LEAD is comprised of dividend-paying U.S. stocks with a high likelihood of increasing their dividend payments, as determined by a proprietary system. However, LEAD holds mostly low-yielding stocks, making it a unique offering that's best compared with broad-based funds like SPY. Its expected yield is only 0.77%. Using SPY as a comparator, LEAD's total returns were about 34% less since its January 2016 launch. With low-single-digit dividend growth rates, I don't see the appeal.