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3 Magnificent Mutual Funds to Maximize Your Retirement Portfolio - September 14, 2020

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If you're invested in any of the funds in our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds" list, congratulations on owning some of the best managed and top-performing mutual funds. If you are lucky enough to discover our list of Top-Ranked Funds for the first time, it's never too late to start investing with the best, especially when it comes to your retirement.

The easiest way to judge a mutual fund's quality over time is by analyzing its performance, diversification, and fees. Using our Zacks Rank of over 19,000 mutual funds, we've identified three outstanding mutual funds that are ideally suited to help long-term investors pursue and achieve their retirement investing goals.

Here are the funds that have achieved the #1 (Strong Buy) Zacks Rank and have low fees.

Dreyfus Fund (DREVX - Free Report) : 0.72% expense ratio and 0.65% management fee. DREVX is a Large Cap Growth option; these mutual funds purchase stakes in numerous large U.S. companies that are expected to develop and grow at a faster rate than other large-cap stocks. DREVX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 10.33%.

BlackRock Science & Technology Opportunities Service Class (BSTSX - Free Report) : 1.17% expense ratio and 0.8% management fee. BSTSX is a Sector - Tech mutual fund, allowing investors to own a stake in a notoriously volatile sector with a much more diversified approach. With yearly returns of 26.1% over the last five years, BSTSX is an effectively diversified fund with a long reputation of solidly positive performance.

Lord Abbett Convertible Fund R2 (LBCQX - Free Report) is an attractive large-cap allocation. LBCQX is a Convertible Bonds fund, which are unique investment opportunities because they have both fixed income and equity components, making them hybrid securities. LBCQX has an expense ratio of 1.45%, management fee of 0.7%, and annual returns of 10.32% over the past five years.

These examples highlight the fact that there are some astonishingly good mutual funds out there. If your advisor has you in the good ones, bravo! If not, you may need to have a talk.

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