,491,049      10,931,180      5,792,962      20,280,594      3,694,801      170,202 
   6,759,151      437,250                                     
               3,337                               
   646,328            243,661      21,755            33,726      8,710      25,039 
                                             24,714 
   125,314      8,596      97,433      10,299      1,549      12,782      1,945      8,337 
   403,480      99,223      120,761      127,503      81,568      111,208      72,648      129,200 
   151,325,181      2,460,486      89,956,241      11,416,652      5,876,079      23,395,116      3,778,104      390,700 
  $1,522,690,333     $86,022,659     $929,834,261     $57,985,543     $20,309,876     $69,127,142     $61,937,342     $67,811,936 
   63,337,446      2,550,000      25,910,863      2,274,962      300,000      1,950,000      2,800,000      1,316,632 
  $24.04     $33.73     $35.89     $25.49     $67.70     $35.45     $22.12     $51.50 
                                                      
  $5,166,835,816     $113,115,141     $1,354,699,457     $265,853,621     $81,046,326     $305,175,597     $86,867,448     $243,923,423 
   (462,269,247)     (11,624,779)     (424,363,950)     (45,251,646)     (782,053)     (56,546,224)     (21,820,762)     5,285,823 
   (5,537,935)     (3,064)     5,707      1,304,812      (6,496)     (27,775)     (1,945)     1,334,325 
   (3,176,338,301)     (15,464,639)     (506,953)     (163,921,244)     (59,947,901)     (179,474,456)     (3,107,399)     (182,731,635)
  $1,522,690,333     $86,022,659     $929,834,261     $57,985,543     $20,309,876     $69,127,142     $61,937,342     $67,811,936 
  $131,223,670     $1,275,317     $86,095,260     $8,631,809     $5,670,703     $19,514,236     $3,543,858     $166,263 
  $333,727,866     $97,977,760     $1,353,678,694     $103,215,721     $21,140,904     $125,899,038     $83,687,684     $62,558,456 
  $1,644,221,887     $     $     $     $     $     $     $ 
  $143,251,205     $1,367,753     $89,491,049     $10,931,180     $5,792,962     $20,280,594     $3,694,801     $170,202 
  $13,566,129     $436,214     $     $385,075     $15,807     $     $     $8,675 

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST

 

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Year Ended December 31, 2014

 

           Global Alternative       
   Agribusiness ETF  Coal ETF  Energy ETF  Gold Miners ETF
Income:                            
Dividends – unaffiliated issuers    $63,863,226     $3,791,552     $482,598     $50,304,035 
Dividends – affiliated issuers                       34,834,809 
Securities lending income     1,574,884      285,332      377,922      1,940,401 
Foreign taxes withheld     (5,507,681)     (413,549)     (44,982)     (10,902,687)
Total income     59,930,429      3,663,335      815,538      76,176,558 
                             
Expenses:                            
Management fees     12,896,452      782,908      507,242      36,455,957 
Professional fees     243,716      63,657      59,257      360,672 
Insurance     75,178      3,251      1,674      122,772 
Trustees’ fees and expenses     266,779      7,581      8,144      393,359 
Reports to shareholders     236,603      33,000      24,000      430,848 
Indicative optimized portfolio value fee     17,540      15,000      15,000       
Custodian fees     441,539      47,435      18,972      370,986 
Registration fees     10,021      5,000      5,513      136,954 
Transfer agent fees     2,406      2,400      2,400       
Fund accounting fees     158,261      12,229      7,464       
Interest     98,509      2,195      179      236,595 
Other     86,671      11,473      2,379      134,133 
Total expenses     14,533,675      986,129      652,224      38,642,276 
Waiver of management fees     (558)     (60,104)     (23,065)      
Net expenses     14,533,117      926,025      629,159      38,642,276 
Net investment income (loss)     45,397,312      2,737,310      186,379      37,534,282 
                             
Net realized gain (loss) on:                            
Investments – unaffiliated issuers     (16,848,230)     (50,701,261)     (4,713,583)     (1,259,065,065)
Investments – affiliated issuers                       (363,718,672)
In-kind redemptions     251,782,992      (443,122)     8,128,443      128,526,912 
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (331,952)     (48,248)     (7,402)     (715,696)
Net realized gain (loss)     234,602,810      (51,192,631)     3,407,458      (1,494,972,521)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on:                            
Investments     (333,635,247)     7,668,016      (6,953,256)     545,948,873 
Foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities     (79,404)     (712)     (5,854)      
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (333,714,651)     7,667,304      (6,959,110)     545,948,873 
Net Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets Resulting from Operations    $(53,714,529)    $(40,788,017)    $(3,365,273)    $(911,489,366)

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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Junior Gold
Miners ETF
  Natural
Resources ETF
  Oil Services ETF  Rare Earth/
Strategic
Metals ETF
  Solar Energy ETF  Steel ETF  Unconventional
Oil & Gas ETF
  Uranium+
Nuclear
Energy ETF
                                                      
  $2,252,248     $2,684,674     $28,572,803     $899,619     $76,146     $2,884,585     $1,148,048     $1,848,876 
   3,039,171                                           
   5,786,008      57,546      1,445,547      1,006,041      242,940      259,286      56,369      29,416 
   (196,473)     (175,332)     (56,519)     (61,056)     (3,355)     (64,613)     (87,248)     (60,232)
   10,880,954      2,566,888      29,961,831      1,844,604      315,731      3,079,258      1,117,169      1,818,060 
                                                      
                                                      
   9,923,082      493,771      4,493,672      433,437      125,656      517,302      347,652      364,571 
   204,682      69,042      102,106      70,737      73,724      60,256      60,724      95,673 
   31,758      2,003      26,650      2,077      366      1,953      809      1,392 
   98,568      5,299      147,227      6,926      2,308      5,658      5,709      4,222 
   198,467      16,000      60,000      24,000      10,322      20,000      9,800      20,000 
   15,000      20,002      4,009      20,002      18,203            15,000      17,500 
   183,605      69,061      52,026      36,794      20,332      16,141      6,992      18,621 
   21,398      5,000      7,500      5,000      5,020      5,000      11,223      5,000 
   2,423      2,400      2,400      2,400      2,405      2,400      2,400      2,400 
   119,147      23,760      73,645      7,956      10,352      6,866      4,437      6,896 
   143,577      5,729      31,665      5,551      729      2,669      793      3,334 
   41,019      11,960      32,071      8,161      2,337      12,456      1,655      11,190 
   10,982,726      724,027      5,032,971      623,041      271,754      650,701      467,194      550,799 
         (234,402)     (507,634)     (123,370)     (107,671)     (78,999)     (90,936)     (109,980)
   10,982,726      489,625      4,525,337      499,671      164,083      571,702      376,258      440,819 
   (101,772)     2,077,263      25,436,494      1,344,933      151,648      2,507,556      740,911      1,377,241 
                                                      
                                                      
   (158,748,149)     (3,647,877)     1,362,967      (54,042,736)     (181,727)     (10,615,281)     (2,135,587)     (8,011,797)
   (1,446,175,320)                                          
   (7,796,635)     4,315,997      73,819,014      573,589      4,964,461      2,965,507      2,861,682      4,759,398 
                                                      
   (2,777,842)     (12,115)           (29,960)     (8,019)           (5,292)     (15,198)
   (1,615,497,946)     656,005      75,181,981      (53,499,107)     4,774,715      (7,649,774)     720,803      (3,267,597)
                                                      
   861,254,657      (10,038,676)     (355,428,381)     26,647,699      (6,766,397)     (27,822,106)     (23,413,963)     8,424,978 
                                                      
   15,948      (9,536)           1,245      (279)           (337)     (6,044)
   861,270,605      (10,048,212)     (355,428,381)     26,648,944      (6,766,676)     (27,822,106)     (23,414,300)     8,418,934 
  $(754,329,113)    $(7,314,944)    $(254,809,906)    $(25,505,230)    $(1,840,313)    $(32,964,324)    $(21,952,586)    $6,528,578 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS 

 

   Agribusiness ETF  Coal ETF
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
Operations:                            
Net investment income (loss)    $45,397,312     $91,539,526     $2,737,310     $3,436,109 
Net realized gain (loss)     234,602,810      68,709,835      (51,192,631)     (23,877,167)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (333,714,651)     50,207,255      7,667,304      (32,019,892)
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (53,714,529)     210,456,616      (40,788,017)     (52,460,950)
                             
Dividends to shareholders:                            
Dividends from net investment income     (46,504,400)     (88,958,800)     (2,946,300)     (3,872,000)
Return of capital                        
Total Dividends and Distributions     (46,504,400)     (88,958,800)     (2,946,300)     (3,872,000)
                             
Share transactions:**                            
Proceeds from sale of shares     19,173,313      61,945,393      54,440,499      30,934,929 
Cost of shares redeemed     (3,113,370,622)     (1,215,346,926)     (50,795,362)     (54,965,916)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     (3,094,197,309)     (1,153,401,533)     3,645,137      (24,030,987)
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (3,194,416,238)     (1,031,903,717)     (40,089,180)     (80,363,937)
Net Assets, beginning of period     4,635,317,679      5,667,221,396      154,994,174      235,358,111 
Net Assets, end of period†    $1,440,901,441     $4,635,317,679     $114,904,994     $154,994,174 
†    Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)    $(106,257)    $1,331,568     $(24,028)    $(293,570)
**   Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                            
Shares sold     350,000      1,150,000      2,900,000      1,350,000 
Shares redeemed     (58,100,000)     (23,050,000)     (3,000,000)     (2,750,000)
Net increase (decrease)     (57,750,000)     (21,900,000)     (100,000)     (1,400,000)

