Korean slang profile
뮤추얼펀드
myuchueolpeondeu
Fund organized as an investment company
A fund organized as a securities investment company in which investors become shareholders.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Dec 28, 1998
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
당대 신문을 읽으며 뮤추얼펀드가 투자회사의 형태라는 점을 배웠다.
Reading newspapers of the time, I learned that 뮤추얼펀드 takes the form of an investment company.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
A 1998 investment-product guide introduces it as a product introduced to Korea that year and gaining popularity, and explains that investors become shareholders. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
Only the meaning and context introduced in the 1998 original were checked. First use, the exact time of introduction to Korea, and the extent of popular spread were not separately verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 뮤추얼 펀드/다가온 저금리시대 ‘유망財테크’ 급부상Published Dec 28, 1998Original source checked Nov 15, 2026