TPLS yields 4.49% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, TPLS + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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TPLS builds a diversified fixed-income portfolio focused on total return through both income and capital appreciation. Investments include corporate bonds, government securities, MBS, ABS, and bank loans. The fund is flexible, allowing investments in securities of any credit quality and maturity. While it primarily invests in domestic issuers, it may also hold foreign debt, including obligations denominated in non-U.S. currencies, with foreign currency exposure limited to 25%. Additionally, the fund may allocate up to 25% of its assets to high-yield bonds, and exposure to emerging markets is capped at 15%. Security selection relies on fundamental research, which involves proprietary and third-party analysis to evaluate credit quality, economic trends, and valuation. Derivatives may also be used to enhance the portfolio or hedge risks. Positions may be sold to adjust duration, mitigate risk, or take advantage of more attractive opportunities.
Full TPLS 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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