BOBP yields 3.38% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, BOBP + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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BOBP invests in US large-cap securities identified to have favorable near- to medium-term capital appreciation potential based on equity skewness, a measure of how returns are likely to be higher or lower than average. Positive skewness suggests more frequent small losses and fewer but larger gains, while negative skewness implies more frequent small gains and fewer but larger losses. The index calculates equity skewness using a moving average and considers the correlation of each securitys return to its universe-wide average. If the universe-wide skewness is positive, the fund selects stocks with positive skewness. If the universe-wide skewness is negative, it favors stocks with less negative skewness. Based on these conditions, the fund selects and equally weights the top 50 stocks. The methodology aims to filter market noise and short-term volatility. The fund allocates 10-20% to cash and cash equivalents according to proprietary indicators. The index is rebalanced bi-weekly.
Full BOBP Calculator →Merck & Co., Inc. operates as a healthcare company worldwide. It operates through two segments, Pharmaceutical and Animal Health. The Pharmaceutical segment offers human health pharmaceutical products in the areas of oncology, hospital acute care, immunology, neuroscience, virology, cardiovascular, and diabetes, as well as vaccine products, such as preventive pediatric, adolescent, and adult vaccines. The Animal Health segment discovers, develops, manufactures, and markets veterinary pharmaceuticals, vaccines, and health management solutions and services, as well as digitally connected identification, traceability, and monitoring products. It serves drug wholesalers and retailers, hospitals, and government agencies; managed health care providers, such as health maintenance organizations, pharmacy benefit managers, and other institutions; and physicians and physician distributors, veterinarians, and animal producers. The company has collaborations with AstraZeneca PLC; Bayer AG; Eisai Co., Ltd.; Ridgeback Biotherapeutics; and Gilead Sciences, Inc. to jointly develop and commercialize long-acting treatments in HIV. Merck & Co., Inc. was founded in 1891 and is headquartered in Kenilworth, New Jersey.
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