BUZZ tracks the 5-year-old Buzz NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index and rebalances once a month. The ETF is up nearly 5% since its March 2 debut.
Though names such as Amazon, Apple, Advanced Micro Devices and Tesla are among its top holdings, BUZZ isn t all high-flying growth stocks or tech stocks, Wise told CNBC s ETF Edge on Monday.
Ford, American Airlines and Novavax have been some of the index s top performers, and the latest monthly rebalancing brought even more value into the mix, he said.
Names like Costco, Target, Occidental Petroleum, Norwegian Cruise Lines and United Airlines are now in the index. Wise called it a shift more towards those industrial and value names, away from some of the higher-growth tech names.
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Jamie Wise, founder of BUZZ Holdings and president and CEO of Periscope Capital, recently joined Benzinga’s The ETF Show. Wise discussed the new
VanEck Vectors Social Sentiment ETF (NYSE: BUZZ), which began trading on March 4.
What Is BUZZ? The BUZZ ETF holds 75 stocks with at least a $5 billion market cap that are generating the most social media mentions. The ETF made headlines when influential Barstool Sports Founder Dave Portnoy announced his involvement.
The BUZZ ETF is new, but it s based on the Buzz NextGen AI U.S. Sentiment Leaders Index, which has been around since 2015.
“We look back over a rolling four-quarter period,” Wise said. “We want to identify sentiment shifts from a universe of stocks that are being talked about consistently day-in, day-out regardless of news flow, regardless of an earnings release.”
This is essentially a momentum index, but instead of tracking stocks that are moving on price, BUZZ tracks stocks that are getting a lot of social media hype.
The ETF is based on the Buzz NextGen AI U.S. Sentiment Leaders Index. What goes in the index is based on an initial list of stocks that meet two criteria: those with a $5 billion minimum market capitalization and getting consistent and diverse mentions on social media over the past year. The 250-350 stocks that meet that initial criteria are ranked each month from highest sentiment to lowest, with the top 75 going in the index.
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