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ALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

$25.44+2.25% today
232752-WK

The index is a rules-based index intended to give investors a means of tracking the overall performance of the highest dividend paying stocks (i.e. "Dividend Dogs") in the S-Network® Emerging Markets Index, a universe of mainly large capitalization stocks domiciled in emerging markets (the "S-Network Emerging Markets") on a sector-by-sector basis.

Price & daily flows
26.124.823.525.44DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +4.7% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$27Massets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2Kavg daily volume, 30 days
53holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed March 26, 2014 · beta 0.67
Sector weights
Other35.44%
Consumer Discretionary21.31%
Consumer Cyclical13.95%
Industrials11.51%
Healthcare11.1%
Energy Minerals10.95%
Communication Services10.69%
Finance10.49%
Financials10%
Communications9.82%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other32.01%
Thailand12.41%
South Africa10.51%
Hong Kong10.4%
Indonesia10.22%
Brazil10.05%
Malaysia9.96%
India9.63%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+3.3%
1 month+5.7%
3 months+4.3%
6 months-3.7%
YTD+4.7%
1 year+10.3%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

The case against EDOG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EDOG on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-56bp on fee · 1209× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-53bp on fee · 7146× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-55bp on fee · 69× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-51bp on fee · 5942× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-53bp on fee · 421× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
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