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3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement - April 28, 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.

Great performance, diversification, and low fees: it's a pretty simple formula for a great mutual fund. Some are better than others, but utilizing our Zacks Rank, we have identified three mutual funds that would make great additions to long-term investors' portfolios.

Let's take a look at some of the highest Zacks Ranked mutual funds with the lowest fees.

MFS Growth Fund A (MFEGX - Free Report) : 0.89% expense ratio and 0.54% management fee. MFEGX is a Large Cap Growth mutual fund, and these funds invest in many large U.S. firms that are projected to grow at a faster rate than their large-cap peers. With annual returns of 10.13% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

Janus Henderson Global Technology A (JATAX - Free Report) is a stand out amongst its peers. JATAX is a Sector - Tech mutual fund, allowing investors to own a stake in a notoriously volatile sector with a much more diversified approach. With five-year annualized performance of 15.23%, expense ratio of 1.01% and management fee of 0.64%, this diversified fund is an attractive buy with a strong history of performance.

MSIF Global Opportunity Portfolio A (MGGPX - Free Report) is an attractive large-cap allocation. MGGPX is a Global - Equity mutual fund. These funds invest in large markets like the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and operate with very few geographical limitations. MGGPX has an expense ratio of 1.22%, management fee of 0.74%, and annual returns of 11.84% 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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