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ultra-short-term bond fund — A mutual fund that invests in bonds with very short maturity periods, usually one year or less. Bloomberg Financial Dictionary … Financial and business terms
Ultra-Short Bond Fund — A type of bond fund that invests only in fixed income instruments with very short term maturities. An ultra short bond fund will ideally invest in instruments with maturities around one year. This investing strategy tends to offer higher yields… … Investment dictionary
Bond fund — A bond fund is a collective investment scheme that invests in bonds and other debt securities. [ [http://www.sec.gov/answers/bondfunds.htm U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Bond Funds] ] Bond funds yield monthly dividends that include… … Wikipedia
Fund of funds — A fund of funds (FoF) is an investment fund that uses an investment strategy of holding a portfolio of other investment funds rather than investing directly in shares, bonds or other securities. This type of investing is often referred to as… … Wikipedia
Bond ETF — A type of exchange traded fund (ETF) that exclusively invests in bonds. Bond ETFs are very much like bond mutual funds in that they hold a portfolio of bonds and can differ widely in strategies, ranging from U.S. Treasuries to high yields, from… … Investment dictionary
fund — A fiscal and accounting entity with a self balancing set of accounts in which cash and other financial resources, all related liabilities and residual equities, or balances, and charges therein, are recorded and segregated to carry on specific… … Financial and business terms
Bond (finance) — In finance, a bond is a debt security, in which the authorized issuer owes the holders a debt and, depending on the terms of the bond, is obliged to pay interest (the coupon) to use and/or to repay the principal at a later date, termed maturity.… … Wikipedia
Short (finance) — Schematic representation of short selling in two steps. The short seller borrows shares and immediately sells them. He then waits, hoping for the stock price to decrease, when the seller can profit by purchasing the shares to return to the lender … Wikipedia
Exchange-traded fund — An exchange traded fund (ETF) is an investment fund traded on stock exchanges, much like stocks.[1] An ETF holds assets such as stocks, commodities, or bonds, and trades close to its net asset value over the course of the trading day. Most ETFs… … Wikipedia
bond — 1 n 1 a: a usu. formal written agreement by which a person undertakes to perform a certain act (as appear in court or fulfill the obligations of a contract) or abstain from performing an act (as committing a crime) with the condition that failure … Law dictionary
