.The Russell 2000 might have a success problem.Though the small-cap index gained 10.1% in July, it is actually dropped roughly 4% up until now in August, as of Thursday morning.ALPS' Paul Baiocchi records the inconsistent moves to the index's overall arrangement, along with a quote from Beauty Global presenting 40% of those companies have adverse incomes." [Financiers] have actually primarily surrendered themselves to the reality that by being in the Russell 2000, I am actually just visiting must take the really good with the negative," the company's main ETF planner told CNBC's "ETF Upper hand" this week.To prevent the profits nuisance, Baiocchi advises entrepreneurs focus on top quality providers, examining additional careful exchange-traded funds including his company's ALPS O'Shares united state Small-Cap Premium Dividend ETF Shares (OUSM)." The suggestion is high quality business that spend and also expand their rewards, as well as notably, have less dryness than their peers," he claimed. "It allows consultants and investors that have actually found little limits go sidewards for five years to become designated to a group that's lagged." Aside from its own profitability display, the fund includes simply 107 stocks u00e2 $" a portion of what is actually inside the Russell 2000. Its top 3 holdings are actually Tradeweb Markets, Juniper Networks as well as Old Commonwealth International, each resting at an around 2% weighting in the fund, every FactSet.Shares of the small-cap fund are down 1.5% month to time u00e2 $" outruning the Russell by much more than 2 amount points during that time.Disclaimer.