tailieunhanh - Glossary of Mutual Fund and Other Related Financial Terms

Why is this treatment fair? Why don’t money funds have to report a market valueNAV? Because the securities inmoneymarket funds are of very high quality and have only a very short time tomaturity. As a result, the odds are very high that investors will get their money back when the securities come due and that their values won’t vary much between now and then. That means that the movements in the fund’s NAV will be small—usually less than $ or one-half cent per share. In fact, these fluctuations are immaterial enough that it’s reasonable for the fund to keep the NAV at $, a valuable convenience for investors | Glossary of Mutual Fund and Other Related Financial Terms adviser. An organization employed by a mutual fund to give professional advice on the fund s investments and asset management practices. Also known as investment adviser. after-tax return. The total return of a fund after the effects of taxes on distributions and or redemptions have been assessed. Funds are required by federal securities law to calculate after-tax returns using standardized formulas based upon the highest tax rates. Consequently they are not representative of the after-tax returns of most mutual fund shareholders. These standardized after-tax returns are not relevant for shareholders in tax-deferred retirement accounts. annual report. A report that a fund sends to its shareholders that discusses the fund s performance over the past fiscal year and identifies the securities in the fund s portfolio on the last business day of the fund s fiscal year. The annual report includes audited financial statements. See also semiannual report. appreciation. An increase in an investment s value. Contrast depreciation. assets. Securities cash and receivables owned by a fund. auction market preferred stock AMPS . A type of preferred share. AMPS are structured to pay dividends at rates set through auctions run by an independent auction agent. authorized participant. An entity usually an institutional investor that submits orders to the exchange-traded fund ETF for the creation and redemption of ETF creation units. automatic reinvestment. A fund service giving shareholders the option to purchase additional shares using dividend and capital gains distributions. average portfolio maturity. The average maturity of all the securities in a bond or money market fund s portfolio. back-end load. See contingent deferred sales load CDSL . basis point. One one-hundredth of 1 percent percent thus 100 basis points equal 1 percent. When applied to 1 basis point is 100 basis points equal one cent . .