 

 
(a) Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 3 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).
(b) Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 4 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

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Global Alternative Energy ETF(a)  Gold Miners ETF  Junior Gold Miners ETF(b)
For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
                                        
  $186,379     $838,594     $37,534,282     $68,896,195     $(101,772)    $(1,203,696)
   3,407,458      (914,442)     (1,494,972,521)     (3,327,835,794)     (1,615,497,946)     (1,042,170,896)
   (6,959,110)     34,700,661      545,948,873      (2,113,589,870)     861,270,605      (636,449,357)
   (3,365,273)     34,624,813      (911,489,366)     (5,372,529,469)     (754,329,113)     (1,679,823,949)
                                        
                                        
   (173,263)     (883,472)     (37,389,302)     (60,050,878)     (11,291,865)      
         (21,375)                        
   (173,263)     (904,847)     (37,389,302)     (60,050,878)     (11,291,865)      
                                        
                                        
   15,443,230      19,404,010      3,038,735,835      9,206,742,199      1,502,981,592      591,664,050 
   (20,275,991)     (7,828,546)     (3,247,020,529)     (6,527,604,714)     (351,493,550)     (312,248,237)
   (4,832,761)     11,575,464      (208,284,694)     2,679,137,485      1,151,488,042      279,415,813 
   (8,371,297)     45,295,430      (1,157,163,362)     (2,753,442,862)     385,867,064      (1,400,408,136)
   91,308,669      46,013,239      6,652,610,702      9,406,053,564      1,136,823,269      2,537,231,405 
  $82,937,372     $91,308,669     $5,495,447,340     $6,652,610,702     $1,522,690,333     $1,136,823,269 
  $(13,513)    $(21,069)    $6,102,870     $6,004,375     $(5,537,935)    $(33,371,891)
                                        
                                        
   250,000      416,667      126,600,000      325,800,000      39,200,000      11,462,500 
   (350,000)     (166,702)     (142,750,000)     (214,450,000)     (12,650,000)     (6,737,554)
   (100,000)     249,965      (16,150,000)     111,350,000      26,550,000      4,724,946 

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

(continued)

 

   Natural Resources ETF  Oil Services ETF
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
Operations:                            
Net investment income    $2,077,263     $2,308,937     $25,436,494     $19,394,978 
Net realized gain (loss)     656,005      1,578,008      75,181,981      317,276,708 
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (10,048,212)     2,545,692      (355,428,381)     3,059,136 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (7,314,944)     6,432,637      (254,809,906)     339,730,822 
                             
Dividends to shareholders:                            
Dividends from net investment income     (2,170,050)     (2,199,500)     (25,702,038)     (19,111,388)
Return of capital                        
Total Dividends and Distributions     (2,170,050)     (2,199,500)     (25,702,038)     (19,111,388)
                             
Share transactions:**                            
Proceeds from sale of shares     20,492,305      6,858,882      6,646,621,501      5,994,529,576 
Cost of shares redeemed     (26,124,768)     (32,156,117)     (6,918,368,843)     (6,116,381,793)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     (5,632,463)     (25,297,235)     (271,747,342)     (121,852,217)
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     (15,117,457)     (21,064,098)     (552,259,286)     198,767,217 
Net Assets, beginning of period     101,140,116      122,204,214      1,482,093,547      1,283,326,330 
Net Assets, end of period†    $86,022,659     $101,140,116     $929,834,261     $1,482,093,547 
†    Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)    $(3,064)    $109,272     $5,707     $271,251 
**   Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                            
Shares sold     550,000      200,000      143,500,000      133,900,000 
Shares redeemed     (700,000)     (900,000)     (148,400,000)     (136,300,000)
Net decrease     (150,000)     (700,000)     (4,900,000)     (2,400,000)

 

 
(a)Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 4 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

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Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF(a)  Solar Energy ETF   Steel ETF
For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
                                        
  $1,344,933     $901,911     $151,648     $95,820     $2,507,556     $2,837,169 
   (53,499,107)     (61,735,665)     4,774,715      438,772      (7,649,774)     (33,284,640)
   26,648,944      8,762,549      (6,766,676)     9,732,493      (27,822,106)     31,585,670 
   (25,505,230)     (52,071,205)     (1,840,313)     10,267,085      (32,964,324)     1,138,199 
                                        
                                        
   (878,135)     (222,022)     (135,000)     (219,900)     (2,549,800)     (2,880,555)
                                 (120,645)
   (878,135)     (222,022)     (135,000)     (219,900)     (2,549,800)     (3,001,200)
                                        
                                        
   4,954,201      2,863,723      12,643,540      9,705,861      51,423,359      85,397,054 
   (16,827,991)     (28,979,910)     (12,146,619)     (8,879,055)     (91,093,764)     (93,103,405)
   (11,873,790)     (26,116,187)     496,921      826,806      (39,670,405)     (7,706,351)
   (38,257,155)     (78,409,414)     (1,478,392)     10,873,991      (75,184,529)     (9,569,352)
   96,242,698      174,652,112      21,788,268      10,914,277      144,311,671      153,881,023 
  $57,985,543     $96,242,698     $20,309,876     $21,788,268     $69,127,142     $144,311,671 
  $1,304,812     $867,974     $(6,496)    $(84,551)    $(27,775)    $(19,471)
                                        
                                        
   200,000      62,500      150,000      150,000      1,100,000      1,850,000 
   (600,000)     (687,538)     (150,000)     (150,000)     (2,050,000)     (2,100,000)
   (400,000)     (625,038)                 (950,000)     (250,000)

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS

(continued)

 

   Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF  Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF(a)
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
Operations:                             
Net investment income    $740,911     $219,785     $1,377,241     $1,215,186 
Net realized gain (loss)     720,803      526,153      (3,267,597)     (5,319,752)
Net change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)     (23,414,300)     3,328,904      8,418,934      16,148,251 
Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations     (21,952,586)     4,074,842      6,528,578      12,043,685 
                             
Dividends to shareholders:                             
Dividends from net investment income     (744,600)     (237,600)     (1,676,073)     (538,338)
                             
Share transactions:**                             
Proceeds from sale of shares     57,126,688      37,567,957      2,470,059      18,981,814 
Cost of shares redeemed     (19,397,673)     (10,279,311)     (17,289,026)     (31,275,501)
Increase (Decrease) in net assets resulting from share transactions     37,729,015      27,288,646      (14,818,967)     (12,293,687)
Total increase (decrease) in net assets     15,031,829      31,125,888      (9,966,462)     (788,340)
Net Assets, beginning of period     46,905,513      15,779,625      77,778,398      78,566,738 
Net Assets, end of period†    $61,937,342     $46,905,513     $67,811,936     $77,778,398 
†    Including undistributed (accumulated) net investment income (loss)    $(1,945)    $(17,598)    $1,334,325     $1,608,870 
**   Shares of Common Stock Issued (no par value)                            
Shares sold     1,850,000      1,350,000      50,000      416,666 
Shares redeemed     (700,000)     (400,000)     (350,000)     (700,034)
Net increase (decrease)     1,150,000      950,000      (300,000)     (283,368)

 

 

(a)Share activity has been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 3 reverse share split which took place on July 1, 2013 (See Note 10).

 

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FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Agribusiness ETF
   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year   $54.44      $52.94      $47.21      $53.39      $43.69   
Income from investment operations:                                   
Net investment income   1.68      1.08      1.00      0.30      0.31   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (1.84)     1.46      5.70      (6.18)     9.72   
Total from investment operations   (0.16)     2.54      6.70      (5.88)     10.03   
Less:                                   
Dividends from net investment income   (1.69)     (1.04)     (0.97)     (0.29)     (0.33)  
Return of capital                     (0.01)        
Total dividends   (1.69)     (1.04)     (0.97)     (0.30)     (0.33)  
Net asset value, end of year   $52.59      $54.44      $52.94      $47.21      $53.39   
Total return (a)   (0.13)%     4.60%     14.20%     (11.01)%     22.96%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $1,440,901     $4,635,318     $5,667,221     $5,530,813     $2,624,216   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.57%     0.55%     0.55%     0.53%     0.56%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.57%     0.55%     0.55%     0.53%     0.56%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.56%     0.55%     0.54%     0.53%     0.55%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.77%     1.79%     1.89%     0.76%     0.78%  
Portfolio turnover rate   14%     33%     19%     22%     20%  
    
   Coal ETF
   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year   $19.50      $25.17      $32.41      $47.07      $35.93   
Income from investment operations:                                   
Net investment income   0.34      0.39      0.49      0.53      0.18   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (4.83)     (5.62)     (7.30)     (14.71)     11.15   
Total from investment operations   (4.49)     (5.23)     (6.81)     (14.18)     11.33   
Less:                                   
Dividends from net investment income   (0.37)     (0.44)     (0.43)     (0.48)     (0.19)  
Net asset value, end of year   $14.64      $19.50      $25.17      $32.41      $47.07   
Total return (a)   (23.07)%     (20.77)%     (21.05)%     (30.12)%     31.55%   
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $114,905     $154,994     $235,358     $314,420     $529,563   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.63%     0.64%     0.62%     0.59%     0.59%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.59%     0.59%     0.59%     0.59%     0.59%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.59%     0.59%     0.59%     0.59%     0.58%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.75%     1.78%     2.02%     0.93%     0.57%  
Portfolio turnover rate   27%     20%     55%     47%     29%  

