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ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs ETF

$68.65+0.18% vs prior close
587452-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The underlying index generally consists of 50 stocks on each annual reconstitution date, which is the third Friday of December each year. The underlying index's stocks must be constituents of the S&P 500 Index, the leading benchmark index for U.S. large capitalization stocks. The underlying index methodology selects the five stocks in ten of the eleven GICS sectors that make up the S&P 500 which offer the highest dividend yields as of the last business day of November.

Price & daily flows
72.571.069.4Thu Sep 24 · Midstream's $1.1 billion is an income bidMon Sep 21 · OUSM's quality screen just made its biggest bet a sector callFri Sep 18 · The value label hides three rule books and a 1,100-point gapThu Sep 17 · The bond ETF record is a parking tradeThu Sep 17 · The income shelf now charges for the structure, not the pick68.65DAILY NET FLOWSep 2Sep 14Sep 23Oct 2

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +13.5% so far this year. At 0.36% a year it is not the cheapest way in — TMDV has a reported fee of 0.35%.

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

$1.2Bassets under management
0.36%expense ratio · $36 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
24Kavg daily volume, 30 days
51holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed June 29, 2012 · beta 0.35
Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary21.41%
Consumer Cyclical13.49%
Health Technology11.83%
Healthcare11.69%
Financial Services10.54%
Industrials10.48%
Financials10.48%
Finance10.48%
Electronic Technology10.45%
Utilities10.38%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States96.22%
Switzerland2.15%
United Kingdom2.01%
Ireland1.91%
Singapore1.76%
Other0.18%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month-6.6%
3 months-1.4%
6 months+5.6%
YTD+13.5%
1 year+13.7%
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)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.5%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
14Kshares traded
The case against SDOG

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-33bp on fee · 34× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-33bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-32bp on fee · 27× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-32bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-32bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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