Gaming is a major part of global entertainment investing. There are countless gamers, from East Asia to South America and everywhere in between. From mobile gaming to the most hard-core PC gamers, the space has room to grow in breadth and depth. This provides an investment opportunity that continues to intrigue. The Amplify Video Game Leaders ETF (GAMR) has taken full advantage of the state of play this year, providing red-hot YTD performance.
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GAMR doesn’t just represent exposure to games, but a broader world of digital interactive entertainment. Charging 59 basis points, the ETF tracks an index of global video game companies. Specifically, it looks to firms in the global video game value chain, identifying names with metrics like revenue and liquidity.
That approach has helped the gaming ETF return a robust 49.4% YTD, per ETF Database data. That has outperformed GAMR’s ETF Database Category average in that time by more than double. What’s more, the gaming ETF has also performed over long-term frames. GAMR has returned an appealing 24.7% over the last three years, outperforming its category average for that time frame.
The gaming ETF provides exposure to leading developers like Nintendo (NTDOY) and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO), but also to the firms that enable electronic entertainment broadly. GAMR provides exposure to key names like Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), as well. Those two firms not only feed gaming but also the world’s rapidly increasing computing needs.
That combination of gaming firms and the electronic entertainment value chain could make GAMR a standout pick not only among video game ETFs, but thematic ETFs more broadly. The fund’s tax efficiency and tradability make it an intriguing way to add exposure in a tactical manner to key themes like gaming. For those looking to invest in a key tech and entertainment crossover area, gaming ETF GAMR can appeal.
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