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Question asked 19/09/2026

Stocks vs ETFs

Following your comments relating to MVB vs Stocks I wondered about the same being applied to MVR. (acknowledging that MVB is restricted to one sector and MVR is many). I came up with a list of 9 constituent stocks and asked my new best friend Grok to review the list and compare/contrast etc with the ETF and expectations of future outperformance. It came back and basically said Im an idiot. MVR already restricts stock to max 8% and unless Im a fortune teller rejigging the percentage of sector/stocks etc is a pointless exercise and gave another half dozen reasons to abandon this exercise. Any general thoughts on Groks response ?

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Hi Kevin,

AI (Grok in your case) can throw up some interesting replies at times, with accuracy not always on point.

The VanEck Australian Resources ETF (ASX: MVR) provides diversified exposure to Australia’s largest listed resources companies, including miners and energy producers across iron ore, gold, copper, lithium, coal and oil & gas – the first issue for MM is our research throws up very different opinions across the resources space.

MVR’s 0.35% fees create a “slowly but surely” drag on performance – e.g. YTD MVR is +11.15% compared to its benchmark +11.52%.
The ETFs largest holding is Woodside (8.3%) – above Groks 8% and above BHP’s 7.9% and Santos/RIO at 6.4%.

Hence the resources ETF is more weighted towards iron ore and oil & gas than copper & gold, plus you pay for the weightings – it’s not for us as we prefer to have greater flexibility around our exposures.

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VanEck Australian Resources ETF (MVR)

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