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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In every year of the past decade, Morningstar reports, Royce mutual funds have seen more assets depart than arrive.
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William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The average money market fund fee is 0.38%, which is sharply higher than the 0.05% average fee on an index equity mutual fund, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Measures of money called M1, M2 and M3 were made, depending on which types of deposits — checking, saving, certificates of deposit or even money-market mutual funds — were included.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 May 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 13D investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 10 May 2025
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William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 17 May 2025
The average money market fund fee is 0.38%, which is sharply higher than the 0.05% average fee on an index equity mutual fund, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 14 May 2025
Measures of money called M1, M2 and M3 were made, depending on which types of deposits — checking, saving, certificates of deposit or even money-market mutual funds — were included.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 11 May 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 13D investments.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 10 May 2025
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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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