PEPS yields 1.02% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, PEPS + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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PEPS is an actively managed fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation through a US large-cap equity portfolio while employing a beta-neutral call overwriting strategy. The fund specifically invests in stocks of the Solactive GBS United States 500 Index. The funds options strategy combines selling short-dated, out-of-the-money S&P 500 Index call options with offsetting long equity exposure, including investments in futures and FLEX Options that reference the S&P 500 Index and SPY ETF. The fund's performance is dependent on the equity portfolio. To avoid being subject to the straddle rules, the fund limits overlap between its equity investments and the options' underlying constituents. It also utilizes tax loss harvesting within the equity portfolio. As a result of writing call options, the fund may forgo upside participation. However, the funds sub-adviser will seek to ladder the written call option positions to mitigate this risk.
Full PEPS 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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