ALPS Funds O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF·Financial Services

OUSA is a passively managed ETF with the O'Shares U.S. Quality Dividend Index at the core of its strategy. I maintain the Hold rating owing to OUSA's historical underperformance versus IVV and ILCV, driven in part by its exposure to the low volatility factor. I appreciate the 4.85% weighted average earnings yield and high quality of the OUSA portfolio.

The latest buzz acronym in the investment community, spurred in part by the artificial intelligence (AI) trade, is HALO, or “heavy assets, low obsolescence.” The catchy acronym is relevant to dividend investors because many of the companies in the hard assets realm are dividend payers.

Amid oil-driven volatility and inflation worries, dividend aristocrat ETFs like NOBL draw attention as investors seek steady income and resilient equity exposure.

Oil turmoil, inflation worries and market volatility are reviving interest in dividend growth ETFs that offer steady income and quality exposure.

As is the case in life, there are no sure things in investing. That sentiment certainly applies to dividend stocks.

A smart beta exchange traded fund, the ALPS (OUSA) debuted on 07/14/2015, and offers broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Value category of the market.
The ALPS | O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend ETF (OUSA) seeks to track the performance (before fees and expenses) of the O’Shares U.S. Quality Dividend Index (OUSAX).
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2015-07-14
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