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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The trading costs are also typically lower, and may be limited to a brokerage fee for a specific transaction or annual expense ratios charged by a mutual fund.
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Feb. 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, 7 Feb. 2026
The stock boom was good for over $9 trillion in mutual funds, pensions, stock portfolios and private companies.
—Peter St. Onge, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
If a mom, a pop, or any other American owns shares in a mutual fund, their money goes somewhere.
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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Nick Perry, USA Today, 9 Feb. 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, 7 Feb. 2026
The stock boom was good for over $9 trillion in mutual funds, pensions, stock portfolios and private companies.
—Peter St. Onge, Boston Herald, 6 Feb. 2026
If a mom, a pop, or any other American owns shares in a mutual fund, their money goes somewhere.
—Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2026
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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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