CGUI yields 4.00% · MRK yields 2.81%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, CGUI + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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To provide current income consistent with an ultra-short duration profile, focused on preservation of capital.Distinguishing Characteristics The fund invests primarily in U.S. dollar denominated, investment-grade, short-term debt, including short-term money market instruments such as commercial paper and certificates of deposit, U.S. government bonds, corporate securities and asset-backed securities. The fund will normally invest more than 25% of its assets in securities issued by companies in the financials group of industries. The fund may invest substantially in debt securities that are tied economically to countries outside the United States, including securities issued by foreign corporations or foreign governments and their agencies and instrumentalities. The fund may also invest in futures contracts and swaps, which are types of derivatives. A derivative is a financial contract, the value of which is based on the value of an underlying financial asset (such as a stock, bond or currency), a reference rate or a market index.The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in bonds and other debt securities that accrue income, which may be represented by derivatives. The fund consists primarily of investment-grade debt with a minimum short-term rating of P-2, A-2, F2, or a minimum long-term rating of BBB- or Baa3, in each case given by the Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund’s investment adviser or unrated but determined to be of equivalent quality by the fund’s investment adviser. The fund may invest up to 5% in debt securities rated BB+ or Ba1 or below, but with a minimum rating of BB- (or Ba3). The fund normally seeks to maintain an average portfolio duration of one year or less, and a dollar-weighted average maturity of two years or less. The fund will normally invest more than 25% of its assets in securities issued by companies in the financials group of industries.
Full CGUI 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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