MARKET VECTORS INVESTMENT GRADE FLOATING RATE ETF |
Ticker: FLTR®
Principal U.S. Listing Exchange: NYSE Arca, Inc.
SUMMARY PROSPECTUS
SEPTEMBER 1, 2013
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Before you invest, you may want to review the Funds prospectus, which contains more information about the Fund and its risks. You can find the Funds prospectus and other information about the Fund online at http:/ /www.vaneck.com/ library/etfs/. You can also get this information at no cost by calling 888.MKT.VCTR, or by sending an email request to info@vaneck.com. The Funds prospectus and statement of additional information, both dated September 1, 2013, are incorporated by reference into this summary prospectus.
INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE
Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (the Fund) seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Market Vectors® US Investment Grade Floating Rate Index (the Floating Rate Index).
FUND FEES AND EXPENSES
The following tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold shares of the Fund (Shares).
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Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment) |
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None |
Annual Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
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Management Fee |
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0.35 |
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Other Expenses |
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1.13 |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses(a) |
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1.48 |
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Fee Waivers and Expense Reimbursement(a) |
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(1.29 |
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Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and Expense Reimbursement(a) |
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0.19 |
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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 0.19% of the Funds average daily net assets per year until at least September 1, 2014. During such time, the expense limitation is expected to continue until the Funds Board of Trustees acts to discontinue all or a portion of such expense limitation. |
Expense Example
This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other funds. This example does not take into account brokerage commissions that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund.
The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then redeem all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that your investment has a 5% annual return and that the Funds operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions, your costs would be:
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1,657 |
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER
The Fund will pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it purchases and sells securities (or turns over its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover will cause the Fund to incur additional transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
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may affect the Funds performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Funds portfolio turnover rate was 5% of the average value of its portfolio. PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES The Fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the Funds benchmark index. The Floating Rate Index is comprised of U.S. dollar-denominated floating rate notes issued by corporate entities or similar commercial entities that are public reporting companies in the United States and rated investment grade by at least
one of three rating services: Moodys Investors Service, Inc. (Moodys), Standard & Poors Rating Services (S&P) or Fitch International Rating Agency (Fitch). Investment grade securities are those rated Baa3 or higher by Moodys or rated BBB- or higher by S&P or Fitch. The Fund will generally invest a significant portion of its assets in Rule 144A
securities. As of June 30, 2013, the Floating Rate Index included 224 notes of 80 issuers and approximately 15% of the Floating Rate Index was comprised of Rule 144A securities. The Funds 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and may be changed without shareholder approval upon 60 days prior written notice to shareholders. The Fund, using a passive or indexing investment approach, attempts to approximate the investment performance of the Floating Rate Index. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Funds performance before fees and expenses and that of the Floating Rate Index will be 95% or better. A figure of 100% would indicate perfect
correlation. Because of the practical difficulties and expense of purchasing all of the securities in the Floating Rate Index, the Fund does not purchase all of the securities in the Floating Rate Index. Instead, the Adviser utilizes a sampling methodology in seeking to achieve the Funds objective. As such, the Fund may purchase a subset of the bonds in the
Floating Rate Index in an effort to hold a portfolio of bonds with generally the same risk and return characteristics of the Floating Rate Index. The Fund may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Floating Rate Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of June 30, 2013, the Floating Rate Index was concentrated in the financial services sector and the industrials sector represented a significant portion of the Floating
