Definition of mutual fund in US English:
mutual fund
nounˈmyo͞oCH(o͞ow)əl ˌfəndˈmjutʃ(uw)əl ˌfənd
North American An investment program funded by shareholders that trades in diversified holdings and is professionally managed.
Example sentencesExamples
- I have never managed a mutual fund but have owned hundreds of them over the past 50 years.
- Investors should keep track of distributions made by their mutual funds that are reinvested.
- Also, all mutual funds are required to pay out all dividends and capital gains on a yearly basis.
- In mutual funds, fund managers rely heavily on internal analysis to make decisions.
- That has generated a lot of investment from mutual funds focused on the global oil and gas industry.
- Only two other mutual funds manage money this way, both also at boutique firms.
- Socially responsible mutual funds tend to have higher fees than regular funds.
- For one, hedge fund fees are much higher than those of traditional mutual funds.
- Ownership of stock, direct and through pension and mutual funds, is also covered.
- You can invest in mutual funds or individual stocks and decide how much risk you want to take with your savings.
- A closed-end fund is a mutual fund whose shares trade on the stock exchanges, just as a stock does.
- It has also been suggested to allow mutual funds and pension funds to invest in venture capital funds.
- In short, it is a mutual fund that invests solely in money market instruments.
- Most real estate mutual funds invest mainly in real estate investment trusts.
- They were followed by US-based mutual funds and investment banks, all anxious to cash in on the Asian boom.
- Mutual funds get kudos if their independent directors invest in the mutual funds.
- The agency is already battling court challenges to its rules on hedge funds and mutual funds.
- For Jones, mutual funds are a better investment than individual stocks right now.
- Allowing big investors to trade in mutual funds after hours is simply against the law.
- You can access a wide variety of international investments through mutual funds.