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The ALPS Disruptive Applied sciences ETF (DTEC) outpaced the broader fairness markets final week amid volatility, pushed by its Cloud Computing and Cyber Safety themes. With its September reconstitution within the books, 15 new pure-play disruptive expertise corporations have been added to DTEC whereas 15 have been eliminated. Some notable additions embrace:

• Zoom Video Communications (ZM, 1.28% weight*), which has been a powerhouse amid the shift to work-from-home (WFH), was added to DTEC’s Cloud Computing theme. The cloud-based video conferencing supplier is up over 600% in 2020 and was up 13% final week amid resurging COVID-19 circumstances that will lead to new lockdowns.
• The Clear Vitality & Sensible Grid theme in DTEC has been gaining steam amid the pandemic. New add, Sunrun Inc. (RUN, 1.17% weight*), has gained near 400% in 2020 and was up over 9% final week after inking a take care of California to construct photo voltaic tasks on the state’s low-income housing that may save on power prices for residents.
• Livongo Well being Inc (LVGO, 1.10% weight*), a part of DTEC’s Healthcare Innovation theme, is up almost 460% in 2020 and rose 6% final week on optimism over its merger with Teledoc Well being Inc (TDOC; not in DTEC*) that’s anticipated to shut in This fall. Utilization charges for telehealth options are skyrocketing beneath the worldwide pandemic.
• Throughout the Knowledge & Analytics theme in DTEC, Datadog Inc (DDOG, 1.12% weight*), is up nearly 140% in 2020 and rallied over 5.5% final week after an Investor’s Enterprise Day by day (IBD) article cited the corporate’s disruptive software program monitoring & analytics platform in IBD’s highest-possible (99) composite ranking for development corporations.

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* weights in DTEC as of 9/25/20

Necessary Disclosure & Definitions
An investor ought to take into account the funding targets, dangers, prices and bills fastidiously earlier than investing. To acquire a prospectus which include this and different info name 866.675.2639 or go to www.alpsfunds.com. Learn the prospectus fastidiously earlier than investing. ALPS Disruptive Applied sciences ETF Shares will not be individually redeemable. Buyers purchase and promote shares of the ALPS Disruptive Applied sciences ETF on a secondary market. Solely market makers or “licensed contributors” could commerce instantly with the Fund, usually in blocks of 50,000 shares. There are dangers concerned with investing in ETFs together with the lack of cash. Further info relating to the dangers of this funding is offered within the prospectus. The Fund is topic to the extra dangers related to concentrating its investments in corporations out there sector. Diversification doesn’t get rid of the danger of experiencing funding losses. An investor can not make investments instantly in an index. A foundation level is one hundredth of 1 %. An funding within the Fund is topic to funding danger together with the doable lack of all the principal quantity that you just make investments. Corporations that the Index Supplier believes are growing disruptive applied sciences could not the truth is achieve this or could not be capable to capitalize on these applied sciences. Corporations that develop disruptive applied sciences could face political, authorized or regulatory challenges. Such corporations might also be uncovered to dangers relevant to industries or sectors aside from the disruptive expertise Theme for which they’re chosen and should underperform relative to different corporations which are additionally targeted on a selected Theme. Smaller and mid-size corporations usually have narrower markets, extra restricted managerial and monetary assets and a much less diversified product providing than bigger, extra established corporations. Because of this, their efficiency might be extra risky, which can enhance the volatility of the Fund’s portfolio. The big capitalization corporations during which the Fund invests could underperform different segments of the fairness market or the fairness market as a complete. The Fund’s investments in non-U.S. issuers could contain distinctive dangers in comparison with investing in securities of U.S. issuers, together with, amongst others, much less liquidity usually, better market volatility than U.S. securities and fewer full monetary info than for U.S. issuers. As well as, hostile political, financial or social developments might undermine the worth of the Fund’s investments or stop the Fund from realizing the complete worth of its investments. Lastly, the worth of the forex of the nation during which the Fund has invested might decline relative to the worth of the U.S. greenback, which can have an effect on the worth of the funding to U.S. buyers. Index Disruptive Applied sciences Index relies round corporations that enter conventional markets with new digital types of manufacturing and distribution, are prone to disrupt an present market and worth community, displace established market main corporations, merchandise and alliances and more and more acquire market share. One could not make investments instantly within the index. The MSCI ACWI Indexes supply a contemporary, seamless, and absolutely built-in strategy to measuring the complete fairness alternative set with no gaps or overlaps. MSCI ACWI represents the Fashionable Index Technique and captures all sources of fairness returns in 23 developed and 24 rising markets. The Morningstar Exponential Applied sciences Internet Complete Return Index consists of developed and rising market corporations that create or use exponential applied sciences. The index makes use of a singular analysis course of to determine corporations growing and/or leveraging promising applied sciences. The ROBO World® Robotics & Automation Index has the target of offering buyers with a complete, clear, and diversified benchmark that represents the worldwide worth chain of robotics, automation, and enabling applied sciences. The Indxx World Robotics & Synthetic Intelligence Thematic Index is designed to trace the efficiency of corporations listed in developed markets which are anticipated to learn from the elevated adoption and utilization of robotics and Synthetic Intelligence (“AI”), together with corporations concerned in Industrial Robotics and Automation, Non-Industrial Robots, Synthetic Intelligence and Unmanned Autos. The Fund employs a “passive administration”- or indexing- funding approached and seeks to trace the funding outcomes of an index composed of world corporations that enter conventional markets with new digital types of manufacturing and distribution, and are prone to disrupt an present market or worth community. Not like many funding corporations, the Fund just isn’t “actively” managed. Subsequently, it might not essentially promote a safety as a result of the safety’s issuer was in monetary hassle except that safety is faraway from the Index Disruptive Applied sciences Index. Equally, the Fund doesn’t purchase a safety as a result of the safety is deemed engaging except that safety is added to the Index Disruptive Applied sciences Index. ALPS Portfolio Options Distributor, Inc. is the distributor for the ALPS Disruptive Applied sciences ETF

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