Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF is an open-end management investment company. The Fund seeks to replicate as closely as possible the price and yield performance of the Ardour Global Index (Extra Liquid) (the Index). The Index is a rules-based, global capitalization-weighted, float-adjusted index that tracks the overall performance of a global universe of listed companies engaged in the alternative energy industry. The Index comprises a globally diversified group of companies engaged in the production of alternative fuels and/or related technologies. As of Dec 31 2013, the Fund's total assets were $111,541,033 and its investment portfolio was valued at $91,410,447. The SMOG YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the SMOG YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether SMOG YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the SMOG YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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