Rate Index. PRINCIPAL RISKS OF INVESTING IN THE FUND Investors in the Fund should be willing to accept a high degree of volatility in the price of the Funds Shares and the possibility of significant losses. An investment in the Fund involves a substantial degree of risk. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit with a bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or any other government agency. Therefore, you should consider carefully the following risks before investing in the Fund. Credit Risk. Bonds are subject to credit risk. Credit risk refers to the possibility that the issuer of a security will be unable and/or unwilling to make timely interest payments and/or repay the principal on its debt or to otherwise honor its obligations. Bonds are subject to varying degrees of credit risk which may be reflected in credit ratings. There is a
possibility that the credit rating of a bond may be downgraded after purchase, which may adversely affect the value of the security. Interest Rate Risk. Bonds are also subject to interest rate risk. Interest rate risk refers to fluctuations in the value of a bond resulting from changes in the general level of interest rates. When the general level of interest rates goes up, the prices of most bonds go down. When the general level of interest rates goes down, the prices of most bonds go
up. The historically low interest rate environment increases the risk associated with rising interest rates. In addition, bonds with longer durations tend to be more sensitive to interest rate changes, usually making them more volatile than bonds with shorter durations. Risk of Investing in the Financial Services Sector. The financial services sector includes companies engaged in banking, commercial and consumer finance, investment banking, brokerage, asset management, custody or insurance. Because as currently constituted the Floating Rate Index is concentrated in the financial services sector, the Fund will be
sensitive to changes in, and its performance will depend to a greater extent on, the overall condition of the financial services sector. Companies in the financial services sector may be subject to extensive government regulation that affects the scope of their activities, the prices they can charge and the amount of capital they must maintain. The
profitability of companies in the financial services sector may be adversely affected by increases in interest rates, by loan losses, which usually increase in economic downturns, and by credit rating downgrades. In addition, the financial services sector is undergoing numerous changes, including continuing consolidations, development of new products and
structures and changes to its regulatory framework. Furthermore, some financial institutions perceived as benefitting from government intervention in the past may be subject to future government-imposed restrictions on their businesses or face increased government involvement in their operations. Increased government involvement in the financial
services sector, including measures such as taking ownership positions in financial institutions, could result in a dilution of the Funds investments in financial institutions. Recent developments in the credit markets may cause companies operating in the financial services sector to incur large losses, experience declines in the value of their assets and
even cease operations. Risk of Investing in the Industrials Sector. The industrials sector includes companies engaged in the manufacture and distribution of capital goods, such as those used in defense, construction and engineering, companies that manufacture and distribute electrical equipment and industrial machinery and those that provide commercial and transportation
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supplies. Because as currently constituted the industrial sector represents a significant portion of the Floating Rate Index, the Fund will be sensitive to changes in, and its performance may depend to a greater extent on, the overall condition of the industrials sector. Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by changes in government
regulation, world events and economic conditions. In addition, companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by environmental damages, product liability claims and exchange rates. Restricted Securities Risk. Rule 144A securities are restricted securities. They may be less liquid than other investments because, at times, such securities cannot be readily sold and the Fund might be unable to dispose of such securities promptly or at reasonable prices. A restricted security that was liquid at the time of purchase may subsequently
become illiquid. Call Risk. The Fund may invest in callable bonds. If interest rates fall, it is possible that issuers of callable securities will call (or prepay) their bonds before their maturity date. If a call were exercised by the issuer during or following a period of declining interest rates, the Fund is likely to have to replace such called security with a lower yielding
security. If that were to happen, it would decrease the Funds net investment income. Market Risk. The prices of the securities in the Fund are subject to the risks associated with investing in bonds, including general economic conditions and sudden and unpredictable drops in value. An investment in the Fund may lose money. Sampling Risk. The Funds use of a representative sampling approach will result in its holding a smaller number of securities than are in the Floating Rate Index. As a result, an adverse development respecting an issuer of securities held by the Fund could result in a greater decline in net asset value (NAV) than would be the case if the Fund held all of
the securities in the Floating Rate Index. Conversely, a positive development relating to an issuer of securities in the Floating Rate Index that is not held by the Fund could cause the Fund to underperform the Floating Rate Index. To the extent the assets in the Fund are smaller, these risks will be greater. Index Tracking Risk. The Funds return may not match the return of the Floating Rate Index for a number of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs a number of operating expenses not applicable to the Floating Rate Index and incurs costs associated with buying and selling securities, especially when rebalancing the Funds securities holdings to reflect
