Money market fund
Money market fund is a mutual fund that invests in short-term debt instruments and offers investors check-writing privileges; thus, it amounts to an interest-bearing checking account.
Definitions
According to Financial Management Theory and Practice by Eugene F. Brigham and Michael C. Ehrhardt (13th edition),
- Money market fund. A mutual fund that invests in short-term debt instruments and offers investors check-writing privileges; thus, it amounts to an interest-bearing checking account.
According to Fundamentals of Financial Management by Eugene F. Brigham and Joel F. Houston (15th edition),
- Money market funds. Mutual funds that invest in short-term, low-risk securities and allow investors to write checks against their accounts.
According to Principles of Economics by Timothy Taylor (3rd edition),
- Money market funds. Where the deposits of many investors are pooled together and invested in a safe way like short-term government bonds.
Related concepts
- Financial management. A combination of enterprise efforts undertaken in order to procure and utilize monetary resources of the enterprise.
