Typically, companies might invest in money market mutual funds, interest-bearing deposits, U.S. treasuries, etc.

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But it is worth bearing in mind that the mutual-fund explosion has occurred during a period when stockmarkets have been climbing fast.

ECONOMIST: Performance is all, or is it?

Morgan, an American bank which owns the American Century mutual-fund group, to sell funds bearing its own name through savings banks in Germany and France.

ECONOMIST: Fund management

Now that the national current account is in surplus, the ladies discuss the stock market and mutual funds - specifically, the 15 funds bearing the Buy Korea name.

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