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Mutual Funds Investment Terms

  1. Load Fund

  2. Load Spread Option

  3. Load-Adjusted Return

  4. Load-Waived Funds

  5. Long/Short Fund

  6. Managed Account

  7. Managed Futures Account

  8. Managed Money

  9. Management Fee

  10. Management Investment Company

  11. Management Risk

  12. Management Tenure

  13. Manager Of Managers - MOM

  14. Manager Universe (Benchmark)

  15. Mark To Market - MTM

  16. Market Capitalization

  17. Market Neutral

  18. Market Neutral Fund

  19. Market Timing

  20. Master Fund

  21. Master Trust

  22. Merger Securities

  23. Mid-Cap Fund

  24. Minimum Investment

  25. Mirror Fund

  26. Modified Dietz Method

  27. Momentum Fund

  28. Mondustrial Policy

  29. Money Management

  30. Money Market Fund

  31. Morningstar Risk Rating

  32. Multi-Advisor Fund

  33. Multi-Asset Class

  34. Multi-Discipline Account

  35. Multiple Managers

  36. Municipal Bond Fund

  37. Mutual Fund

  38. Mutual Fund Cash Level

  39. Mutual Fund Custodian

  40. Mutual Fund Dealer's Association - MFDA

  41. Mutual Fund Liquidity Ratio

  42. Mutual Fund Subadvisor

  43. Mutual Fund Theorem

  44. Mutual Fund Timing

  45. Mutual Fund Wrap

  46. Mutual-Fund Advisory Program

  47. National Association of Investors Corporation - NAIC

  48. NAV Return

  49. Negative Correlation

  50. Net Asset Value - NAV

  51. Net Asset Value Per Share - NAVPS

  52. Net Investment Income

  53. Net Long

  54. New Fund Offer - NFO

  55. No Transaction Fee Mutual Fund

  56. No-Load Fund

  57. Non-Capped Fund

  58. Non-Publicly Offered Mutual Fund

  59. Non-Registered Account (Canada)

  60. Non-Security

  61. Nontaxable Dividends

  62. Nova/Ursa Ratio

  63. Offshore Mutual Fund

  64. Oil ETF

  65. Ontario Securities Commission - OSC

  66. Open Ended Investment Company - OEIC

  67. Open-End Fund

  68. Open-End Management Company

  69. Operational Efficiency

  70. Optimized Portfolio As Listed Securities - OPALS

  71. Option Income Fund

  72. Ordinary Dividends

  73. Oslo Stock Exchange (OSL) .OL

  74. Overweight

  75. Paper Trade

  76. Passive ETF

  77. Passive Foreign Investment Company - PFIC

  78. Passive Management

  79. Payable On Death - POD

  80. Peak-To-Valley Drawdown

  81. Performance-Based Compensation

  82. Periodic Payment Plan

  83. Periodic Payment Plan Certificate

  84. Pipeline

  85. Pipeline Theory

  86. Pooled Funds

  87. Pooled Income Fund

  88. Portfolio

  89. Portfolio Income

  90. Portfolio Insurance

  91. Portfolio Management

  92. Portfolio Manager

  93. Portfolio Pumping

  94. Portfolio Turnover

  95. Premium Adjustable Convertible Security - PEACS

  96. Premium To Net Asset Value

  97. Price Channel

  98. Primary Instrument

  99. Private Investment in Public Equity - PIPE

  100. Private Placement

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