changes in the composition of the Floating Rate Index. Because the Fund bears the costs and risks associated with buying and selling securities while such costs are not factored into the return of the Floating Rate Index, the Funds return may deviate significantly from the return of the Floating Rate Index. In addition, the Funds use of a representative
sampling approach may cause the Fund to not be as well correlated with the return of the Floating Rate Index as would be the case if the Fund purchased all of the securities in the Floating Rate Index in the proportions in which they are represented in the Floating Rate Index. To the extent the Fund calculates its NAV based on fair value prices and
the value of the Floating Rate Index is based on securities closing prices (i.e., the value of the Floating Rate Index is not based on fair value prices), the Funds ability to track the Floating Rate Index may be adversely affected. Replication Management Risk. An investment in the Fund involves risks similar to those of investing in any bond fund, such as market fluctuations caused by such factors as economic and political developments, changes in interest rates and perceived trends in security prices. However, because the Fund is not actively managed, unless a specific
security is removed from the Floating Rate Index, the Fund generally would not sell a security because the securitys issuer was in financial trouble. Therefore, the Funds performance could be lower than mutual funds that may actively shift their portfolio assets to take advantage of market opportunities or to lessen the impact of a market decline or a
decline in the value of one or more issuers. Premium/Discount Risk. Disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at
a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. Non-Diversified Risk. The Fund is classified as a non-diversified investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the 1940 Act). Therefore, the Fund may invest a relatively high percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains
and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Funds NAV and may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds. Concentration Risk. The Funds assets may be concentrated in a particular sector or sectors or industry or group of industries to the extent the Floating Rate Index concentrates in a particular sector or sectors or industry or group of industries. Based on the current composition of the Floating Rate Index, the Funds assets are concentrated in the
financial services sector; therefore the Fund will be subject to the risk that economic, political or other conditions that have a negative effect on that sector will negatively impact the Fund to a greater extent than if the Funds assets were invested in a wider variety of sectors or industries. PERFORMANCE The bar chart that follows shows how the Fund performed for the last calendar year. The table below the bar chart shows the Funds average annual returns (before and after taxes). The bar chart and table provide an indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the Funds performance and by showing how the Funds average annual
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inception periods compared with the Funds benchmark index. All returns assume reinvestment of dividends and distributions. The Funds past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information is available online at www.marketvectorsetfs.com. Annual Total ReturnsCalendar Years The year-to-date total return as of June 30, 2013 was 0.82%.
Best Quarter:
3.77%
1Q 12
Worst Quarter:
0.15%
2Q 12 Average Annual Total Returns for the Periods Ended December 31, 2012 The after-tax returns presented in the table below are calculated using the highest historical individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Your actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may differ from those shown below. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors who
hold Shares of the Fund through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Past One Year
Since Inception Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
6.51
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0.69
% Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
6.11
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0.36
% Market Vectors Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF
4.23
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0.40
% Market Vectors® US Investment Grade Floating Rate Index
6.83
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1.39
% PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT Investment Adviser. Van Eck Associates Corporation. Portfolio Managers. The following individuals are jointly and primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Funds portfolio:
Name
Title with Adviser
Date Began Managing the Fund
Michael F. Mazier
Portfolio Manager
April 2011
Francis G. Rodilosso
Portfolio Manager
September 2012 PURCHASE AND SALE OF FUND SHARES The Fund issues and redeems Shares at NAV only in a large specified number of Shares each called a Creation Unit, or multiples thereof. A Creation Unit consists of 100,000 Shares. Individual Shares of the Fund may only be purchased and sold in secondary market transactions through brokers. Shares of the Fund are listed on NYSE Arca, Inc. (NYSE Arca) and because Shares trade at market prices rather than NAV, Shares of the Fund may trade at a price greater than or less than NAV. TAX INFORMATION The Funds distributions are taxable and will generally be taxed as ordinary income or capital gains. 4 vaneck.com
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(return before taxes)
(return after taxes on distributions)
(return after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares)
(reflects no deduction for fees, expenses or taxes)
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