Go to finance.yahoo.com, search for the stock page for Merck (MRK). Find MRK's current trading price, Forward Dividend (Annual) in dollar, and its 1-year target estimate. Calculate the stock price if you required rate of return is 10% per year. This would be your intrinsic value (The fair price for Merck if the required rate of return is 10%). - Compare it to the current stock price from the website, would you buy the stock? - If you buy the stock today at the price you find on Yahoo, what w

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Go to finance.yahoo.com, search for the stock page for Merck (MRK). Find MRK's current trading price, Forward Dividend (Annual) in dollar, and its 1-year target estimate.

Calculate the stock price if you required rate of return is 10% per year. This would be your intrinsic value (The fair price for Merck if the required rate of return is 10%).

- Compare it to the current stock price from the website, would you buy the stock?

- If you buy the stock today at the price you find on Yahoo, what would be your rate of return over the next year?

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