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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Zero commission fees for stock, ETF, options trades and some mutual funds; zero transaction fees for over 3,400 mutual funds; $0.65 per options contract. Tim Baker, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 According to the Institute for Policy Studies, the wealthiest 1 percent of Americans (obviously including Musk, Bezos, and Zuckerberg) now control more than half of all stock and mutual funds. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025 What To Know According to the comptroller, securities employment—relating to the buying and selling of financial instruments such as stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and derivatives—hit its highest annual level in at least three decades in 2024, reaching 201,500 workers. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Mar. 2025 Fidelity Zero is a good choice for an international mutual fund. William Baldwin, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for mutual fund

Word History

First Known Use

1932, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of mutual fund was in 1932

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“Mutual fund.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/mutual%20fund. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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mutual fund

see fund sense 2

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