Balanced Fund

Balanced fund

An investment company that invests in stocks and bonds. The same as a balanced mutual fund.

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Balanced Mutual Fund

A mutual fund with a portfolio mixing stocks, bonds, and cash equivalents in different types of securities in a more-or-less fixed ratio. Balanced mutual funds are used for long-term investing. They also seek to diversify one's portfolio and avoid volatility in any one market. It is an example of an asset allocation fund.

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balanced fund

An investment company that spreads its investments among stocks and bonds. Essentially, a balanced fund is a middle-of-the-road fund made up of investments that will achieve both moderate income and moderate capital growth.

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Balanced fund. Balanced funds are mutual funds that invest in a portfolio of common stocks, preferred stocks, and bonds to meet their investment goal of seeking a strong return while moderating risk.

Balanced funds generally produce more income than stock funds, though their total return may be less than stock fund returns in a strong stock market.

In a flat or falling stock market, however, disappointing returns on equity investments may be offset by a stronger performance from a balanced fund's fixed-income investments.

Balanced funds are sometimes described as a type of asset allocation fund, which provides the opportunity to spread your money among asset classes with one investment.