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ALPS International Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

$44.85+0.54% today
354552-WK

The fund seeks investment results that replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the performance of the underlying index. The underlying 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 Developed Markets (ex NA) Index.

Price & daily flows
44.343.642.8Thu Aug 20 · Neos shareholder vote decides Goldman's $2.25 billion ETF deal44.85DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +14.9% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — FLOW runs the same ground at 0.25%.

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

$308Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
37Kavg daily volume, 30 days
52holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed June 26, 2013 · beta 0.57
Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary19.61%
Finance12.96%
Utilities10.96%
Financial Services10.85%
Consumer Durables10.83%
Consumer Defensive10.77%
Communication Services10.63%
Financials10.59%
Healthcare10.56%
Technology9.88%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United Kingdom16.91%
Other16.65%
France10.69%
Italy8.41%
Japan8.12%
Germany7.48%
Australia7.29%
Netherlands6.98%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.2%
1 month+6.1%
3 months+2.7%
6 months+6.7%
YTD+14.9%
1 year+22.5%
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
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against IDOG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IDOG 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-46bp on fee · 106× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-43bp on fee · 627× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-45bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-41bp on fee · 521× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-43bp on fee · 37× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
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