“Fallen angels”, corporate bonds that were investment grade at the time of issuance but have subsequently been downgraded to below investment grade, have significantly outperformed the broad corporate high-yield bond market this year, as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch US Fallen Angel High Yield Index (H0FA) and BofA Merrill Lynch US High Yield Master II Index (H0A0), respectively.

As of December 9, 2014, H0FA had returned 7.35%, year to date, more than triple the 2.12% return from the broad high-yield bond H0A0 index. This has been due, in part, to H0FA’s lower exposure to the volatile energy sector, according to Fran Rodilosso, Senior Investment Officer for Market Vectors’ fixed income ETFs. Rodilosso noted that energy has been the largest sector weighting in the broad high-yield bond market for the past decade, growing progressively from approximately 8% to 18% year to date in 2014. The energy sector has been the largest contributor to new high-yield bond issuances since 2009.1

The year-to-date outperformance of fallen angels continues a pattern that has seen returns from investing in these bonds exceed those of the broader high-yield bond market in seven out of the last ten years. 2 “Fallen angels have offered a compelling value proposition,” Rodilosso said. “They often have stronger balance sheets compared to high-yield broadly, and institutions are often forced to sell them when investment-grade bonds are downgraded to high-yield, creating potential price inefficiencies. As a result, despite typically lower yields3 relative to the broad high-yield bond market (5.22% v. 6.66%, respectively, as of December 9, 2014), fallen angels have tended to have higher average ascension rates back to investment grade4 than original issue high-yield bonds, as measured by the BofA Merrill Lynch US Original Issue High Yield Index (H0HY), helping to contribute to the H0FA index’s long-term outperformance.”

Among the ETFs under Mr. Rodilosso’s watch is Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: ANGL®), which seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the H0FA Index. ANGL’s underlying index, which is concentrated in BB-rated bonds5 with only about one-third the exposure to the energy sector as the broad high-yield bond market, has significantly outperformed the broad high-yield bond market with lower volatility, according to Rodilosso.

Key Differences Contributing to Outperformance:

Source: BofA Merrill Lynch. Data as of 12/09/2014. Index performance is not illustrative of fund performance. Fund performance current to the most recent month end is available by visiting marketvectorsetfs.com or by calling 888.MKT.VCTR. Historical performance is not indicative of future results; current data may differ from data quoted. Indexes are unmanaged and are not securities in which an investment can be made.

Mr. Rodilosso has over 20 years of experience trading and managing risk in fixed income investment strategies, including more than 17 years covering emerging markets. In addition to ANGL, the Market Vectors ETFs under his watch are Investment Grade Floating Rate ETF (NYSE Arca: FLTR®), Treasury-Hedged High Yield Bond ETF NYSE Arca: THHY®), Emerging Markets Aggregate Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: EMAG®), Emerging Markets High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: HYEM®), Emerging Markets Local Currency Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: EMLC®), ChinaAMC China Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: CBON), and International High Yield Bond ETF (NYSE Arca: IHY®). As of November 30, 2014, the total assets for these ETFs amounted to approximately $1.7 billion.

1Source: J.P Morgan

2Source: BofA Merrill Lynch. Data as of 12/31/2013.

3 As measured by yield to worst, which measures the lowest of either yield-to-maturity or yield-to-call date on every possible call date.

4Source: BofA Merrill Lynch. Data as of 9/30/2014. Based on rolling 12-month average ascension rates to investment grade since 12/31/2004.

5BofA Merrill Lynch composite ratings are simple averages of ratings from Moody's, S&P, and Fitch. This composite is not intended to be a credit opinion.

6Duration measures a bond's sensitivity to interest rate changes that reflects the change in a bond's price given a change in yield.

About Market Vectors ETFs

Market Vectors exchange-traded products have been offered since 2006 and span many asset classes, including equities, fixed income (municipal and international bonds) and currency markets. The Market Vectors family totaled approximately $21.6 billion in assets under management, as of November 30, 2014, making it one of the largest ETF families in the U.S. and worldwide.

Market Vectors ETFs are sponsored by Van Eck Global. Founded in 1955, Van Eck Global was among the first U.S. money managers helping investors achieve greater diversification through global investing. Today, the firm continues this tradition by offering innovative, actively managed investment choices in hard assets, emerging markets, precious metals including gold, and other alternative asset classes.

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BofA Merrill Lynch U.S. High Yield Master II Index (H0A0) is comprised of below-investment grade corporate bonds (based on an average of Moody’s, S&P and Fitch) denominated in U.S. dollars. The country of risk of qualifying issuers must be an FX-G10 member, a Western European nation, or a territory of the US or a Western European nation.

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