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Distribution Regular payments from mutual funds to their shareholders, made up of dividends, interest and short-term capital gains earned from the fund’s portfolio of securities. Income may be distributed annually, bi-annually, quarterly, or monthly, with operating expenses deducted. |
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Distribution Schedule The frequency (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually) of a mutual fund's scheduled distributions of dividends or capital gains. |
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Distribution Yield Latest net income distributed (annualized), divided by month-end net asset value. |
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Diversification An investing strategy that spreads risk, and thus increases stability and safety, by investing assets over many different individual securities and/or asset classes. |
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Dividend A payment to shareholders of moneys earned by a fund. |
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Dollar-Cost Averaging Investing a fixed dollar amount at regular intervals over a long period of time to insure purchases at a variety of prices. |
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