This Dividend ETF You Haven't Heard of Is Springing to Life

Experienced dividend investors may know about the S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats® index, which is a basket of S&P 500 member firms that have boosted payouts for a minimum of 25 straight years. That index is accessible in fund form, meaning that income seekers can efficiently tap into a basket of stocks with steadily rising payouts. (Dividend Aristocrats® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC.)
What many dividend investors may not know is that aristocracy isn't confined to the large-cap S&P 500. Some m