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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How the Standard Story Keeps Repeating Traditional advice leans on mutual funds, exchange funds, and other prepackaged products.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
The Treasury Department has set up a plan of eligible investments, such as mutual funds.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Money market funds and deposit accounts: A money market mutual fund invests in highly liquid, low-risk, short-term debt instruments.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 1 Feb. 2026
The Treasury Department has set up a plan of eligible investments, such as mutual funds.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 28 Jan. 2026
Money market funds and deposit accounts: A money market mutual fund invests in highly liquid, low-risk, short-term debt instruments.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 28 Jan. 2026
Ken Squire is the founder and president of 13D Monitor, an institutional research service on shareholder activism, and the founder and portfolio manager of the 13D Activist Fund, a mutual fund that invests in a portfolio of activist investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Jan. 2026
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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 6 Feb. 2026.
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