Stocks/Funds/CIK 1302842

Merk Investments LLC

long-term holderconcentrated
Quarterly 13F filings · Latest period 2026-03-31 · CIK 1302842
Assets
$368M
+100.5% YoY
Holdings
11
Lifetime alpha vs market
+19.83% annual
Average hold time
3.5 yr
median 3.0 yr

Quarterly history

Cum return +214% vs S&P +52% · α +162% lifetimeAUM $368M · peak $368MFlow $-18M (-5%)2019-122020-122021-122022-122023-122024-122025-122026-03
AUM ($B)fundS&P 500(gap = α)/ Flow in/out

Behavior signals (lifetime)

Dip response
+4.98%
adds when stocks drop
when a holding falls −10%+
Middle response
-3.52%
baseline attrition
Rally response
-3.40%
trims into rallies
when a holding rises +10%+

Top positions · 11

Ticker$ value% portYoYHold time
$101M27.5%0.8 yr
ORLAOrla Mining Ltd.$100M27.2%+72.7%5.3 yr
EQXEquinox Gold Corp.$71M19.2%+110.2%1.0 yr
AGIAlamos Gold Inc.$20M5.4%+66.7%6.3 yr
MTAMetalla Royalty & Stream$20M5.4%+131.8%2.3 yr
AEMAgnico Eagle Mines Limit$16M4.4%+89.2%6.3 yr
VMETVersamet Royalties Corpo$13M3.6%0.3 yr
BTGB2Gold Corp.$9M2.5%+62.4%6.3 yr
NFGCNew Found Gold Corp.$9M2.4%+61.7%0.8 yr
$7M1.9%3.0 yr
OUNZVanEck Merk Gold ETF$2M0.4%6.3 yr

Portfolio composition (YoY)

Industry mix
Gold61.1%-3.9pp$225M
Unknown29.4%+20.1pp$108M
Other Precious Metals5.4%+0.7pp$20M
Asset Management4.0%+3.8pp$15M
Country
CA70.2%-14.3pp
Unknown29.4%+20.1pp
US0.4%+0.2pp
Top 5: 84.8% · Top 10: 99.6% · Top 25: 100.0%

Winners

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %
ORLA$58M+0.04B72.7%
AGI$27M+0.02B66.7%
AEM$18M+0.02B89.2%
MTA$9M+0.01B131.8%
BTG$6M+0.00B62.4%

Losers

TickerPrev $PnLYoY %

Top buys this quarter · 2

VMET Versamet Royalties Corporationnew+$13M
OUNZ VanEck Merk Gold ETF+$0M

Top sells this quarter · 1

$0M

Quarterly history (TTM returns)

PeriodAUM# PosReturn (1yr)SPY (1yr)Alpha (1yr)Flow
2026-03-31$368M11+131.78%+17.59%+114.19%-0.02B
2025-12-31$361M10+227.69%+17.72%+209.98%-0.02B
2025-09-30$325M11+194.50%+17.52%+176.98%-0.05B
2025-06-30$246M11+124.14%+14.94%+109.20%+0.02B
2025-03-31$183M10+89.95%+8.30%+81.65%+0.04B
2024-12-31$97M10+30.30%+24.89%+5.41%-0.01B
2024-09-30$106M11+26.05%+36.04%-9.98%+0.00B
2024-06-30$90M12-3.33%+24.49%-27.82%-0.00B
2024-03-31$90M13-12.99%+29.62%-42.62%-0.01B
2023-12-31$94M14-6.65%+26.18%-32.83%+0.00B
2023-09-30$89M14+12.74%+21.57%-8.83%-0.00B
2023-06-30$106M13+6.76%+19.42%-12.66%-0.00B
2023-03-31$115M15-18.09%-7.82%-10.27%-0.01B
2022-12-31$110M15+23.67%+7.56%+16.11%-0.02B
2022-09-30$102M15-16.78%-4.93%-11.86%+0.04B
2022-06-30$76M12-28.42%-16.11%-12.31%-0.05B