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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Over the same period, investment firms began to offer mutual funds in which money from thousands of households was invested in corporate stocks and various bonds.
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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, 22 Nov. 2025
As such, Fed officials are barred from investing in individual stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies, although they are allowed to invest via diversified investments such as mutual funds.
—Alex Veiga, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
All stocks are volatile, and individual stocks are generally more mercurial than mutual funds and ETFs, which often mirror the performance of a stock or bond index.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 15 Nov. 2025
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Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 23 Nov. 2025
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, 22 Nov. 2025
As such, Fed officials are barred from investing in individual stocks, bonds or cryptocurrencies, although they are allowed to invest via diversified investments such as mutual funds.
—Alex Veiga, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025
All stocks are volatile, and individual stocks are generally more mercurial than mutual funds and ETFs, which often mirror the performance of a stock or bond index.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 15 Nov. 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 3 Dec. 2025.
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