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mutual fund

mutual fund noun: a form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.

Noun

mutual fund (plural mutual funds)

  1. A form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.
    • The work of the Laureates has affected not only academic research but also market practice. The fact that stock markets are very hard to predict in the short run, and that stock-picking is very difficult both in the short and the long run, has led to close examination of the performance by mutual...2013, The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, “Trendspotting in Asset Markets (Prize in Economic Sciences 2013 / Popular Science Background)”, in nobelprize.org, retrieved 20 Oct 2013

mutual fund meaning in Malay and Indonesian

mutual fund in Malay

finance: form of collective investment
dana bersama

mutual fund in Indonesian

finance: form of collective investment
reksa dana

Forms of mutual fund

pluralmutual funds

Questions about mutual fund

What does mutual fund mean?
Mutual fund means a form of collective investment in which money from many investors is pooled and invested in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, or other securities under the direction of a fund manager.
What is mutual fund in Malay?
Mutual fund in Malay is dana bersama. See Mutual fund meaning in Malay.
What part of speech is mutual fund?
Mutual fund is a noun.
What is the plural of mutual fund?
The plural of mutual fund is mutual funds.

Words near mutual fund in the dictionary

  1. mutual consented
  2. mutual consenting
  3. mutual consents
  4. mutual friend
  5. mutual friends
  6. mutual fund
  7. mutual funds
  8. mutual inductance
  9. mutual inductances
  10. mutual induction
  11. mutual information

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