BUZZ · Exit · 1d
The VanEck BUZZ NextGen AI US Sentiment Leaders Index, which ranks stocks by positive-sentiment intensity using NLP across social media and news, removed Shopify from its portfolio. This move indicates a decline in favorable online discussions around Shopify, causing it to fall below the sentiment threshold necessary to remain among the approximately 75 US large/mid caps held. After maintaining a portfolio weight of around 0.52%-0.54% for several days, Shopify’s allocation decreased to 0.0000% on 2026-06-18, confirming its exclusion during a monthly index reconstitution. As an algorithmic sentiment tracker, BUZZ passively divests from companies like Shopify when positive online buzz dissipates, reflecting shifts in the collective retail crowd signal.
weight 0.520% → 0 (exited)·stock up 7.8% in the 30 days before
Jun 18·entry $108.85·now $121.63