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RFCI

GradeCNew York Stock Exchange Arca

ALPS Dynamic Core Income ETF

ALPS Funds · Inception 2016-06-13

$21.63−0.14 (−0.64%)

As of Sep 23, 2026, 12:23 PM EDT

Intraday session: down, 4 prints from 21.77 to 21.63. Range 21.63 to 21.77. Use the arrow keys to read each point.$21.65$21.70$21.7510 AM12 PM2 PM4 PM
Expense ratio
0.51%
Fund size
$15M
1Y return
+2.1%
Yield · Last 12 months
Data unavailable
Holdings
109
Volume · 30D
0M sh
NAV per share
$22.04
52W range
low $21.90high $23.04

The ETF.net RFCI Grade

C

47/ 100

Confidence High

Six-pillar profile for RFCI. Scores out of 100: Cost 22, Risk 46, Mission 93, Tradability 27, Holdings 40, Durability 53. Strongest: Mission (93). Weakest: Cost (22). Leans toward Mission.
F< 25
D≥ 25
C≥ 40
B≥ 55
A≥ 70

Score 47 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.

  • Cost

    What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.
    FScore 22
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  • Mission

    How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.
    AScore 93
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  • Risk

    How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.
    CScore 46
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  • Tradability

    How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.
    DScore 27
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  • Holdings

    What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.
    CScore 40
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  • Durability

    Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.
    CScore 53
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Graded as of Aug 18, 2026

Our read on RFCI

ETF.net Research

CA 2016-vintage active bond fund that roams the globe for income while measuring itself against the US Agg. In March 2026 ALPS Advisors took the wheel in-house, ending RiverFront's run as sub-adviser.

Stated mandate

The fund seeks total return, with income serving as the primary emphasized source of that return.

Why people hold it

  1. 01Go-anywhere by design: one active team picks across maturities, credit ratings and currencies instead of tracking a fixed US-only index.alpsfunds.com
  2. 02The holdings match the label: a genuinely global, multi-sector income portfolio measured against the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index.alpsfunds.com
  3. 03Roughly 110 bonds, hand-picked, with cash paid out monthly rather than quarterly.
  4. 04Run by ALPS Advisors' president, its chief investment officer and its director of fixed income research, all on the same ticket.alpsfunds.comsec.gov

Worth knowing

  1. 01At 0.51% a year it costs far more than the index-tracking core bond giants: BND, SPAB and SCHZ each charge 0.03%.
  2. 02A small fund that trades thinly, so bid-ask spreads can run wider than in the category's household names.
  3. 03New hands on the wheel. ALPS Advisors replaced RiverFront as the portfolio manager in March 2026, so this team's track record on the fund is short.sec.gov

RFCI Holdings

As of Aug 19, 2026, 3:00 AM
Asset class
Bonds
Holdings
109
Top-10 weight
43%
Largest holding
U.S. Treasury Bond 4.75 11/15/204311.2%

Geography

  • United States100.00%
The fund’s holdings, weight-ordered — page 1 of 2.
#TickerCompanyWeight %SharesMarket valueIn ETFs
001—U.S. Treasury Bond 4.75 11/15/204311.18%—$2M—
002—U.S. Treasury Bond 4.00 11/15/20524.20%—$625K—
003—U.S. Treasury Bond 4.75 02/15/20373.90%—$581K—
004—U.S. Treasury Bond 4.375 05/15/20343.89%—$579K—
005—Kinetik Holdings LP 6.625 12/15/20283.86%—$575K—
006—General Motors Financial Co. Inc. 6.40 01/09/20333.42%—$510K—
007—Ingersoll Rand Inc. 5.70 08/14/20333.33%—$497K—
008—Hyatt Hotels Corp. 5.75 04/23/20303.33%—$497K—
009—Concentrix Corp. 6.85 08/02/20333.08%—$458K—
010—U.S. Treasury Bond 3.625 05/15/20532.45%—$364K—
011—PNC Financial Services Group Inc. 5Y US TI + 3.238 12/31/99992.37%—$353K—
012—Bank of America Corp. 5Y US TI + 3.23 12/31/99992.37%—$353K—
013—Ford Motor Credit Co. LLC 7.35 11/04/20272.23%—$333K—
014—Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. 5.85 11/15/20272.21%—$329K—
015—Dominion Energy Inc. 4.25 06/01/20282.17%—$323K—

Showing 1–15 of 30 holdings

RFCI Performance

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Returns run to the last market close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.

Trailing total return for RFCI. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
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Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.

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RFCI Dividends

Adds up every distribution paid per share over the last 12 months, divided by the last completed close. Distributions are counted by ex-date.
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Payout per share
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Distribution data unavailable.

RFCI Risk

How much the fund’s monthly returns vary, scaled to a year.
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No data available
How it’s calculated: standard deviation

The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.

Return above 3-month US Treasury bills per unit of volatility.
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No data available
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio

Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.

Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.

Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.

The largest fall from a peak to the low that followed.
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No data available
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown

The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.

Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.

How strongly the fund’s returns move with its asset-class index.
0.91
vs its asset-class index
How it’s calculated: beta

The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.

RFCI Cost

Expense Ratio
0.51%