 

 
(a) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Global Alternative Energy ETF#
   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2014    2013    2012    2011    2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year   $55.90      $33.26      $32.88      $60.24      $75.51   
Income from investment operations:                                   
Net investment income   0.12      0.51      0.66      1.02      0.60   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (1.82)     22.68      0.35      (27.33)     (15.30)  
Total from investment operations   (1.70)     23.19      1.01      (26.31)     (14.70)  
Less:                                   
Dividends from net investment income   (0.11)     (0.54)     (0.63)     (1.02)     (0.57)  
Return of capital         (0.01)           (0.03)        
Total dividends   (0.11)     (0.55)     (0.63)     (1.05)     (0.57)  
Net asset value, end of year   $54.09      $55.90      $33.26      $32.88      $60.24   
Total return (a)   (3.04)%     69.69%     3.07%     (43.69)%     (19.46)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)    $82,937       $91,309       $46,013       $58,644       $134,547   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.64%     0.72%     0.81%     0.68%     0.60%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.62%     0.62%     0.62%     0.62%     0.60%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.62%     0.62%     0.62%     0.62%     0.60%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.18%     1.16%     1.81%     1.59%     0.81%  
Portfolio turnover rate   31%     18%     35%     26%     30%  
    
   Gold Miners ETF
   For the Year Ended December 31,
   2014    2013    2012    2011    2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year   $21.16      $46.32      $51.50      $61.44      $46.15   
Income from investment operations:                                   
Net investment income   0.12      0.23      0.39      0.26      0.04   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (2.73)     (25.20)     (5.11)     (10.05)     15.65   
Total from investment operations   (2.61)     (24.97)     (4.72)     (9.79)     15.69   
Less:                                   
Dividends from net investment income   (0.12)     (0.19)     (0.46)     (0.15)     (0.40)  
Net asset value, end of year   $18.43      $21.16      $46.32      $51.50      $61.44   
Total return (a)   (12.31)%     (53.90)%     (9.16)%     (15.93)%     34.01%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                   
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $5,495,447     $6,652,611     $9,406,054     $8,772,539     $7,677,408   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.53%     0.53%     0.52%     0.52%     0.53%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.53%     0.53%     0.52%     0.52%     0.53%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.53%     0.53%     0.52%     0.52%     0.53%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.52%     1.01%     0.88%     0.35%     0.05%  
Portfolio turnover rate   18%     33%     5%     9%     3%  

 

 
(a) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
# On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 3 reverse share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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For a share outstanding throughout each period:

                                                
   Junior Gold Miners ETF#  
   For the Year Ended December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year     $30.90      $79.13      $97.84      $159.24      $103.24   
Income from investment operations:                                     
Net investment income (loss)     (b)(c)     0.41      0.36      2.72      (0.40)(b)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments     (6.68)     (48.64)     (16.07)     (57.80)     68.12   
Total from investment operations     (6.68)     (48.23)     (15.71)     (55.08)     67.72   
Less:                                     
Dividends from net investment income     (0.18)           (3.00)     (4.84)     (11.72)  
Distributions from net realized capital gains                       (1.48)        
Total dividends and distributions     (0.18)           (3.00)     (6.32)     (11.72)  
Net asset value, end of year     $24.04      $30.90      $79.13      $97.84      $159.24   
Total return (a)     (21.60)%     (60.95)%     (16.07)%     (34.57)%     65.74%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                     
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $1,522,690   $1,136,823   $2,537,231   $1,922,665   $2,123,857   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets     0.55%     0.58%     0.55%     0.54%     0.54%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets     0.55%     0.57%     0.55%     0.54%     0.54%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets     0.54%     0.56%     0.55%     0.54%     0.54%  
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets     (0.01)%     (0.07)%     0.01%     (0.22)%     (0.34)%  
Portfolio turnover rate     65%     34%     22%     60%     49%  
                                      
      
   Natural Resources ETF  
   For the Year Ended December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year     $37.46      $35.94      $33.76      $38.83      $33.58   
Income from investment operations:                                     
Net investment income     0.82      0.87      0.86      0.66      0.30   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments     (3.70)     1.48      2.17      (5.07)     5.26   
Total from investment operations     (2.88)     2.35      3.03      (4.41)     5.56   
Less:                                     
Dividends from net investment income     (0.85)     (0.83)     (0.85)     (0.66)     (0.31)  
Net asset value, end of year     $33.73      $37.46      $35.94      $33.76      $38.83   
Total return (a)     (7.71)%     6.55%     8.98%     (11.36)%     16.57%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                                     
Net assets, end of year (000’s)  $86,023   $101,140   $122,204   $158,687   $209,695   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets     0.73%     0.74%     0.68%     0.64%     0.63%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets     0.50%     0.50%     0.52%     0.61%     0.63%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets     0.49%     0.49%     0.51%     0.61%     0.63%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets     2.10%     2.13%     1.95%     1.40%     1.26%  
Portfolio turnover rate     13%     14%     10%     15%     19%  

 

 
(a) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(b) Calculated based upon average shares outstanding
(c) Amount represents less than $0.005 per share.
# On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 4 reverse share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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For a share outstanding throughout each period:

                  
   Oil Services ETF*     
            For the Period     
            December 20,     
            2010 (a) through     
   For the Year Ended December 31,  December 31,     
   2014  2013  2012  2011     
Net asset value, beginning of period   $48.10    $38.64    $38.29    $38.06        
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income   0.85    0.55    0.42    (b)       
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (12.20)   9.45    0.34    0.23        
Total from investment operations   (11.35)   10.00    0.76    0.23        
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.86)   (0.54)   (0.40)           
Distributions from net realized capital gains           (0.01)           
Total dividends and distributions   (0.86)   (0.54)   (0.41)           
Net asset value, end of period   $35.89    $48.10    $38.64    $38.29        
Total return (c)   (23.64)%   25.90%   1.98%   0.61%(d)       
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $929,834   $1,482,094   $1,283,326   $913,653        
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.39%   0.39%   0.38%   0.46%(e)       
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.35%   0.35%   0.35%   0.35%(e)       
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.35%   0.35%   0.35%   0.35%(e)       
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   1.99%   1.24%   1.23%   (0.35)%(e)       
Portfolio turnover rate   15%   10%   6%   0%(d)       
                            
                            
   Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF#  
                       For the Period  
                       October 27,  
                       2010 (a) through  
   For the Year Ended December 31,   December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of period   $35.98    $52.92    $60.40    $94.72    $79.04   
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income (loss)   0.65    0.35    0.88    1.00    (0.04)  
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (10.75)   (17.21)   (7.44)   (31.52)   15.72   
Total from investment operations   (10.10)   (16.86)   (6.56)   (30.52)   15.68   
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.39)   (0.08)   (0.92)   (3.80)      
Net asset value, end of period   $25.49    $35.98    $52.92    $60.40    $94.72   
Total return (c)   (28.07)%   (31.85)%   (10.88)%   (32.21)%   19.84%(d)  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)  $57,986   $96,243   $174,652   $198,535   $236,782   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.72%   0.70%   0.66%   0.59%   0.63%(e)  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.58%   0.57%   0.59%   0.57%   0.57%(e)  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.57%   0.57%   0.57%   0.57%   0.57%(e)  
Ratio of net investment income (loss) to average net assets   1.55%   0.69%   1.59%   0.95%   (0.38)%(e)  
Portfolio turnover rate   37%   31%   44%   35%   9%(d)  

 

 
(a) Commencement of operations
(b) Amount represents less than $0.005 per share
(c) Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(d) Not Annualized
(e) Annualized
* On February 14, 2012, the Fund effected a 3 for 1 share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.
# On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 4 reverse share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Solar Energy ETF#  
   For the Year Ended December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year  $72.63   $36.38   $55.35   $165.75   $233.70   
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income   0.51    0.32    1.29    3.75    0.90   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (4.99)   36.66    (18.94)   (110.70)   (67.80)  
Total from investment operations   (4.48)   36.98    (17.65)   (106.95)   (66.90)  
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.45)   (0.73)   (1.32)   (3.45)   (1.05)  
Net asset value, end of year  $67.70   $72.63   $36.38   $55.35   $165.75   
Total return (a)   (6.17)%   101.66%   (31.89)%   (64.50)%   (28.65)%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)    $20,310     $21,788     $10,914     $9,950     $24,867   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   1.08%   1.54%   1.86%   1.06%   0.92%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.65%   0.66%   0.66%   0.65%   0.65%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.65%   0.65%   0.65%   0.65%   0.65%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   0.60%   0.58%   3.47%   2.63%   0.50%  
Portfolio turnover rate   50%   75%   59%   35%   37%  
   Steel ETF  
   For the Year Ended December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year  $49.76   $48.85   $47.64   $72.48   $61.57   
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income   1.13    0.93    1.09    1.14    0.86   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (14.28)   0.96    1.20    (24.84)   11.08   
Total from investment operations   (13.15)   1.89    2.29    (23.70)   11.94   
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (1.16)   (0.94)   (1.08)   (1.14)   (0.87)  
Return of capital       (0.04)           (0.16)  
Total dividends   (1.16)   (0.98)   (1.08)   (1.14)   (1.03)  
Net asset value, end of year  $35.45   $49.76   $48.85   $47.64   $72.48   
Total return (a)   (26.44)%   3.88%   4.80%   (32.70)%   19.39%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)    $69,127     $144,312     $153,881     $181,037     $279,066   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.63%   0.62%   0.60%   0.58%   0.55%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%   0.55%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   2.43%   2.21%   2.40%   1.97%   1.04%  
Portfolio turnover rate   11%   15%   13%   3%   13%  

