Funds can be divided into broad sense and narrow sense. Broadly speaking, a fund refers to a certain amount of funds set up for a certain purpose.
People usually refer to funds mainly as securities investment funds. There are three main analysis methods of securities investment: basic analysis, technical analysis and evolution analysis.
Among them, basic analysis is mainly applied to the value judgment and selection of investment objects, while technical analysis and evolution analysis are mainly applied to the time and space judgment of specific investment operations as an important supplement to improve the effectiveness and reliability of securities investment analysis.
According to different standards, securities investment funds can be divided into different types:
(1) According to whether the fund unit can be increased or redeemed, it can be divided into open-end funds and closed-end funds.
(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.
(3) According to the different investment risks and returns, it can be divided into growth funds, income funds and balanced funds.
(4) According to different investment objects, it can be divided into stock funds, bond funds, money market funds and futures funds.