mutual fund
noun
: an open-end investment company that invests money of its shareholders in a usually diversified group of securities of other corporations
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She invested her money in a mutual fund.
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The Yale endowment is set up like a large mutual fund and the Divinity School has shares within it.
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Gregory E. Sterling, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
Many investment platforms also offer automatic contributions that allow scheduled investments to mutual funds or ETFs.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
True or false: Buying a single company’s stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Looking at the financial system as a whole, including nonbanks such as money market mutual funds, the Fed calculates that runnable liabilities equaled about 80 percent of gross domestic product at the end of 2024.
—Peter Coy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
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Gregory E. Sterling, Hartford Courant, 20 June 2025
Many investment platforms also offer automatic contributions that allow scheduled investments to mutual funds or ETFs.
—True Tamplin, Forbes.com, 18 June 2025
True or false: Buying a single company’s stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.
—Terry Savage, Chicago Tribune, 10 June 2025
Looking at the financial system as a whole, including nonbanks such as money market mutual funds, the Fed calculates that runnable liabilities equaled about 80 percent of gross domestic product at the end of 2024.
—Peter Coy, New York Times, 17 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for mutual fund
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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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