REMX: The Geopolitics Of A US REE Stockpile Depletion

Sean Daly1.73K FollowersFollow5ShareSavePlay(13min)CommentsSummaryThe VanEck Rare Earth & Strategic Metals ETF (REMX) offers broad exposure to strategic metals critical for defense, tech, and electrification supply chains. REMX is highly sensitive to geopolitical events, particularly US-China relations and rare earth export controls, driving extreme volatility and rapid price swings. China remains the dominant supplier of refined rare earths, with Western miners only beginning to scale, making supply shocks and policy changes the key price drivers. Xi-Trump Summit preparations could trigger talk of further PRC export bans and further price spikes in REMX’s holdings. William_Potter/iStock via Getty Images According to a DoD cost assessment reported to Congress on March 10th, the US spent at least $11.3 billion during the first six days of its attack on Iran, with $5.6 billion in munitions expendedThis article was written bySean Daly1.73K FollowersFollowSean Daly writes on ETFs, biotech and FINTECH solutions in the banking space. He teaches international finance and financial risk management at Pace University and was a visiting lecturer at Princeton University from 2005 to 2009. He was educated at Columbia University. He has also written extensively on real estate and economic development, exploring issues as diverse as Chinese urbanization, CMI multilateral currency swap arrangements, energy geopolitics, and Asia's sovereign wealth funds. Global strategy and private equity background. Equity Approach: long/short, event-driven, with a focus on small cap biotech and the emerging markets.Analyst’s Disclosure: I/we have no stock, option or similar derivative position in any of the companies mentioned, but may initiate a beneficial Long position through a purchase of the stock, or the purchase of call options or similar derivatives in REMX over the next 72 hours. I wrote this article myself, and it expresses my own opinions. I am not receiving compensation for it (other than from Seeking Alpha). I have no business relationship with any company whose stock is mentioned in this article. Seeking Alpha's Disclosure: Past performance is no guarantee of future results. No recommendation or advice is being given as to whether any investment is suitable for a particular investor. Any views or opinions expressed above may not reflect those of Seeking Alpha as a whole. Seeking Alpha is not a licensed securities dealer, broker or US investment adviser or investment bank. Our analysts are third party authors that include both professional investors and individual investors who may not be licensed or certified by any institute or regulatory body.