 

 
(a)Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
#On July 2, 2012, the Fund effected a 1 for 15 reverse share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

 

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For a share outstanding throughout each period:

 

   Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF            
    For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
   For the Year
Ended
December 31,
2013
  For the Period
February 14,
2012 (a) through
December 31,
2012
            
                            
Net asset value, beginning of period  $28.43   $22.54   $25.02             
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income   0.30    0.13    0.23             
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   (6.32)   5.90    (2.49)            
Total from investment operations   (6.02)   6.03    (2.26)            
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (0.29)   (0.14)   (0.22)            
Net asset value, end of period  $22.12   $28.43   $22.54             
Total return (b)   (21.18)%   26.77%   (9.04)%(c)            
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of period (000’s)    $61,937     $46,906     $15,780             
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.67%   1.04%   0.92%(d)            
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.54%   0.54%   0.54%(d)            
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.54%   0.54%   0.54%(d)            
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.07%   0.89%   1.12%(d)            
Portfolio turnover rate   11%   11%   35%(c)            
   Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF#  
   For the Year Ended December 31,  
   2014  2013  2012  2011  2010  
Net asset value, beginning of year  $48.11   $41.35   $44.82   $75.87   $67.95   
Income from investment operations:                           
Net investment income (loss)   1.27    0.80    1.26    (0.27)   1.53   
Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments   3.39    6.29    (2.84)   (24.99)   9.57   
Total from investment operations   4.66    7.09    (1.58)   (25.26)   11.10   
Less:                           
Dividends from net investment income   (1.27)   (0.33)   (1.89)   (5.79)   (3.18)  
Net asset value, end of year  $51.50   $48.11   $41.35   $44.82   $75.87   
Total return (b)   9.61%   17.18%   (3.53)%   (33.29)%   16.37%  
Ratios/Supplemental Data                           
Net assets, end of year (000’s)    $67,812     $77,778     $78,567     $86,668     $260,442   
Ratio of gross expenses to average net assets   0.76%   0.80%   0.67%   0.63%   0.57%  
Ratio of net expenses to average net assets   0.60%   0.60%   0.60%   0.62%   0.57%  
Ratio of net expenses, excluding interest expense, to average net assets   0.60%   0.60%   0.60%   0.61%   0.57%  
Ratio of net investment income to average net assets   1.89%   1.60%   2.82%   1.42%   2.53%  
Portfolio turnover rate   31%   48%   52%   51%   40%  

 

 
(a)Commencement of operations
(b)Total return is calculated assuming an initial investment made at the net asset value at the beginning of period, reinvestment of any dividends and distributions at net asset value on the dividend/distributions payment date and a redemption at the net asset value on the last day of the period. The return does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund dividends/distributions or the redemption of Fund shares.
(c)Not Annualized
(d)Annualized
#On July 1, 2013, the Fund effected a 1 for 3 reverse share split (See Note 10). Per share data has been adjusted to reflect the share split.

 

See Notes to Financial Statements

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December 31, 2014

 

Note 1—Fund Organization—Market Vectors ETF Trust (the “Trust”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as an open-end management investment company. The Trust was incorporated in Delaware as a statutory trust on March 15, 2001. The Trust operates as a series fund, and as of December 31, 2014, offers fifty five investment portfolios, each of which represents a separate series of the Trust.

 

These financial statements relate only to the following investment portfolios: Agribusiness ETF, Coal ETF, Global Alternative Energy ETF, Gold Miners ETF, Junior Gold Miners ETF, Natural Resources ETF, Oil Services ETF, Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, Solar Energy ETF, Steel ETF, Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF and Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF (each a “Fund” and, together, the “Funds”). Each Fund was created to provide investors with the opportunity to purchase a security representing a proportionate undivided interest in a portfolio of securities consisting of substantially all of the common stocks in substantially the same weighting, in an index sponsored, licensed or managed by the NYSE Euronext, Deutsche Börse AG, Ardour Global Indexes, LLC, S-Network Global Indexes, LLC and Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH, a wholly owned subsidiary of Van Eck Associates Corporation (the “Adviser”).

 

The Funds’ commencement of operations dates and their respective Indices are presented below:

         
Fund   Commencement
of Operations     
  Index
Agribusiness ETF   August 31, 2007   Market Vectors® Global Agribusiness Index*
Coal ETF   January 10, 2008   Market Vectors® Global Coal Index*
Global Alternative Energy ETF   May 03, 2007   Ardour Global IndexSM (Extra Liquid)
Gold Miners ETF   May 16, 2006   NYSE Arca Gold Miners Index
Junior Gold Miners ETF   November 10, 2009   Market Vectors® Global Junior Gold Miners Index*
Natural Resources ETF(c)   August 29, 2008   RogersTM-Van Eck Natural Resources Index(a)
Oil Services ETF   December 20, 2011   Market Vectors® US Listed Oil Services 25 Index*
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF   October 27, 2010   Market Vectors® Global Rare Earth/Strategic Metals Index*
Solar Energy ETF   April 21, 2008   Market Vectors® Global Solar Energy Index*
Steel ETF   October 10, 2006   NYSE Arca Steel Index
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF   February 14, 2012   Market Vectors® Global Unconventional Oil & Gas Index*
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF   August 13, 2007   Market Vectors® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index*(b)
* Published by Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH.
(a) Prior to May 1, 2014, the index for Natural Resources ETF was RogersTM-Van Eck Hard Assets Producers Index.
(b) Prior to May 1, 2014, the index for Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF was DAXglobal® Nuclear Energy Index.
(c) Effective May 1, 2014, the RVE Hard Assets Producers ETF changed its name to Natural Resources ETF.

 

Note 2—Significant Accounting Policies—The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The Funds are investment companies and are following accounting and reporting requirements of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 946 Financial Services - Investment Companies.

 

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Funds.

 

A. Security Valuation—The Funds value their investments in securities and other assets and liabilities carried at fair value daily. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants on the measurement date. Securities traded on national exchanges or traded on the NASDAQ National Market System are valued at the last sales price as reported at the close of each business day. Securities traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market are valued at the NASDAQ official closing price. Over-the-counter securities not included in the NASDAQ National Market System and listed securities for which no sale was reported are valued at the mean of the bid and ask prices. To the extent these securities are actively traded they are categorized as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy (described below). Certain foreign securities, whose values may be affected by market direction or events occurring before the Funds’ pricing time (4:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time) but after the last close of the securities’ primary market, are fair valued using a pricing service and are
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  categorized as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The pricing service, using methods approved by the Board of Trustees, considers the correlation of the trading patterns of the foreign security to intraday trading in the U.S. markets, based on indices of domestic securities and other appropriate indicators such as prices of relevant ADR’s and futures contracts. The Funds may also fair value securities in other situations, such as, when a particular foreign market is closed but the Fund is open. Short-term obligations with more than sixty days remaining to maturity are valued at market value. Short-term obligations with sixty days or less to maturity are valued at amortized cost, which with accrued interest approximates fair value. Money market fund investments are valued at net asset value and are considered to be Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy. Securities for which quotations are not available are stated at fair value as determined by the Pricing Committee of the Adviser appointed by the Board of Trustees. The Pricing Committee provides oversight of the Funds’ valuation policies and procedures, which are approved by the Funds’ Board of Trustees. Among other things, these procedures allow the Funds to utilize independent pricing services, quotations from securities dealers, and other market sources to determine fair value. The Pricing Committee convenes regularly to review the fair value of financial instruments for which market prices are not readily available. The Pricing Committee employs various methods for calibrating the valuation approaches utilized to determine fair value, including a regular review of key inputs and assumptions, transactional back-testing and disposition analysis.
     
  Certain factors such as economic conditions, political events, market trends, the nature of and duration of any restrictions on disposition, trading in similar securities of the issuer or comparable issuers and other security specific information are used to determine the fair value of these securities. Depending on the relative significance of valuation inputs, these securities may be classified either as Level 2 or Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The price which the Funds may realize upon sale of an investment may differ materially from the value presented in the Schedules of Investments.
     
  The Funds utilize various methods to measure the fair value of its investments on a recurring basis which includes a hierarchy that prioritizes inputs to valuation methods used to measure fair value. The fair value hierarchy gives highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The inputs or methodologies used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. The transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy assume the financial instruments were transferred at the beginning of the reporting period. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:
     
  Level 1 – Quoted prices in active markets for identical securities.
     
  Level 2 – Significant observable inputs (including quoted prices for similar securities, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, etc.).
     
