SMTIX yields 6.00% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 3
Combined, SMTIX + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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The investment seeks high total return with a shift to current income and some capital appreciation over time as the fund approaches and passes the target retirement date. The fund is generally intended for investors who plan to retire around the year 2040 and then withdraw their investment in the fund throughout retirement. It is designed to provide exposure to equity, fixed income and cash/cash equivalent asset classes by investing in mutual funds and ETFs within the same group of investment companies, passive ETFs that are managed by unaffiliated investment advisers in certain limited instances and/or direct investments in other financial instruments.
Full SMTIX 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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