Money market fund is one of the big families of open-end funds, and it is a financial management tool between bank deposits and other securities investment funds (such as stock funds and bond funds). In other words, for investors, the risk of buying money market funds is the smallest among all fund products, while the liquidity is the highest in the open-end fund family, and the income is very stable. In a word, money market fund is an investment fund with high security, high liquidity and high stability. In many developed countries, it is almost the most important investment and financial management tool for families and enterprises.
As the name implies, the investment scope of money market funds is funds that invest in money market instruments. At present, the investment scope of the Fund mainly includes: short-term debt (remaining maturity is less than 397 days), central bank bills, commercial bills endorsed by banks, bank acceptance bills, bank deposits and large negotiable certificates of deposit, repurchase within one year and other money market instruments.
In fact, the investment scope of these money market funds is products with high safety factor and stable income, so for many enterprises and individuals who want to avoid the risks in the securities market, money market funds are a natural haven, which can not only obtain higher income than bank deposit interest, but also ensure the safety of principal.
What is the income from buying money market funds? China people prefer bank savings, but they are unable to invest in riskier stocks or other kinds of speculative commodities under the environment of falling interest rates for many years. Money fund is also called "quasi-savings" outside, which is an investment with more potential than savings income. On the basis of ensuring safety and liquidity, according to our calculations, the average annual return on investment in money funds in the past four years has exceeded 3%, which is much higher than the one-year time deposit of banks.
Introduction to the risks of buying money market funds The investment scope of money market funds is all short-term and high-security money market products, and the investment goal is to earn coupon rate from these short-term investments. Customers who buy money market funds can not only get the corresponding investment income, but also directly consume, transfer and issue checks on the funds held in the form of fund shares in the money market funds when the future conditions are ripe.
In addition, money market fund investment instruments are short-term, high-quality, relatively stable and highly liquid, and are not easily affected by market fluctuations. It is rare for fund issuers to repay the principal and interest as scheduled. Therefore, the risk is the smallest in the whole fund family, so it has the nickname of "quasi-savings".