  Level 3 – Significant unobservable inputs (including the Funds’ own assumptions in determining the fair value of investments).
     
  A summary of the inputs, the levels used to value the Funds’ investments, and transfers between levels are located in the Schedules of Investments. Additionally, tables that reconcile the valuation of the Funds’ Level 3 investments and that present additional information about valuation methodologies and unobservable inputs, if applicable, are located in the Schedules of Investments.
     
B. Federal Income Taxes—It is each Fund’s policy to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute all of its taxable income to its shareholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required.
     
C. Dividends and Distributions to Shareholders—Dividends to shareholders from net investment income and distributions from net realized capital gains, if any, are declared and paid annually by each fund. Income dividends and capital gain distributions are determined in accordance with U.S. income tax regulations, which may differ from such amounts determined in accordance with GAAP.
     
D. Currency Translation—Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies and commitments under foreign currency contracts are translated into U.S. dollars at the closing prices of such currencies each business day. Purchases and sales of investments are translated at the exchange rates prevailing when such investments are acquired or sold. Foreign denominated income and expenses are translated at the exchange rates prevailing when
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  accrued. The portion of realized and unrealized gains and losses on investments that result from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates is not separately disclosed in the financial statements. Recognized gains or losses attributable to foreign currency fluctuations on foreign currency denominated assets, other than investments, and liabilities are recorded as net realized gain (loss) on foreign currency transactions and foreign denominated assets and liabilities in the Statements of Operations.
   
E. Restricted Securities—The Funds may invest in securities that are subject to legal or contractual restrictions on resale. These securities generally may be resold in transactions exempt from registration or to the public if the securities are registered. Disposal of these securities may involve time-consuming negotiations and expense, and prompt sale at an acceptable price may be difficult. Information regarding restricted securities, if any, is included at the end of each Fund’s Schedule of Investments.
   
F. Repurchase Agreements—The Funds may enter into repurchase agreements with financial institutions, deemed to be creditworthy by the Adviser, to generate income from their excess cash balances and to invest securities lending cash collateral. A repurchase agreement is an agreement under which a Fund acquires securities from a seller, subject to resale to the seller at an agreed upon price and date. A Fund, through its custodian/securities lending agent, takes possession of securities collateralizing the repurchase agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the repurchase agreement, such securities must have an aggregate market value greater than or equal to the terms of the repurchase price plus accrued interest at all times. If the value of the underlying securities falls below the value of the repurchase price plus accrued interest, the Funds will require the seller to deposit additional collateral by the next business day. If the request for additional collateral is not met, or the seller defaults on its repurchase obligation, the Funds maintain their right to sell the underlying securities at market value and may claim any resulting loss against the seller. Repurchase Agreements held as of December 31, 2014 are reflected in the Schedules of Investments.
   
G. Use of Derivative Instruments—The Funds may make investments in derivative instruments, including, but not limited to, options, futures, swaps and other derivatives relating to foreign currency transactions. A derivative is an instrument whose value is derived from underlying assets, indices, reference rates or a combination of these factors. Derivative instruments may be privately negotiated contracts (often referred to as over-the-counter (“OTC”) derivatives) or they may be listed and traded on an exchange. Derivative contracts may involve future commitments to purchase or sell financial instruments at specified terms on a specified date, or to exchange interest payment streams or currencies based on a notional or contractual amount. Derivative instruments may involve a high degree of financial risk. The use of derivative instruments also involves the risk of loss if the Adviser is incorrect in its expectation of the timing or level of fluctuations in securities prices, interest rates or currency prices. Investments in derivative instruments also include the risk of default by the counterparty, the risk that the investment may not be liquid and the risk that a small movement in the price of the underlying security or benchmark may result in a disproportionately large movement, unfavorable or favorable, in the price of the derivative instruments. The Funds held no derivative instruments during the year ended December 31, 2014.
   
H. Offsetting Assets and Liabilities—In the ordinary course of business, the Funds enter into transactions subject to enforceable master netting agreements or other similar agreements. Generally, the right of setoff in those agreements allows the Funds to set off any exposure to a specific counterparty with any collateral received or delivered to that counterparty based on the terms of the agreements. The Funds may pledge or receive cash and/or securities as collateral for derivative instruments, securities lending and repurchase agreements. For financial reporting purposes, the Funds present securities lending and repurchase agreement assets and liabilities on a gross basis in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. Collateral held at December 31, 2014 is presented in the Schedules of Investments. Also, refer to related disclosures in Note 2F (Repurchase Agreements) and Note 9 (Securities Lending).
   
I. Other—Security transactions are accounted for on trade date. Transactions in certain securities may take longer than the customary settlement cycle to be completed. The counterparty is required to collateralize such trades with cash in excess of the market value of the transaction, which is held at the custodian and marked to market daily. Realized gains and losses are calculated on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend date except that certain dividends from foreign securities are recognized upon notification of the ex-dividend date/rate. Interest income, including amortization of premiums and discounts, is accrued as earned.
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  In the normal course of business, the Funds enter into contracts that contain a variety of general indemnifications. The Funds’ maximum exposure under these agreements is unknown as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Funds that have not yet occurred. However, the Adviser believes the risk of loss under these arrangements to be remote.

 

Note 3—Investment Management and Other Agreements—The Adviser is the investment adviser to the Funds. The Adviser receives a management fee, calculated daily and payable monthly based on an annual rate of 0.50% of each Fund’s average daily net assets (except for Oil Services ETF). The management fee rate for Oil Services ETF is 0.35%. The Adviser has agreed, at least until May 1, 2015 to voluntarily waive or limit its fees and to assume as its own expense certain expenses otherwise payable by the Funds so that each Fund’s total annual operating expenses does not exceed the expense limitation (excluding acquired fund fees and expenses, interest expense, offering costs, trading expenses, taxes and extraordinary expenses) listed in the table below.

 

The current expense limitations and the amounts waived by the Adviser for the year ended December 31, 2014, are as follows:

 

Fund   Expense
Limitations
  Waiver of
Management Fees
Agribusiness ETF       0.56 %       $      558  
Coal ETF       0.59         60,104  
Global Alternative Energy ETF       0.62         23,065  
Gold Miners ETF       0.53          
Junior Gold Miners ETF       0.56          
Natural Resources ETF       0.49         234,402  
Oil Services ETF       0.35         507,634  
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF       0.57         123,370  
Solar Energy ETF       0.65         107,671  
Steel ETF       0.55         78,999  
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF       0.54         90,936  
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF       0.60         109,980  

 

The Adviser offsets the management fees it charges the Funds by the amount it collects as a management fee from underlying funds managed by the Adviser. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Adviser reduced management fees charged by $93,552 due to such investments in Junior Gold Miners ETF.

 

In addition, Van Eck Securities Corporation, an affiliate of the Adviser, acts as the Funds’ “Distributor”. Certain officers and a Trustee of the Trust are officers, directors or stockholders of the Adviser and Distributor.

 

Note 4—Investments—For the year ended December 31, 2014, the cost of purchases and proceeds from sales of investments other than U.S. government obligations and short-term obligations (excluding in-kind transactions described in Note 6) were as follows:

                 
Fund   Cost of Investments
Purchased
  Proceeds from
Investments Sold
Agribusiness ETF   $ 385,784,514     $ 381,514,598  
Coal ETF     41,155,895       41,361,569  
Global Alternative Energy ETF     31,594,262       31,628,526  
Gold Miners ETF     1,356,147,054       1,269,159,048  
Junior Gold Miners ETF     1,225,451,481       1,229,335,998  
Natural Resources ETF     12,807,564       12,994,951  
Oil Services ETF     239,011,894       189,620,443  
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF     31,573,851       32,104,646  
Solar Energy ETF     12,493,045       12,320,887  
Steel ETF     22,478,248       11,306,225  
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF     16,285,063       7,504,619  
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF     22,484,813       57,595,850  
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Note 5–Income Taxes—As of December 31, 2014, for Federal income tax purposes, the identified cost of investments owned, net unrealized appreciation (depreciation), gross unrealized appreciation, and gross unrealized depreciation of investments were as follows:

                                 
Fund   Cost of
Investments
  Gross
Unrealized
Appreciation
  Gross
Unrealized
Depreciation
  Net Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
Agribusiness ETF   $ 1,625,579,983     $ 208,170,816     $ (318,876,514)     $ (110,705,698 )
Coal ETF     200,818,449       2,182,789       (87,254,526)       (85,071,737 )
Global Alternative Energy ETF     108,906,097       13,414,976       (18,262,558)       (4,847,582 )
Gold Miners ETF     9,556,069,703       29,251,326       (3,974,494,801)       (3,945,243,475 )
Junior Gold Miners ETF     2,150,183,406       27,077,130       (518,441,044)       (491,363,914 )
Natural Resources ETF     99,612,552       10,018,041       (21,904,531)       (11,886,490 )
Oil Services ETF     1,443,169,743             (424,363,950)       (424,363,950 )
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF     130,425,434       2,309,235       (63,840,544)       (61,531,309 )
Solar Energy ETF     27,324,558       3,008,682       (4,181,233)       (1,172,551 )
Steel ETF     147,137,917       77,979       (57,582,488)       (57,504,509 )
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF     87,438,049             (21,876,113)       (21,876,113 )
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF     62,887,554       7,672,448       (2,541,185)       5,131,263  

