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Summary: A family of mutual funds is really a specific sector of the economy such as telecommunications that has many related funds within it. Understand what is meant by the word family when referring to mutual funds and how marketing plays a role in investment terminology with tips and advice from an experienced financial adviser in this free video.
Patrick Munro's affinity for investing and financial matters began more than 20 years ago with business education and service throughout the ranks of the banking, insurance and...read more
"This is financial adviser, Patrick Munro, discussing, what is a family of mutual funds? The term family, when applied to financial instruments, sounds unusual, although many times it's not. Mutual fund companies use that word, when they're referring to the type of mutual funds, within a sector, and a sector could be, well let's just say, telecommunications,and there's various funds that are within the Telco brand. Also mining or precious metals, could be within a certain sector, as well. Sector sometimes sounds impersonal, so companies will call them fund families, and various organizations, banks, credit unions, and brokers, offer these particular sector, or family flavored mutual funds, and it's more of a marketing ploy, to allow the consumer to better understand, the products offered by these institutions. This is Patrick Munro, discussing the family of mutual funds."
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