mutual fund

NOUN

stock or bond fund

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bond fund closed-end fund investment fund retirement plan

WEAK

401k fund IRA hedge fund individual retirement account money market funds money-market fund no-load fund open-end fund stock fund

Example Sentences

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You can buy Treasury inflation-protected securities directly from the government, in a brokerage account or packaged into a mutual fund or ETF.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

The average U.S.-stock mutual fund or exchange-traded fund posted a total return of just 0.1% in February, to leave the year-to-date total return at a mediocre 2.7%, according to statistics from LSEG.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 7, 2026

Yet another possible implication of this new study has to do with other players in the investment arena besides mutual fund managers.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

Artificial intelligence is coming for mutual fund managers, and they should be worried.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

“The market found him,” says the Philadelphia mutual fund manager.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis