Investing In The International “Dividend Dogs” (IDOG)

Since the beginning of the Fed’s QE policies, many investors have found it challenging to secure meaningful yields from asset classes that were once the core of income strategies, leading some to look for new ways to obtain current income. Michael Akins, Lead Portfolio Manager for ALPS ETF Trust and initial creator of the SDOG license, recently took the time to discuss the thought behind the compelling international twist on the popular “Dividend Dog” strategy [see Free Report: How To Pick The Right ETF Every Time]. ETF Database (ETFdb): What was the inspiration behind creating SDOG and IDOG? Michael Akins (MA): The ultimate goal when we set out to design a dividend ETF was to address what we saw as a tradeoff that existed in the high dividend ETF space. Obviously it’s a fairly crowded space with a lot of products out there, but we saw that investors had to make a decision between two different kinds of ETFs. The first [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: June ETF Roundup: Launches, Filings And Closures Inside ALPS’s Dividend Dog ETF (SDOG) ALPS Files For Dividend Fund, USAA Wants To Offer Active ETFs This Week In ETFs: July 1st Edition ALPS Launches Dividend Dog ETF (SDOG)