Q. Explain about Money Market Mutual Funds?
Money Market Mutual Funds: Money market mutual funds (MMMFs) focus on short-term marketable securities such as TBs, CPs, CDs or call money. They have a minimum lock-in period of 30 days, and after this period an investor can withdraw his or her money any -time at a short notice or even across the counter in some cases. They offer attractive yields; yields ‘are usually 2 per cent above than on bank deposits of same maturity. MMMFs are of recent origin in India, and they have become quite popular with institutional investors and some companies.