.The Russell 2000 might possess an earnings problem.Though the small-cap mark got 10.1% in July, it's gone down approximately 4% up until now in August, as of Thursday morning.ALPS' Paul Baiocchi earns the volatile transfer to the index's overall composition, along with an estimation from Beauty Global showing 40% of those companies possess bad earnings." [Capitalists] have actually basically resigned on their own to the truth that by residing in the Russell 2000, I'm merely going to need to take the really good with the poor," the firm's main ETF planner told CNBC's "ETF Advantage" this week.To steer clear of the profitability nuisance, Baiocchi recommends capitalists prioritize high quality business, examining more selective exchange-traded funds like his company's O'Shares U.S. Small-Cap Premium Dividend ETF Reveals (OUSM)." The concept is actually quality providers that pay for and develop their returns, and also significantly, possess much less volatility than their peers," he stated. "It allows advisors and real estate investors who have observed small hats go sidewards for 5 years to be allocated to a category that is actually lagged." In addition to its profits display screen, the fund has merely 107 stocks u00e2 $" a portion of what's inside the Russell 2000. Its own leading 3 holdings are Tradeweb Markets, Juniper Networks and also Old Commonwealth International, each sitting at an around 2% weighting in the fund, every FactSet.Shares of the small-cap fund are down 1.5% month to time u00e2 $" surpassing the Russell through greater than 2 percent aspects in that time.Disclaimer.