VTP yields 1.55% · MRK yields 2.76%● Live data
📍 MRK pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, VTP + MRK cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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Seeks to track the performance of an index of the full market of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury.Designed for long-term investors to generate returns more closely correlated with realized inflation.Given its longer duration, the fund can be expected to have more real interest rate risk, but also higher total returns relative to a shorter-duration TIPS fund.Invests in bonds backed by the full faith and credit of the federal government and whose principal is adjusted semiannually based on inflation.Can provide protection from inflationary surprises or ”unexpected inflation.”
Full VTP 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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