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A mutual fund is a form of collective investment that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities. Mutual Funds | Investment | Equity | NAV | NFO | IPO | » Mutual Fund. [1] In a mutual fund, the fund manager trades the fund's underlying securities, realizing capital gains or loss, and collects the dividend or interest income. The investment proceeds are then passed along to the individual investors. The value of a share of the mutual fund, known as the net asset value (NAV), is calculated daily based on the total value of the fund divided by the number of shares purchased by investors.

Legally known as an "open-end company", a mutual fund is one of three basic types of investment companies available in the United States. [2] Outside of the U. What is a Mutual Fund? Mutual fund is a mechanism for pooling the resources by issuing units to units to the mutual fund through periodic repurchase at NAV related prices. S. , mutual fund is a generic term for various types of collective investment. In the UK and western Europe (including offshore jurisdictions) other forms of collective investment are prevalent including unit trusts, Open-Ended Investment Companies (OEICs), SICAVs and unitized insurance funds.

History

The first open-end mutual fund, Massachusetts Investors Trust was founded on March 21, 1924, and after one year had 200 shareholders and $392,000 in assets. The entire industry, which included a few closed-end funds, represented less than $10 million in 1924. 1: Bonanza Exclusive Growth: 24/7 Copyright Taurus Mutual Fund.

The stock market crash of 1929 slowed the growth of mutual funds.