VanEck Real Assets ETF (RAAX)Global Moderate Allocation | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
41.18 USD
-0.60
(-1.436%) ⇩
(Aug. 28, 2026, 3:59 p.m.
EDT)
After hours: 41.81 +0.63 (1.530%) ⇧ (Aug. 28, 2026, 7:58 p.m. EDT) |
Hot Take ↕ | Aug. 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT
The VanEck Real Assets ETF is currently acting as a defensive anchor in a portfolio, offering a modest 2.08% yield that serves as a buffer against inflation but lacks the explosive growth potential of high-growth tech names. Fundamentally, the business has demonstrated resilience with a +27% gain over the last seven years and five consecutive years of positive annual returns, avoiding the multi-year structural decline that often plagues real assets during deflationary cycles. However, the valuation is stretched with a trailing P/E of 27.7x, pricing in significant future performance that hasn't materialized yet. While the recent price action shows a steady grind higher, breaking out of the 52-week range, the lack of aggressive institutional accumulation in the options chain suggests the market views this as a steady hold rather than a momentum play. It is a solid, albeit expensive, insurance policy against stagflation, but investors should expect moderate appreciation rather than a runaway rally. |
| Model | MAE |
|---|---|
| AutoARIMA ✓ | 0.015701 |
| AutoTheta | 0.016808 |
| AutoETS | 0.020389 |
| MSTL | 0.020596 |
Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoARIMA
| Forecast Reliability | |
|---|---|
| Score | 63% |
| H-stat | 0.71 |
| Ljung-Box p | 0.000 |
| Jarque-Bera p | 0.458 |
| Excess Kurtosis | -0.91 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Trailing P/E | 27.12 |
As of Aug. 22, 2026, 1:40 a.m. EDT: Options activity is extremely sparse with negligible open interest and volume across both calls and puts. Implied volatility is elevated relative to the underlying price movement, suggesting a lack of consensus on direction rather than a specific bet on a breakout or crash. The absence of significant positioning indicates speculators are largely on the sidelines.
| Last Yield | 1yr Yield | 3yr Avg | 5yr Avg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.32% | 2.32% | 2.63% | 3.63% |
| Date | Dividend | Yield % |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-29 | 0.816 | 2.322801 |
| 2024-12-27 | 0.540 | 1.933820 |
| 2023-12-27 | 0.936 | 3.629314 |
| 2022-12-28 | 0.378 | 1.531605 |
| 2021-12-29 | 2.163 | 8.741160 |
| 2020-12-29 | 1.392 | 6.343998 |
| 2019-12-23 | 0.609 | 2.394809 |
| 2018-12-20 | 0.139 | 0.562457 |
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| All Time High | 42.75 |
| All Time Low | 16.86 |
| Ask | 43.22 |
| Ask Size | 500 |
| Average Daily Volume10 Day | 291,490 |
| Average Daily Volume3 Month | 297,706 |
| Average Volume | 297,706 |
| Average Volume10Days | 291,490 |
| Beta3 Year | 0.64 |
| Bid | 40.84 |
| Bid Size | 100 |
| Category | Global Moderate Allocation |
| Crypto Tradeable | 0 |
| Currency | USD |
| Custom Price Alert Confidence | HIGH |
| Day High | 41.8 |
| Day Low | 41.11 |
| Dividend Yield | 2.08 |
| Eps Trailing Twelve Months | 1.5184208 |
| Esg Populated | 0 |
| Exchange | PCX |
| Exchange Data Delayed By | 0 |
| Exchange Timezone Name | America/New_York |
| Exchange Timezone Short Name | EDT |
| Fifty Day Average | 40.21978 |
| Fifty Day Average Change | 0.96022034 |
| Fifty Day Average Change Percent | 0.023874331 |
| Fifty Two Week Change Percent | 24.260712 |
| Fifty Two Week High | 42.75 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change | -1.5699997 |
| Fifty Two Week High Change Percent | -0.036725137 |
| Fifty Two Week Low | 32.86 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change | 8.32 |
| Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent | 0.25319538 |
| Fifty Two Week Range | 32.86 - 42.75 |
| First Trade Date Milliseconds | 1,523,367,000,000 |
| Five Year Average Return | 0.1407831 |
| Full Exchange Name | NYSEArca |
| Fullday Change | -0.5999985 |
| Fullday Change Percent | -1.4360902 |
| Fullday Price | 41.81 |
| Fund Family | VanEck |
| Fund Inception Date | 1,523,232,000 |
| Gmt Off Set Milliseconds | -14,400,000 |
| Has Pre Post Market Data | 1 |
| Language | en-US |
| Legal Type | Exchange Traded Fund |
| Long Business Summary | The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its total assets in exchange traded products that provide exposure to real assets. It seeks to maximize “real returns” while seeking to reduce downside risk during sustained market declines. “Real returns” are defined as total returns adjusted for the effects of inflation. It is non-diversified. |
| Long Name | VanEck Real Assets ETF |
| Market | us_market |
| Market State | CLOSED |
| Max Age | 86,400 |
| Message Board Id | finmb_542236435 |
| Nav Price | 41.71 |
| Net Assets | 1,142,508,420.0 |
| Net Expense Ratio | 0.55 |
| Open | 41.77 |
| Phone | 888-658-8287 |
| Post Market Change | 0.63000107 |
| Post Market Change Percent | 1.5298715 |
| Post Market Price | 41.81 |
| Post Market Time | 1,787,961,503 |
| Previous Close | 41.78 |
| Price Hint | 2 |
| Quote Source Name | Nasdaq Real Time Price |
| Quote Type | ETF |
| Region | US |
| Regular Market Change | -0.599998 |
| Regular Market Change Percent | -1.43609 |
| Regular Market Day High | 41.8 |
| Regular Market Day Low | 41.11 |
| Regular Market Day Range | 41.11 - 41.8 |
| Regular Market Open | 41.77 |
| Regular Market Previous Close | 41.78 |
| Regular Market Price | 41.18 |
| Regular Market Time | 1,787,947,199 |
| Regular Market Volume | 208,509 |
| Short Name | VANECK REAL ASSETS ETF |
| Source Interval | 15 |
| Symbol | RAAX |
| Three Year Average Return | 0.2067045 |
| Total Assets | 1,142,508,416 |
| Tradeable | 0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Rate | 0.0 |
| Trailing Annual Dividend Yield | 0.0 |
| Trailing P E | 27.120281 |
| Trailing Peg Ratio | None |
| Trailing Three Month Nav Returns | -7.06522 |
| Trailing Three Month Returns | -7.06522 |
| Triggerable | 1 |
| Two Hundred Day Average | 39.453846 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change | 1.7261543 |
| Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent | 0.043751232 |
| Type Disp | ETF |
| Volume | 208,509 |
| Yield | 0.0208 |
| Ytd Return | 12.72571 |