I. Basic explanation
Fund, an English word, is mainly used as a noun and a verb. When it is used as a noun, it is translated into fund, fund, deposit, name and virtue, and when it is used as a verb, it is translated into investment and assistance.
Two. Fund introduction
Fund broadly refers to a certain amount of funds set up for a certain purpose. It mainly includes trust and investment funds, provident funds, insurance funds, retirement funds and funds of various foundations. From the accounting point of view, capital is a narrow concept, which refers to funds with specific purposes and uses. The funds we are talking about now mainly refer to securities investment funds.
Fund companies have a group of experts with high academic qualifications and rich investment experience. They have keen observation, analysis and judgment ability, can grasp a large amount of information in time, can make a more correct prediction of the price change trend of various varieties in the financial market, avoid investment decision-making mistakes to the maximum extent, and improve the investment success rate.
Third, the classification of funds.
1. According to whether the fund unit can be increased or redeemed, it can be divided into open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are not listed and traded, but are purchased and redeemed through banks, brokers and fund companies, and the fund scale is not fixed; Closed-end funds have a fixed duration and are generally listed and traded on the stock exchange. Investors buy and sell fund shares through the secondary market.
2. According to different organizational forms, it can be divided into corporate funds and contractual funds. A fund is established by issuing fund shares to establish an investment fund company, which is usually called a corporate fund; The establishment of fund managers, fund custodians and investors through fund contracts is usually called contractual funds. China's securities investment funds are all contractual funds.
3. According to the difference of investment risk and income, it can be divided into growth fund, income fund and balanced fund.
4, according to the different investment objects, can be divided into stock funds, bond funds, money market funds, futures funds, etc.