EASY yields 0.37% · MRK yields 2.81%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, EASY + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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EASY invests in US large-cap companies with long records of paying and raising dividends, emphasizing businesses the Adviser defines as recession resistant. These are firms with steady demand for their products or services even during downturns, supported by low demand elasticity, recurring revenues, and high switching costs. They also typically show lower earnings volatility, more stable cash flows and less sensitivity to business cycles. EASYs approach combines top-down sector analysis with company-level screening to identify candidates with sustainable dividend policies and moderate to low revenue variability. The portfolio tends to tilt toward sectors such as consumer staples, utilities, pharmaceuticals, and technology but retains flexibility to adjust exposures as market conditions evolve. By focusing on companies with a demonstrated ability to maintain dividend growth through economic cycles, the fund seeks to balance capital appreciation with reliable income.
Full EASY 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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