Fund dividends are divided into two ways: cash dividends and dividend reinvestment, in which cash dividends refer to fund companies distributing part of fund income to fund investors in cash; Dividend reinvestment means that when the fund pays dividends, the fund holders convert the cash from dividends into fund shares according to the net value of the fund on that day and then distribute them to investors.
If the market is not good or the fund is in a downward trend, investors can choose cash dividends, so that investors can get some cash, reduce their own losses and save redemption fees.
Securities investment funds are divided into different types:
According to whether fund units can be increased or redeemed, they can be divided into open-end funds and closed-end funds. Open-end funds are not listed (as the case may be), but are purchased and redeemed by 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.
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.
According to the difference of investment risk and income, it can be divided into growth fund, income fund and balanced fund.
According to different investment objects, it can be divided into stock funds, bond funds, money market funds and futures funds.
Fund form
It is still uncertain which is the earliest hedge fund. During the great bull market in the United States in the 1920s, there were countless such investment tools specifically for the rich. One of the most famous is the Graham-Newman Partnership Fund founded by Benjamin Graham and Jerry Newman.
In 2006, Warren Buffett declared in a letter to the American Museum of Finance that the Graham-Newman Partnership Fund in the 1920s was the earliest known hedge fund, but other funds may appear earlier.