
Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in the components of the index. The index is designed to reflect the performance of publicly-listed small-capitalization dividend-paying issuers in the United States that meet certain market capitalization, liquidity, high quality, low volatility and dividend yield thresholds, as determined by O'Shares Investment Advisers, LLC (the "index provider").
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With soaring Treasury yields the likely culprit, previously hot small-cap stocks and ETFs are retreating. For example, the widely followed Russell 2000 Index shed 6.43% over the three months ending Sept.

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Small Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, the ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) is a passively managed exchange traded fund launched on December 30, 2016.

There is a myth that index-based ETFs are all static buy-and-hold products that passively track a benchmark. Many people think of indexing through the lens of market-cap strategies like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO).

The index underpinning the ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) recently completed its annual reconstitution on September 18. Small-cap equities continue to navigate persistent macroeconomic shifts and higher interest rates.

The ALPS O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Quality Dividend ETF (OUSM) was launched on 12/30/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - Small Cap Blend category of the market.