.The Russell 2000 may possess a success problem.Though the small-cap index gained 10.1% in July, it is actually gone down approximately 4% thus far in August, as of Thursday morning.ALPS' Paul Baiocchi records the volatile relocate to the index's general composition, along with an estimation coming from Beauty Global revealing 40% of those firms possess damaging incomes." [Clients] have actually basically surrendered themselves to the reality that by residing in the Russell 2000, I am actually just mosting likely to must take the good with the poor," the firm's principal ETF strategist said to CNBC's "ETF Edge" this week.To prevent the profits burden, Baiocchi advises investors focus on premium companies, taking a look at more discerning exchange-traded funds including his company's O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Premium Dividend ETF Reveals (OUSM)." The concept is quality companies that pay out and also develop their dividends, as well as importantly, have much less dryness than their peers," he stated. "It permits advisors and entrepreneurs that have actually viewed tiny caps go sidewards for five years to become assigned to a classification that's delayed." Besides its productivity monitor, the fund includes just 107 sells u00e2 $" a portion of what's inside the Russell 2000. Its own best 3 holdings are Tradeweb Markets, Juniper Networks as well as Old State International, each sitting at a roughly 2% weighting in the fund, per FactSet.Shares of the small-cap fund are actually down 1.5% month to time u00e2 $" outperforming the Russell by much more than 2 amount aspects in that time.Disclaimer.