what is an example of a fund 
an example of a fund is a mutual fund mutual funds accept money from investors and use that money to invest in a variety of assets mutual funds have managers that manage the fund for a fee which they charge to investors investors allocate money to mutual funds in hopes of increasing their wealth the bottom linea fund is a pool of money that has been created for a specific reason there are different types of funds that exist for different purposes an emergency fund is created by individuals and families for emergency expenses such as medical bills or to pay for rent and food if a wage earner loses a job an investment fund is an entity created to pool the money of various investors with the goal of investing that money into various assets in order to generate a return on the invested capital individuals governments families and investors all use funds for very different purposes but the essential goal remains the same to set aside a certain amount of money for a specific need 