{"id":1612,"date":"2024-04-24T09:24:56","date_gmt":"2024-04-24T09:24:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jamawealth.com\/askguru\/?p=1612"},"modified":"2026-03-02T19:24:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T19:24:35","slug":"can-you-explain-mutual-fund-in-easy-words","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/24\/can-you-explain-mutual-fund-in-easy-words\/","title":{"rendered":"Can you explain mutual fund in easy words?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A mutual fund is simply a pool of money managed by a professional who invests it in other company stocks (share in profit) or bonds (given out as loans). The pool then generates income which is either added to the pool (growth) or passed back to investors (dividend).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When you invest, ensure you only do in Direct Plan Mutual Funds. You then get upto 40% more in long term portfolio size by avoiding commissions and brokers. Use an app like&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/jama.co.in\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=ans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jama<\/a>&nbsp;to get started with mutual funds.<\/p>\n\n\n<!-- mw-cta-block -->\n\n<div class=\"mw-cta-block\" style=\"background:#EEF3FC;border-left:5px solid #1C52A0;padding:22px 26px 20px;margin:36px 0 24px;border-radius:0 10px 10px 0;\">\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 4px;font-size:11px;font-weight:700;color:#276FC4;letter-spacing:1px;text-transform:uppercase;\">Maxiom Wealth \u2014 Free Tool<\/p>\n  <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px;font-size:19px;font-weight:700;color:#113E81;line-height:1.3;\">Is Your Mutual Fund Working Hard Enough?<\/h3>\n  <p style=\"margin:0 0 18px;color:#444;font-size:15px;line-height:1.65;\">Two funds with similar star ratings can deliver very different outcomes. Use our fund comparison tool to check if you&#8217;re in the right scheme for your risk profile and investment horizon.<\/p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/resources\/calculators\/better-funds-checker\" style=\"display:inline-block;background:#1C52A0;color:#fff!important;padding:11px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin:0 10px 8px 0;\">Compare Funds \u2192<\/a>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/meeting\" style=\"display:inline-block;border:2px solid #1C52A0;color:#1C52A0!important;padding:9px 22px;border-radius:6px;text-decoration:none;font-weight:600;font-size:14px;margin-bottom:8px;\">Talk to a Financial Advisor<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mutual fund is simply a pool of money managed by a professional who invests it in other company stocks (share in profit) or bonds (given out as loans). The pool then generates income which is either added to the pool (growth) or passed back to investors (dividend). When you invest, ensure you only do&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/2024\/04\/24\/can-you-explain-mutual-fund-in-easy-words\/\" class=\"\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Can you explain mutual fund in easy words?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-investing-for-beginners-mutual-funds","category-mutual-funds"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1612"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3424,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1612\/revisions\/3424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxiomwealth.com\/askguru\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}