 

At December 31, 2014, the components of accumulated deficit on a tax basis, for each Fund, were as follows:

 

Fund  Undistributed
Ordinary
Income
  Accumulated
Capital Losses
  Qualified
Late Year
Losses
  Other
Temporary
Difference
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
  Total 
Agribusiness ETF    $244,026     $(854,523,800)    $     $(350,281)    $(110,809,806)    $(965,439,861)
Coal ETF           (380,179,030)     (7,822,741)     (17,075)     (85,082,174)     (473,101,020)
Global Alternative Energy ETF           (278,246,141)     (1,010,995)     (8,320)     (4,851,923)     (284,117,379)
Gold Miners ETF     6,700,812      (4,571,098,790)     (1,125,490,121)     (597,941)     (3,945,243,475)     (9,635,729,515)
Junior Gold Miners ETF     535,203      (2,071,954,720)     (1,081,348,955)     (125,316)     (491,251,695)     (3,644,145,483)
Natural Resources ETF     3,049      (14,147,641)     (1,047,481)     (8,592)     (11,891,817)     (27,092,482)
Oil Services ETF     103,140      (506,952)     (1)     (97,433)     (424,363,950)     (424,865,196)
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF     1,315,111      (137,423,317)     (10,219,396)     (10,297)     (61,530,179)     (207,868,078)
Solar Energy ETF           (59,561,214)     (944)     (1,548)     (1,172,745)     (60,736,451)
Steel ETF           (176,436,384)     (2,094,779)     (12,783)     (57,504,509)     (236,048,455)
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF           (1,316,705)     (1,735,127)     (1,948)     (21,876,326)     (24,930,106)
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF     1,351,986      (182,560,431)     (21,630)     (8,339)     5,126,927      (176,111,487)
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The tax character of dividends and distributions paid to shareholders during the year ended December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 was as follows:

 

    2014 Dividends and Distributions  2013 Dividends and Distributions
Fund           Ordinary Income          Ordinary Income  Return of Capital
Agribusiness ETF     $46,504,400     $88,958,800     $ 
Coal ETF    2,946,300      3,872,000       
Global Alternative Energy ETF    173,263      883,472      21,375 
Gold Miners ETF    37,389,302      60,050,878       
Junior Gold Miners ETF    11,291,865             
Natural Resources ETF    2,170,050      2,199,500       
Oil Services ETF    25,702,038      19,111,388       
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF    878,135      222,022       
Solar Energy ETF    135,000      219,900       
Steel ETF    2,549,800      2,880,555      120,645 
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF    744,600      237,600       
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF    1,676,073      538,338       

 

Net qualified late year losses incurred after October 31, 2014 and within the taxable year, are deemed to arise on the first day of the Funds’ next taxable year. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Funds intend to defer to January 1, 2015 for federal tax purpose qualified late year losses as follows:

 

   Late Year  Post-October
Fund  Ordinary Losses  Capital Losses
Coal ETF   $6,658   $7,816,083 
Global Alternative Energy ETF   5,193    1,005,802 
Gold Miners ETF       1,125,490,121 
Junior Gold Miners ETF       1,081,348,955 
Natural Resources ETF       1,047,481 
Oil Services ETF       1 
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF       10,219,396 
Solar Energy ETF   944     
Steel ETF       2,094,779 
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF       1,735,127 
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF       21,630 

 

At December 31, 2014, the Funds had capital loss carryforwards available to offset future capital gains, as follows:

 

   Post-Effective  Post-Effective                
   No Expiration  No Expiration                
   Short-Term  Long-Term  Amount Expiring in the Year Ended December 31, 
Fund  Capital Losses  Capital Losses  2018   2017   2016   2015 
Agribusiness ETF  $165,912,086   $305,699,595   $85,630,099   $257,031,280   $40,221,865   $28,875 
Coal ETF   17,871,173    169,696,688    18,822,843    155,793,705    17,994,621     
Global Alternative Energy ETF   2,121,474    69,914,379    34,193,213    158,919,596    13,029,866    67,613 
Gold Miners ETF   716,586,517    3,400,847,595    1,784,160    388,612,074    63,268,444     
Junior Gold Miners ETF   466,742,408    1,605,212,312                 
Natural Resources ETF   1,963,044    9,896,740    540,880    1,722,348    24,629     
Oil Services ETF       506,952                 
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF   33,095,950    104,327,367                 
Solar Energy ETF   4,798,928    26,358,510    8,586,525    19,016,483    800,768     
Steel ETF   2,265,815    63,329,169    21,020,656    79,176,906    10,643,838     
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF   789,358    527,347                 
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF   13,602,601    66,781,181    41,593,262    49,042,636    11,040,582    500,169 
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During the year ended December 31, 2014, Oil Services ETF utilized $261,259 of its accumulated capital loss carryforwards.

 

During the year ended December 31, 2014, as a result of permanent book to tax differences, primarily due to investments in Passive Foreign Investment Companies, foreign currency gains and losses, and tax treatment of in-kind redemptions, the Funds incurred differences that affected undistributed net investment income (loss), accumulated net realized gain (loss) on investments and aggregate paid in capital by the amounts in the table below. Net assets were not affected by these reclassifications.

 

   Increase/Decrease  Increase/Decrease   
   in Undistributed  in Accumulated  Increase /Decrease
   Net Investment  Net Realized  in Aggregate
Fund   Income/  Loss  Gain/ Loss  Paid in Capital
Agribusiness ETF   $     (330,737)  $(242,833,872)  $243,164,609 
Coal ETF   478,532    400,806    (879,338)
Global Alternative Energy ETF   (5,560)   (8,074,727)   8,080,287 
Gold Miners ETF   (46,485)   (119,566,585)   119,613,070 
Junior Gold Miners ETF   39,227,593    (15,923,932)   (23,303,661)
Natural Resources ETF   (19,549)   (4,271,837)   4,291,386 
Oil Services ETF       (73,810,570)   73,810,570 
Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF   (29,960)   12,731,236    (12,701,276)
Solar Energy ETF   61,407    (4,008,276)   3,946,869 
Steel ETF   33,940    1,808,550    (1,842,490)
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF   19,342    (2,855,175)   2,835,833 
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF   24,287    (3,943,468)   3,919,181 

 

The Funds recognize the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained assuming examination by applicable tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Funds’ tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on return filings for open tax years (tax years ended December 31, 2011-2013), or expected to be taken in the Funds’ current tax year. The Funds do not have exposure for additional years that might still be open in certain foreign jurisdictions. Therefore, no provision for income tax is required in the Funds’ financial statements. However, the Funds are subject to foreign taxes on the appreciation in value of certain investments. The Funds provide for such taxes on both realized and unrealized appreciation.

 

The Funds recognize interest and penalties, if any, related to uncertain tax positions as income tax expense in the Statements of Operations. During the year ended year, the Funds did not incur any interest or penalties.

 

Note 6—Capital Share Transactions—As of December 31, 2014, there were an unlimited number of capital shares of beneficial interest authorized by the Trust with no par value. Shares are issued and redeemed by the Funds only in Creation Units, consisting of 50,000 shares, or multiples thereof. The consideration for the purchase or redemption of Creation Units of the Funds generally consists of the in-kind contribution or distribution of securities constituting the Funds’ underlying index plus a small amount of cash. For the year ended December 31, 2014 the Trust had in-kind contributions and redemptions as follows:

 

Fund In-Kind Contributions     In-Kind Redemptions
               
Agribusiness ETF    $12,462,106     $3,121,055,508 
Coal ETF     54,321,841      50,725,249 
Global Alternative Energy ETF     15,439,582      20,277,905 
Gold Miners ETF     3,037,272,746      3,332,237,139 
Junior Gold Miners ETF     1,499,166,967      364,946,300 
Natural Resources ETF     19,993,437      25,497,023 
Oil Services ETF     6,640,707,271      6,964,125,216 
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF     4,533,328      15,520,584 
Solar Energy ETF     10,481,232      10,237,167 
Steel ETF     44,508,485      95,461,494 
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF     50,809,065      22,030,907 
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF     44,048,919      24,090,285 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(continued)

 

The in-kind contributions and in-kind redemptions in this table represent the accumulation of each Fund’s daily net shareholder transactions including rebalancing activity, while the Statements of Changes in Net Assets reflect gross shareholder transactions including any cash component of the transactions.

 

Note 7—Concentration of Risk—The investment objective of each Fund is to seek investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of its underlying index, as indicated in the name of each Fund. The Adviser uses a “passive” or index approach to achieve each Fund’s investment objective by investing in a portfolio of securities that generally replicates the Funds’ index. Each of the Funds is classified as a non-diversified fund under the 1940 Act. Non-diversified funds generally hold securities of fewer issuers than diversified funds and may be more susceptible to the risks associated with these particular issuers, or to a single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these issuers. The Funds may purchase securities on foreign exchanges. Securities of foreign issuers involve special risks and considerations not typically associated with investing in U.S. issuers. These risks include devaluation of currencies, currency controls, less reliable information about issuers, different securities transaction clearance and settlement practices, future adverse political and economic developments and local/regional conflicts. These risks are heightened for investments in emerging market countries. Moreover, securities of many foreign issuers and their markets may be less liquid and their prices more volatile than those of comparable U.S. issuers.

