SCNM yields 0.65% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, SCNM + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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SCNM is an actively managed ETF that aims for current income, exempt from regular federal income taxes, and capital preservation. The fund invests municipal instruments of any maturity whose interest is exempt from regular federal income tax. The fund may invest without limit in municipal instruments subject to the federal alternative minimum tax (AMT). The fund may invest up to 20% in other debt and fixed income investments. SCNM caps its investments rated below investment grade municipal instruments to 10% of assets. The portfolio manager uses a top-down approach, focusing on interest rates and credit quality. The fund selects securities based on its target that is set and continually adjusted for the interest rate sensitivity based on expected interest rate movements. The fund may invest in pooled vehicles, including ETFs, and employ derivatives.
Full SCNM 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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