mutual fund
noun
: an open-end investment company that invests money of its shareholders in a usually diversified group of securities of other corporations
Examples of mutual fund in a Sentence
She invested her money in a mutual fund.
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One item on the FINRA quiz tested consumers on their understanding of diversification, a fundamental concept of investing:
True or false: Buying a single company’s stock usually provides a safer return than a stock mutual fund.
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Zero commission fees for stock, ETF, options trades and some mutual funds; zero transaction fees for over 3,400 mutual funds; $0.65 per options contract.
—Keagan Ostop, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the bottom half of American households own less than 1% of stocks and mutual fund shares.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Apple stock, a staple investment of many mutual funds and 401(k) funds, dropped by another 5 percent on Tuesday, which allowed Microsoft to surpass it as the world’s most valuable public company.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
Zero commission fees for stock, ETF, options trades and some mutual funds; zero transaction fees for over 3,400 mutual funds; $0.65 per options contract.
—Keagan Ostop, CNBC, 18 Apr. 2025
Meanwhile, the bottom half of American households own less than 1% of stocks and mutual fund shares.
—Teresa Ghilarducci, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Apple stock, a staple investment of many mutual funds and 401(k) funds, dropped by another 5 percent on Tuesday, which allowed Microsoft to surpass it as the world’s most valuable public company.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 9 Apr. 2025
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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 5 May. 2025.
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