 

As a result of recent events involving Ukraine and the Russian Federation, the United States and the European Union have imposed sanctions on certain Russian individuals and companies. These sanctions do not currently impact the Funds. Additional economic sanctions may be imposed or other actions may be taken that may adversely affect the value and liquidity of the Russian-related issuers held by the Funds.

 

At December 31, 2014, the Adviser owned 2,500 shares of Gold Miners ETF.

 

Note 8—Trustee Deferred Compensation Plan—The Trust has a Deferred Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) for Trustees under which the Trustees can elect to defer receipt of their trustee fees until retirement, disability or termination from the Board of Trustees. The fees otherwise payable to the participating Trustees are deemed invested in shares of the Funds as directed by the Trustees.

 

The expense for the Plan is included in “Trustees’ fees and expenses” in the Statements of Operations. The liability for the Plan is shown as “Deferred Trustee fees” in the Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Note 9—Securities Lending—To generate additional income, each of the Funds may lend its securities pursuant to a securities lending agreement with The Bank of New York Mellon, the securities lending agent and also the Funds’ custodian. Each Fund may lend up to 33% of its investments requiring that the loan be continuously collateralized by cash, U.S. government or U.S. government agency securities, shares of an investment trust or mutual fund, or any combination of cash and such securities at all times equal to at least 102% (105% for foreign securities) of the market value plus accrued interest on the securities loaned. During the term of the loan, the Funds will continue to receive any dividends, interest or amounts equivalent thereto, on the securities loaned while receiving a fee from the borrower or earning interest on the investment of the cash collateral. Such fees and interest are shared with the securities lending agent under the terms of the securities lending agreement. The Funds may pay reasonable finders’, administrative and custodial fees in connection with a loan of its securities and shares the interest earned on the collateral and borrowing fees received with the securities lending agent. Securities lending income is disclosed as such in the Statements of Operations. The collateral for securities loaned is recognized in the Schedules of Investments and the Statements of Assets and Liabilities. The cash collateral is maintained on the Funds’ behalf by the lending agent and is invested in repurchase agreements collateralized by obligations of the U.S. Treasury and/or Government Agencies. Loans are subject to termination at the option of the borrower or the Funds. Upon termination of the loan, the borrower will return to the lender securities identical to the securities loaned. The Funds bear the risk of delay in recovery of, or even loss of rights in, the securities loaned should the borrower of the securities fail financially. The value of loaned securities and related collateral outstanding at December 31, 2014 are presented on a gross basis in the Schedules of Investments and Statements of Assets and Liabilities.

 

Note 10—Share Split—On January 27, 2012, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a 3 for 1 share split for the Oil Services ETF. The split took place for shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 10, 2012, and were paid on February 13, 2012. Fund shares began trading on a split-adjusted basis on February 14, 2012. The

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Financial Highlights for the Oil Services ETF prior to January 27, 2012 have been adjusted to reflect the 3 for 1 share split.

 

On July 2, 2012, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a 1 for 15 reverse share split for Solar Energy ETF. Fund shares began trading on a split-adjusted basis on July 2, 2012. The Financial Highlights for Solar Energy ETF prior to July 2, 2012 have been adjusted to reflect the 1 for 15 reverse share split.

 

On July 1, 2013, the Board of Trustees of the Trust approved a 1 for 3 reverse share split for Global Alternative Energy ETF and Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF, and 1 for 4 reverse share split for Junior Gold Miners ETF and Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF. Fund shares began trading on a split-adjusted basis on July 1, 2013. The Statements of Changes in Net Assets and Financial Highlights prior to July 1, 2013 for the respective Funds have been adjusted to reflect the reverse share splits.

 

Note 11—Bank Line of Credit—The Funds may participate in a $200 million committed credit facility (the “Facility”) to be utilized for temporary financing until the settlement of sales or purchases of portfolio securities, the repurchase or redemption of shares of the Funds at the request of the shareholders and other temporary or emergency purposes. The Funds have agreed to pay commitment fees, pro rata, based on the unused but available balance. Interest is charged to the Funds at rates based on prevailing market rates in effect at the time of borrowings. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the following Funds borrowed under this Facility:

 

            Outstanding Loan
   Days  Average Daily  Average  Balance as of
Fund  Outstanding  Loan Balance  Interest Rate  December 31, 2014
Agribusiness ETF   326   $6,776,550    1.50%  $ 
Coal ETF   146    318,421    1.49     
Global Alternative Energy ETF   25    131,718    1.49     
Gold Miners ETF   259    21,866,740    1.50    6,144,044 
Junior Gold Miners ETF   353    9,563,019    1.50    6,759,151 
Natural Resources ETF   325    392,864    1.50    437,250 
Oil Services ETF   262    2,819,062    1.49     
Rare Earth / Strategic Metals ETF   227    504,638    1.50     
Solar Energy ETF   51    212,000    1.51     
Steel ETF   161    358,641    1.49     
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF   80    230,929    1.50     
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF   317    218,406    1.50     

 

Note 12—Custodian Fees—The Funds have entered into an expense offset agreement with the custodian wherein they receive a credit toward the reduction of custodian fees whenever there are uninvested cash balances. The Funds could have invested their cash balances elsewhere if they had not agreed to a reduction in fees under the expense offset agreement with the custodian. For the year ended December 31, 2014, there were no offsets to custodian fees.

 

Note 13—Subsequent Event Review—The Funds have evaluated subsequent events and transactions for potential recognition or disclosure through the date the financial statements were issued.

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

The Board of Trustees and Shareholders of Market Vectors ETF Trust

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of assets and liabilities, including the schedules of investments, of Agribusiness ETF, Coal ETF, Global Alternative Energy ETF, Gold Miners ETF, Junior Gold Miners ETF, Natural Resources ETF, Oil Services ETF, Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, Solar Energy ETF, Steel ETF, Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF and Uranium + Nuclear Energy ETF (twelve of the series constituting Market Vectors ETF Trust) (the “Funds”) as of December 31, 2014, and the related statements of operations, the statements of changes in net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Funds’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. We were not engaged to perform an audit of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Funds’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements and financial highlights, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2014, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers or by other appropriate auditing procedures where replies from brokers were not received. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Agribusiness ETF, Coal ETF, Global Alternative Energy ETF, Gold Miners ETF, Junior Gold Miners ETF, Natural Resources ETF, Oil Services ETF, Rare Earth/Strategic Metals ETF, Solar Energy ETF, Steel ETF, Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF and Uranium + Nuclear Energy ETF (twelve of the series constituting Market Vectors ETF Trust) at December 31, 2014, the results of their operations, the changes in their net assets and the financial highlights for the periods indicated therein, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

 

New York, New York
February 20, 2015

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TAX INFORMATION

(unaudited)

 

The Funds listed below intend to pass through foreign tax credits in the maximum amounts shown. The gross foreign source income earned during 2014 by the Funds was as shown below.

 

Fund  Foreign Tax Credits  Gross Foreign Source Income  
Coal ETF    $349,007     $3,320,649 
Gold Miners ETF     6,603,347      76,640,003 
Junior Gold Miners ETF     175,981      4,700,350 
Rare/Earth Strategic Metals ETF     61,056      899,733 
Solar Energy ETF     3,355      72,732 

 

Corporate Dividends Received Deduction

 

The Funds listed below had the following percentage of ordinary income dividends paid that qualified for the Corporate Dividends Received Deduction in 2014.

 

Agribusiness ETF     39.98%
Coal ETF     13.06%
Global Alternative Energy ETF     100.00%
Gold Miners ETF     22.14%
Junior Gold Miners ETF     4.13%
Natural Resources ETF     41.21%
Oil Services ETF     24.83%
Solar Energy ETF     2.53%
Steel ETF     25.03%
Unconventional Oil & Gas ETF     65.87%
Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF     79.37%
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BOARD OF TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS

December 31, 2014 (unaudited)

                     
Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
  Term of
Office2 and
Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
  Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex3 Overseen
  Other Directorships Held by
Trustee During Past Five Years
Independent Trustees:              
               
David H. Chow,
1957*†
  Chairman Trustee   Since 2008
Since 2006
  Founder and CEO, DanCourt Management LLC (financial/strategy consulting firm and Registered Investment Adviser), March 1999 to present.   55   Director, Forward Management LLC and Audit Committee Chairman, January 2008 to present; Trustee, Berea College of Kentucky and Vice-Chairman of the Investment Committee, May 2009 to present; Member of the Governing Council of the Independent Directors Council, October 2012 to present; President, July 2013 to present, and Board Member of the CFA Society of Stamford, July 2009 to present.
                     
R. Alastair Short,
1953*†
  Trustee   Since 2006   President, Apex Capital Corporation (personal investment vehicle), January 1988 to present; Vice Chairman, W.P. Stewart & Co., Inc. (asset management firm), September 2007 to September 2008; and Managing Director, The GlenRock Group, LLC (private equity investment firm), May 2004 to September 2007.   68   Chairman and Independent Director, EULAV Asset Management, January 2011 to present; Independent Director, Tremont offshore funds, June 2009 to present; Director, Kenyon Review.
                     
