VanEck: Moat Suite – Invest In High Quality Companies at Attractive Prices

You are receiving this email as a registered member of Morningstar.com and have asked to receive features, products and services from third party companies. This is a paid advertisement from the sponsor. {{my.inbox preview}} [VanEck Website] CAPABILITY | # [Charting the Moat Index’s Long-Term Track Record]( 1 CE CREDIT [Author Name (with link)](#) [Button]( Looking past August’s equity market volatility, the strength of Morningstar’s moat indexes lies in its forward-looking approach to selecting quality companies with long-term competitive advantages. This is showcased in the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index’s history of outperforming the S&P 500 over long holding periods—with a staggering 100% success rate over all 10-year rolling periods since its 2007 inception. [Insight Theme]( | 00 Min [Read Blog]( [Explore All [Capability] Insights](#) CAPABILITY | # [The Moat Show: Domino’s Pizza with Morningstar's Sean Dunlop]( 1 CE CREDIT [Author Name (with link)](#) [Button]( Did you know that 1 in 5 pizzas sold globally are sold by Domino’s? Explore Domino’s economic moat, its business strategies, and the state of its competitive positioning. [Insight Theme]( | 00 Min [Watch Video]( [Explore All [Capability] Insights](#) CAPABILITY | # [Invest in High Quality Companies at Attractive Prices, Powered by Morningstar]( 1 CE CREDIT [Author Name (with link)](#) [Button]( The VanEck Morningstar Moat suite of funds leverage Morningstar’s rigorous equity research and analysis to offer investors access to high quality companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive valuations, across a range of market segments. [Insight Theme]( | 00 Min [Download PDF]( [Explore All [Capability] Insights](#) CAPABILITY | # [Access SMID-Caps With Confidence]( 1 CE CREDIT [Author Name (with link)](#) [Button]( Small- and mid-cap (SMID-cap) stocks offer compelling return potential, but the lack of analyst coverage and research can lead to greater dispersion between a SMID-cap company’s stock price and fair value. Leveraging Morningstar’s equity research team, the VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT) provides focused exposure to SMID-cap stocks, targeting companies with long-term competitive advantages and attractive valuations. [Insight Theme]( | 00 Min [Read Blog]( [Explore All [Capability] Insights](#) CAPABILITY | # [The Story Behind Moat Investing’s Decade of Dominance vs. the S&P 500]( 1 CE CREDIT [Author Name (with link)](#) [Button]( Large cap U.S. equity strategies often fail to outperform the S&P 500. Morningstar’s moat investment philosophy, however, has done just that since 2007. 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The Morningstar® Wide Moat Focus IndexSM Intended to track the overall performance of attractively priced companies with sustainable competitive advantages according to Morningstar's equity research team. The Morningstar® US Small-Mid Cap Moat Focus IndexSM is intended to track the overall performance of small- and mid-cap companies with sustainable competitive advantages and attractive valuations according to Morningstar's equity research team. The S&P 500 Index consists of 500 widely held common stocks covering industrial, utility, financial and transportation sector; as an Index, it is unmanaged and is not a security in which investments can be made. The S&P SmallCap 600 Index represents small-cap US companies. The S&P Midcap 400 Index provides investors with a benchmark for mid-sized US companies. An investor cannot invest directly in an index. Returns reflect past performance and do not guarantee future results. 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Effective June 20, 2016, Morningstar implemented several changes to the Morningstar Wide Moat Focus Index construction rules. Among other changes, the index increased its constituent count from 20 stocks to at least 40 stocks and modified its rebalance and reconstitution methodology. These changes may result in more diversified exposure, lower turnover and longer holding periods for index constituents than under the rules in effect prior to this date. The S&P 500® Index is a product of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and/or its affiliates and has been licensed for use by Van Eck Associates Corporation. Copyright ©2023 S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, a division of S&P Global, Inc., and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. Redistribution or reproduction in whole or in part are prohibited without written permission of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC. For more information on any of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC’s indices please visit . 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An investment in the VanEck Morningstar SMID Moat ETF (SMOT) may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to investing in equity securities, small- and medium-capitalization companies, consumer discretionary sector, financials sector, health care sector, industrials sector, information technology sector, market, operational, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, new fund, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified, and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Small- and medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. An investment in the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat ETF (MOAT) may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to investing in equity securities, consumer discretionary sector, health care sector, industrials sector, information technology sector, financials sector, medium-capitalization companies, market, operational, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversification and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. An investment in the Morningstar ESG Moat ETF (MOTE) may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to an ESG investing strategy, equity securities, consumer discretionary sector, financials sector, consumer staples sector, information technology sector, medium-capitalization companies, market, operational, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversified and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. An investment in the Morningstar International Moat ETF (MOTI) may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to investing in equity securities, communication services sector, consumer discretionary sector, financials sector, information technology sector, health care sector, medium-capitalization companies, foreign securities, foreign currency, emerging market issuers, special risk considerations of investing in Asian, Chinese, European and United Kingdom issuers, depositary receipts, cash transactions, market, operational, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversification and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Emerging market issuers and foreign securities may be subject to securities markets, political and economic, investment and repatriation restrictions, different rules and regulations, less publicly available financial information, foreign currency and exchange rates, operational and settlement, and corporate and securities laws risks. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. An investment in the Morningstar Global Wide Moat ETF (MOTG) may be subject to risks which include, among others, risks related to investing in equity securities, industrials sector, financials sector, health care sector, consumer staples sector, information technology sector, medium-capitalization companies, foreign securities, foreign currency, special risk considerations of investing in Asian and European issuers, depositary receipts, cash transactions, market, operational, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, authorized participant concentration, no guarantee of active trading market, trading issues, passive management, fund shares trading, premium/discount risk and liquidity of fund shares, non-diversification and index-related concentration risks, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Foreign investments are subject to risks, which include changes in economic and political conditions, foreign currency fluctuations, changes in foreign regulations, and changes in currency exchange rates which may negatively impact the Fund's returns. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. You can lose money by investing in the VanEck Morningstar Wide Moat Fund. Any investment in the Fund should be part of an overall investment program rather than a complete program. The Fund is subject to risks which may include, but are not limited to, risks related to competitive advantage assessment, equity securities, financials sector, health care sector, high portfolio turnover, index tracking, industrials sector, industry concentration, information technology sector, market, medium-capitalization companies, non-diversification, operational, passive management, and underlying fund investments risk, all of which may adversely affect the Fund. Medium-capitalization companies may be subject to elevated risks. The Fund's assets may be concentrated in a particular sector and may be subject to more risk than investments in a diverse group of sectors. ESG integration is the practice of incorporating material environmental, social and governance (ESG) information or insights alongside traditional measures into the investment decision process to improve long term financial outcomes of portfolios. Unless otherwise stated within an active investment strategy’s investment objective, inclusion of this statement does not imply that an active investment strategy has an ESG-aligned investment objective, but rather describes how ESG information may be integrated into the overall investment process. ESG investing is qualitative and subjective by nature, and there is no guarantee that the factors utilized by VanEck or any judgment exercised by VanEck will reflect the opinions of any particular investor. 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