##  [# ETF Explainer: MILN](/sections/etf-report-departments/etf-explainer-miln) 

 

# ETF Explainer: MILN

 

 

A look at an ETF tracking millennial consumer habits.



 

 

 

 

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[By Heather Bell](/contributors/heather-bell)

 Jan 01, 2019

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**Global X Millennials Thematic ETF**Each month, we look at an ETF selected by ETF.com based on its performance and importance to investors. This month, we consider the performance of the $31.82 million [Global X Millennials Thematic ETF (MILN)](/MILN), which tracks the consumer habits of the largest age cohort since the baby boomers. All the companies mentioned below are holdings in MILN unless otherwise noted.

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**DEC 15** Costco beats first-quarter analyst expectations for profit and revenue as its online commerce ventures begin to pay off. Online sales rise 42% quarter-over-quarter.

**FEB 1** PayPal’s stock price plunges after beating fourth-quarter sales and profit expectations when eBay announces it will no longer use the firm as its primary checkout partner.

**APR 18** Amazon announces it has more than 100 million subscribers to its Amazon Prime service, beating the number of Costco’s members and subscribers.

**JUN 12** J.P. Morgan raises its price estimate for Twitter on increasing confidence in the company’s ability to attract advertisers, partly due to double-digit growth in its daily average users.

**OCT 11** A steep decline across the technology sector sends shares of Intuit plummeting during a tumultuous month for the market.

**NOV 8** After reporting record revenues at the start of the month, Starbucks reveals its plan for expansion in Japan, including hundreds of new stores.

*Source: Bloomberg. Data for 11/30/2017 to 11/30/2018.*





 

 

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  Heather Bell is a former managing editor of etf.com. She has also held editorial positions at Dow Jones Indexes and Lehman Brothers. Bell is a…   [View Bio](/contributors/heather-bell)

 



 

 


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