Peter J. Sidebottom,
1962*†
  Trustee   Since 2012   CEO, AspenWoods LLC, 2013 to present; Independent business adviser, January 2014 to present; Partner, Bain & Company (management consulting firm), April 2012 to December 2013; Executive Vice President and Senior Operating Committee Member, TD Ameritrade (on-line brokerage firm), February 2009 to January 2012.   55   Board Member, Special Olympics, New Jersey, November 2011 to September 2013; Director, The Charlotte Research Institute, December 2000 to present; Board Member, Social Capital Institute, University of North Carolina Charlotte, November 2004 to January 2012; Board Member, NJ-CAN, July 2014 to present.
                     
Richard D.
Stamberger,
1959*†
  Trustee   Since 2006   Director, President and CEO, SmartBrief, Inc. (media company).   68   Director, Food and Friends, Inc., 2013 to present.
                     
Interested Trustee:              
               
Jan F. van Eck,
19634
  Trustee, President and Chief Executive Officer   Trustee (Since 2006); President and Chief Executive Officer (Since 2009)   Director, President and Owner of the Adviser, Van Eck Associates Corporation; Director and President, Van Eck Securities Corporation (“VESC”); Director and President, Van Eck Absolute Return Advisers Corp. (“VEARA”).   55   Director, National Committee on US-China Relations.

 

 
1 The address for each Trustee and officer is 335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10017.
2 Each Trustee serves until resignation, death, retirement or removal. Officers are elected yearly by the Trustees.
3 The Fund Complex consists of the Van Eck Funds, Van Eck VIP Trust and the Trust.
4 “Interested person” of the Trust within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. van Eck is an officer of the Adviser.
* Member of the Audit Committee.
Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.
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Officer’s
Name, Address1
and Year of Birth
  Position(s)
Held with
the Trust
  Term of
Office2 and
Length of
Time Served
   Principal Occupation(s) During The Past Five Years
Russell G. Brennan,
1964
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer   Since 2008   Assistant Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of the Adviser (since 2008); Manager (Portfolio Administration) of the Adviser, September 2005 to October 2008; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Charles T. Cameron,
1960
  Vice President   Since 2006   Director of Trading (since 1995) and Portfolio Manager (since 1997) for the Adviser; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Simon Chen,
1971
  Assistant Vice President   Since 2012   Greater China Director of the Adviser (Since January 2012); General Manager, SinoMarkets Ltd. (June 2007 to December 2011).
             
John J. Crimmins,
1957
  Vice President, Treasurer, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer   Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer (Since 2012); Treasurer (Since 2009)   Vice President of Portfolio Administration of the Adviser, June 2009 to present; Vice President of VESC and VEARA, June 2009 to present; Chief Financial, Operating and Compliance Officer, Kern Capital Management LLC, September 1997 to February 2009; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Eduardo Escario,
1975
  Vice President   Since 2012   Regional Director, Business Development/Sales for Southern Europe and South America of the Adviser (since July 2008); Regional Director (Spain, Portugal, South America and Africa) of Dow Jones Indexes and STOXX Ltd. (May 2001 - July 2008).
             
Lars Hamich,
1968
  Vice President   Since 2012   Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Van Eck Global (Europe) GmbH (since 2009); Chief Executive Officer of Market Vectors Index Solutions GmbH (“MVIS”) (since June 2011); Managing Director of STOXX Limited (until 2008).
             
Wu-Kwan Kit,
1981
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2011   Assistant Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 2011); Associate, Schulte Roth & Zabel (September 2007 - 2011); University of Pennsylvania Law School (August 2004 - May 2007).
             
Susan C. Lashley,
1955
  Vice President   Since 2006   Vice President of the Adviser and VESC; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Laura I. Martínez,
1980
  Assistant Vice President and Assistant Secretary   Since 2008   Assistant Vice President, Associate General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 2008); Associate, Davis Polk & Wardwell (October 2005 - June 2008); Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Ferat Oeztuerk,
1983
  Assistant Vice President   Since 2012   Sales Associate, Van Eck Global (Europe) GmbH (since November 2011); Account Manager, Vodafone Global Enterprise Limited (January 2011 to October 2011).
             
James Parker,
1969
  Assistant Treasurer   Since June 2014   Manager (Portfolio Administration) of the Adviser (Since June 2010); Vice President of JPMorgan Chase & Co. (April 1999 to January 2010).
             
Jonathan R. Simon,
1974
  Vice President, Secretary and Chief Legal Officer   Vice President (Since 2006) and Secretary and Chief Legal Officer (Since 2014)   Vice President (since 2006), General Counsel and Secretary (since 2014) of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA; Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Bruce J. Smith,
1955
  Senior Vice President   Since 2006   Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer and Controller of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since 1997); Director of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since October 2010); Officer of other investment companies advised by the Adviser.
             
Janet Squitieri,
1961
  Chief Compliance Officer   Since September 2013   Vice President, Global Head of Compliance of the Adviser, VESC and VEARA (since September 2013); Chief Compliance Officer and Senior Vice President North America of HSBC Global Asset Management NA (August 2010 - September 2013); Chief Compliance Officer North America of Babcock & Brown LP (July 2008 - June 2010).

 

 
1 The address for each Officer is 335 Madison Avenue, 19th Floor, New York, New York 10017.
2 Officers are elected yearly by the Trustees.
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Additional information about the Trust’s Board of Trustees/Officers and a description of the policies and procedures the Trust uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities are provided in the Statement of Additional Information. The Statement of Additional Information and information regarding how the Trust voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent twelve month period ending June 30 is available, without charge, by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR, or by visiting vaneck.com, or on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

The Trust files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Trust’s Form N-Qs are available on the Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov and may be reviewed and copied at the Commission’s Public Reference Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1.202.942.8090. The Funds’ complete schedules of portfolio holdings are also available by calling 1.888.MKT.VCTR or by visiting vaneck.com.

   

 

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Item 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

(a)  The Registrant has adopted a code of ethics (the "Code of Ethics") that
     applies to the principal executive officer, principal financial officer,
     principal accounting officer or controller, or persons performing
     similar functions.

(b)  Not applicable.

(c)  The Registrant has not amended its Code of Ethics during the period
     covered by the shareholder report presented in Item 1 hereto.

(d)  The Registrant has not granted a waiver or an implicit waiver from a
     provision of its Code of Ethics during the period covered by the
     shareholder report presented in Item 1 hereto.

(e)  Not applicable.

(f)  The Registrant's Code of Ethics is attached as an Exhibit hereto.

Item 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

     The Registrant's Board of Trustees has determined that David Chow, R.
     Alastair Short and Richard Stamberger, members of the Audit and
     Governance Committees, are "audit committee financial experts" and
     "independent" as such terms are defined in the instructions to Form N-CSR
     Item 3(a)(2).

Item 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

     The principal accountant fees disclosed in Item 4(a), 4(b), 4(c), 4(d) and
     4(g) are for the Funds of the Registrant for which the fiscal year end is
     December 31.

(a)  Audit Fees. The aggregate Audit Fees of Ernst & Young for professional
     services billed for the audits of the financial statements, or services
     that are normally provided in connection with statutory and regulatory
     filings or engagements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2014 and
     December 31, 2013, were $681,480 and $711,850, respectively.

(b)  Audit-Related Fees. Not applicable.

(c)  Tax Fees. The aggregate Tax Fees of Ernst & Young for professional
     services billed for the review of Federal, state and excise tax returns
     and other tax compliance consultations for the fiscal years ended
     December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, were $830,539 and $798,106,
     respectively.

(d)  All Other Fees

     None.

(e)  The Audit Committee will pre-approve all audit and non-audit services,
     to be provided to the Funds, by the independent accountants as required by
     Section 10A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Audit Committee
     has authorized the Chairman of the Audit Committee to approve, between
     meeting dates, appropriate non-audit services.

     The Audit Committee after considering all factors, including a review of
     independence issues, will recommend to the Board of Trustees the
     independent auditors to be selected to audit the financial statements of
     the Funds.

(f) Not applicable. (g) Not applicable. (h) Not applicable. Item 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS. The Registrant's Board has an Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Exchange Act (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)) consisting of four Independent Trustees. Messrs. Chow, Short, Sidebottom and Stamberger currently serve as members of the Audit Committee. Mr. Short is the Chairman of the Audit Committee. Item 6. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. Information included in Item 1. Item 7. DISCLOSURE OF PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Not applicable. Item 8. PORTFOLIO MANAGER OF CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES. Not applicable. Item 9. PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS. Not applicable. Item 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS. None. Item 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. (a) The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3 (c)) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15 (b)). (b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a(d)) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. Item 12. EXHIBITS. (a)(1) The code of ethics is attached as EX-99.CODE ETH (a)(2) A separate certification for each principal executive officer and principal financial officer of the registrant as required by Rule 30a-2 under the Act (17 CFR 270.30a-2) is attached as Exhibit 99.CERT. (b) Certification pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 is furnished as Exhibit 99.906CERT.

SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. (Registrant) MARKET VECTORS ETF TRUST By (Signature and Title) /s/ John J. Crimmins, Treasurer and CFO --------------------------------------- Date March 10, 2015 ---------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By (Signature and Title) /s/ Jan F. van Eck, CEO -------------------------- Date March 10, 2015 ---------------- By (Signature and Title) /s/ John J. Crimmins, Treasurer and CFO ------------------------------------------ Date March 10, 2015 ----------------