GLOBAL X SILVER MINERS ETF $15.30 - New York symbol SIL

GLOBAL X SILVER MINERS ETF $15.30 (New York symbol SIL; buy or sell through brokers; www.globalxfunds.com) tracks the Solactive Global Silver Miners Index.

This index includes 30 international companies that mine, refine or explore for silver. Germany-based Structured Solutions AG developed the Global X Silver Miners Index.

Canadian companies make up 56.2% of the fund’s holdings, but it also includes miners based in the U.S. (16.2%) and Mexico (10.4%). The fund’s MER is 0.65%.

The ETF’s top holdings are Fresnillo plc at 12.9%; followed by Silver Wheaton at 12.0%; Industrias Penoles, 8.1%; McEwen Mining, 5.6%; Tahoe Resources, 4.4%; First Majestic Silver, 5.3%; Silver Standard Resources, 5.3%; Silvercorp Minerals, 5.1%; Hecla Mining, 4.7%; and Hochschild Mining plc, 4.6%.

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