New ETF from ALPS Looks to Capture High Yield in Emerging Markets Stocks

“ALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs” Built to Provide Diversification and Dividend Potential…  

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ALPS, a DST Company focused on asset servicing and asset gathering, today announced the launch of the ALPS Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs ETF (NYSE: EDOG), a new exchange-traded fund designed to track the overall performance of the S-Network Emerging Sector Dividend Dogs Index (EDOGX).

The Fund is the newest addition to the ALPS Sector Dividend Dogs Series, a lineup of ETFs that utilize the ‘Dogs of the Dow Theory’ on a sector-by-sector basis.

The Series currently includes the ALPS Sector Dividend Dog ETF (NYSE: SDOG), which launched in June 2012 using the S&P 500©    as its starting universe of eligible securities, and the ALPS International Sector Dividend Dog ETF (NYSE: IDOG), which launched in June 2013 using the S-Net Developed Markets (ex-Americas) Index as its starting universe of eligible securities. The two funds have combined to attract more than $600 million in assets since inception.

Source: ETFWorld – Alps