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BUZZ, the VanEck Social Sentiment ETF, is a $103 million ETF whose main story is pure narrative flow. It holds 1.7% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 3rd of 99. Over the past year it returned +3.4%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.
The narrative it carries
This is its only narrative.
Pure narrative flow →
Disruptive innovation, online consumers, betting and stocks chosen by social sentiment: where the retail crowd puts its money.
The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.
| # | ETF | SHARE | ASSETS | 1 YEAR | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ARKK | 91.7% | $7.92bn | +0.7% | 0.75% |
| 2 | IBUY | 2.0% | $120.1m | −13.8% | 0.65% |
| 3 | BUZZ | 1.7% | $102.7m | +3.4% | 0.76% |
| 4 | MILN | 1.4% | $87.1m | −14.8% | 0.50% |
| 5 | SOCL | 1.4% | $85.0m | −28.3% | 0.65% |
| 94 other ETFs | 1.8% |
Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 99 ETFs on the narrative page →
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUZZ | +7.2% | +6.9% | +19.5% | +3.4% | +36.7% | +9.8% |
| Pure narrative flowits narrative | +6.7% | +9.4% | +14.8% | −0.4% | +31.0% | −3.6% |
| The marketbroad US ETFs | +0.8% | +2.6% | +14.6% | +16.8% | +22.9% | +12.9% |
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on March 4, 2021: +9.7% a year.
$10,000 invested March 31, 2021
Year by year
Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if BUZZ traded for all of it.
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
How closely it moves
BUZZ moves closely with the market. When the market has moved 1%, BUZZ has tended to move 1.63%.
BUZZ moves closely with pure narrative flow. When pure narrative flow has moved 1%, BUZZ has tended to move 0.72%.
Weekly returns over 157 weeks. The narrative is measured without BUZZ in it, so it is not compared with itself.
ETFs it moves most and least like
Correlation of weekly returns over the last 3 years, among unlevered ETFs StoryVector covers.
Where it sits in Pure narrative flow
Each dot is one of 7 unlevered ETFs whose main narrative is pure narrative flow, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year.
Risk
Cost against its peers
BUZZ is the 7th cheapest of 11 ETFs in pure narrative flow. The dashed line is the middle of the group, 0.75% a year.
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF that owns its holdings directly. It counts toward Share of Narrative.
Narrative exposure
Common questions
What story is BUZZ selling?
BUZZ’s main story is pure narrative flow, which covers disruptive innovation, online consumers, betting and stocks chosen by social sentiment: where the retail crowd puts its money.
Which ETFs compete with BUZZ?
The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like BUZZ’s over the past 3 years are YMAX (0.93), ARKW (0.92) and AGIX (0.91).
How much of pure narrative flow does BUZZ hold?
BUZZ holds 1.7% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 3rd of 99.
How has BUZZ performed against its story?
Over the past year BUZZ returned +3.4%, the ETFs carrying pure narrative flow −0.4% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.91 with the story. Past performance only.
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