SMH vs SMHX: Comparing VanEck’s Semiconductor ETFs

The VanEck Semiconductor ETF (SMH) is a highly popular exchange-traded fund with almost $23 billion in assets under management.

SMH is at the center of the hottest trend in the stock market—the AI boom. The fund is up 38% this year and has pulled in $6 billion in inflows.

Given that tremendous success, why did VanEck decide to launch another semiconductor ETF?

In this episode of Talk ETFs, Nick Frasse, Associate Product Manager at VanEck, sits down with etf.com Senior Analyst Sumit Roy to discuss why his firm created the VanEck Fabless Semiconductor ETF (SMHX), which launched on August 28.

Frasse breaks down the differences between SMH and SMHX, as well as where he sees the semiconductor industry headed.