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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About 62% of Americans say they are invested in the stock market, which can include individual stocks, mutual funds or money saved in a retirement savings account, according to Gallup.
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Whereas schools tended to own stocks in the 1970s and ’80s, when the South Africa divestment movement was active, many now own mutual funds.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 15 May 2024
Whereas schools tended to own stocks in the 1970s and ’80s, when the South Africa divestment movement was active, many now own mutual funds.
—Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 May 2024
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 May. 2024.
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