Yes
Mutual fund shares are stocks of mutual funds, fractions of mutual funds just as companies have shares.
The difference between bonds shares and mutual funds is in their definition. Bond shares refers to the individual shares that an investor owns in a company while mutual fund is the collection of all the stocks and shares in a company.
Yes, they can. But, not all mutual funds can invest in shares and securities abroad. They can only do so, if the mutual fund scheme has it in the fund objectives.
The price of a share in a mutual fund (determined by dividing the net value of the fund's assets by the number of shares outstanding) is usually announced once or twice a day.
they are required to issue shares and redeem (buy back) outstanding shares upon demand. Closed-end funds, on the other hand, issue a certain number of shares but do not stand ready to buy back their own shares from investors
Corpus of a mutual fund is defined as the sum of 1. Cash in hand + 2. Market value of its shares * no. of shares held + 3. Dividends if any
Mutual funds must also comply with regulations of each state in which its shares are held
the supply of shares in the funds is not fixed but can increase or decrease daily with purchases and redemptions of shares.
Mutual fund loads are when you are charged for a purchase of shares/units. You are also charged an one time sale fee.
The number is obtained by dividing a financial year into sub-periods based on the number of times the number of outstanding shares changes during the year. If it has changed five times, there will be 5 sub-periods. After that, you have to multiply the corresponding fraction of the fiscal year by the number of shares outstanding in that portion of the year. The sum of all the subtotals is a weighted average of outstanding shares. See the link below for an example
Net Asset Value or NAV = current market value of fund's investments - current liabilities / number of shares outstanding
equity shares are stock market instruments that represent ownership. A person holding 10 stocks of XYZ limited owns a small % of the XYZ company. mutual funds are stock market instruments too but they invest in the equity shares that is explained above.