QDWN yields 2.77% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, QDWN + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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QDWN aims for capital appreciation while limiting single-day risk. The fund seeks inverse exposure to the Nasdaq-100 Index's daily downside by investing in cash-settled, exchange-traded put options that typically have a short time to expiration (i.e., one week or less). Under normal market conditions, the fund purchases closest to at-the-money options contracts with daily expiration. On days when the Nasdaq-100 Index is flat or positive, the fund limits downside risk to 10% or less of its net asset value (NAV), setting a daily option loss limit equal to the amount spent on option premiums. The remaining 90% is held in short-term US Treasury securities, with an average portfolio effective duration of approximately six months. The fund is actively managed and does not invest directly in the Nasdaq-100 Index nor in companies that it comprises. Thus, the funds performance will differ from that of the index.
Full QDWN 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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