$24.40

0.84 (3.57%)

11/21/2008 4:02 PM

Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

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A global research-driven pharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets a range of innovative products to improve human and animal health.

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S&P 500 (469), Major 2005 Lawsuit (7), Large Cap (279), Multinational Company (16), Major 2006 Lawsuit (3), Big Pharma (12), Dow (30), Optionable (26), Pharmaceuticals (148), Dividend (191), SEC investigation (7), New Jersey (8)
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Merck & Co., Inc. At A Glance

Current Price:	$24.40
Last Trade Time:	11/21/2008 4:02 PM
Open:	$23.90
Previous Close:	$23.56
Daily Range:	$22.82 - $24.46
52-Week Range:	$23.18 - $61.62
Volume:	24,134,253
Market Cap:	$49.81B
P/E Ratio:	11.17
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12 Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Avatar biotechmgr (99.87) Submitted: 3/15/08 3:19 PM

Merck is well positioned to become the industry leader over the next 5 years. The product pipeline has swelled under the leadership of Dr. Peter Kim. Innovations in vaccines are focusing on prevention not just cures. Cost savings efforts as well as focus on speed are continuous. Merck wants to be th...More

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2 Merck & Co., Inc. (MRK)

Avatar 3kidsjones (29.25) Submitted: 10/07/06 8:43 AM

Has had a nice run-up recently, but too many problems ahead for this major pharma to sustain the trend...look out below

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Recs 0 (MRK) nukousa (98.59) Submitted: 11/20/08 8:52 PM : Start Price: $23.90 MRK Score: 3.76 What did everyone find magical cures? I think not. We are growing old fast and will need meds to prolong life. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MRK) jimstuy (78.85) Submitted: 11/20/08 4:50 PM : Start Price: $23.90 MRK Score: 3.76 low P/E number in these troubled times makes MRk an attractive long. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MRK) dpid (< 20) Submitted: 11/19/08 4:46 PM : Start Price: $25.18 MRK Score: 2.26 drugs + dividends Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MRK) greenbodhi (88.02) Submitted: 11/18/08 10:34 PM : Start Price: $26.00 MRK Score: 5.57 Merck's Gardasil has shown to be effective for both females and males in preventing HPV, the most common sexual tranmitted infection. Public health officials are warm to prevention methods, and now that it will be made available to boys, moms will be less resistant to its use. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out. Recs 0 (MRK) ETFinnovators (88.44) Submitted: 11/18/08 9:44 PM : Start Price: $26.00 MRK Score: 5.57 Dissecting Defensive Dividend Stocks & ETFs The accompanying table includes 47 U.S.-listed companies with market caps over $10B and dividend yields over 5%, excluding all companies from the following sectors or industry groups: finance, insurance, consumer cyclical products, retailers, and basic materials in favor of healthcare, consumer staples such as tobacco, telecom services, energy, and utilities. Also, the following dividend ETFs are included in the table as a comparison: 1.) iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend (DVY) 2.) WisdomTree Dividend Top 100 (DTN) 3.) SPDR S&P Dividend ETF (SDY) 4.) PowerShares High Yield Dividend Achievers (PEY) 5.) Vanguard Dividend Appreciation (VIG) 6.) PowerShares International Dividend Achievers (PID) 7.) PowerShares Dividend Achievers (PFM) Some of favorite stocks on the list which I have wrote about previously include Altria Group (MO) and Pfizer (PFE) with dividend yields near 8% each. Also, AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ) are attractive from the telecom services space with yields of about 6% each, with many foreign telcos yielding even more such as Swisscom (SCMWY), Telstra (TLSYY), France Telecom (FTE), Deutsche Telekom (DT). Several values also appear in the beaten up energy sector, such as Sasol (SSL), British Petroleum (BP), PetroChina (PTR), and Repsol YPF (REP). Gas pipeline operator Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP) was the best performing stock and only company to post a gain over the past year, followed by two utilities – Progress Energy (PGN) and Duke Energy (DUK). For more things defensive, check out the ETF Innovators [ETFI] Highly Defensive PerformIdex of 40 companies based in the U.S., Canada, and Europe with market caps over $10B, which are the leaders by market cap in their defensive industry groups and have outpaced the overall market and existing defensive ETFs over the past year. Report this Post Replies: 0 \| Reply \| Permalink Oops! There appears to be a problem with your comment. Check to see if there's something you left out.
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