Nowadays, with 83 million investors and 7 trillion dollars in assets in the United States alone, mutual funds are a very popular choice for those seeking a skilled intermediary between their savings and the volatile marketplace.

现在，共同基金仅在美国就有8300万投资者和7万亿美元的资产，对于那些想寻找有经验的中介在他们的存款和变幻莫测的市场之间起媒介作用的人来说，共同基金是一项非常受欢迎的选择。

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