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Mutual funds are a collection of stocks designed to meet a stated investment objective or strategy.
Some funds are designed to provide growth, others to give you income. Fully diversified mutual funds can offer you access to more than 50 individual stocks or bonds. Achieving a similarly diversified portfolio by purchasing individual stocks is more difficult and costly. The trading costs for buying and selling stocks can quickly eat away a smaller portfolio's value. This is less of a problem if you have a larger sum of money to invest.