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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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.
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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
But institutional investors—a mix of insurance companies, mutual funds, and private-equity firms—buy bonds too, including from local governments and school districts.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
And money market mutual funds — which are not FDIC insured but nonetheless are considered very low risk for cash — were paying an average of 3.92% as of Tuesday, according to Crane Data.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 2025
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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
But institutional investors—a mix of insurance companies, mutual funds, and private-equity firms—buy bonds too, including from local governments and school districts.
—Michael Waters, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
And money market mutual funds — which are not FDIC insured but nonetheless are considered very low risk for cash — were paying an average of 3.92% as of Tuesday, according to Crane Data.
—Jeanne Sahadi, CNN Money, 29 Oct. 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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