投資信託(とうししんたく)

とうししんたく
noun
investment trust; mutual fund
businessfinancemoney
1. investment trust; mutual fund
A fund that pools money from many investors and has professionals invest it in stocks, bonds and other assets. Often shortened to 投信(とうしん).
投資信託(とうししんたく)を買(か)う。
To buy into a mutual fund.
毎月(まいつき)一万円(いちまんえん)ずつ投資信託(とうししんたく)に積(つ)み立(た)てている。
I put ten thousand yen into an investment trust every month.
Investment trusts don't guarantee the principal, so you can lose money.

A compound of 投資(とうし) (investment) and 信託(しんたく) (trust). In conversation and in bank advertising it is usually shortened to 投信(とうしん).

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