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4 Top-Ranked MassMutual Mutual Funds for Exceptional Returns

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company, commonly known as MassMutual, is one of the leading asset managers by virtue of $675 billion of assets that it manages along with its affiliates. Founded in 1851, MassMutual uses a multi-manager approach to offer services including life policies, money management and retirement planning to its clients throughout the globe. The company and its subsidiaries, which include Oppenheimer Funds, provide investment opportunities across a number of mutual funds from different categories.

Below we share with you four top-ranked MassMutual mutual funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of MassMutual funds.

MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Service (DEIGX - Free Report) seeks to outperform the Russell 1000 Growth Index in terms of total returns. DEIGX invests primarily in common stocks of growth-oriented companies having market capitalization of more than $200 million. MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Service has a one-year annualized return of 19.1%.

DEIGX has an expense ratio of 0.71% as compared with the category average of 1.13%.

MassMutual Select Mid-Cap Value Fund I (MLUZX - Free Report) seeks capital appreciation over the long run. MLUZX invests heavily in securities of undervalued companies having medium size market capitalization. The fund focuses on investing mainly in mid-cap companies. MassMutual Select Mid-Cap Value Fund I has a one-year annualized return of 17.2%.

Ronald Mushock is one of the fund managers of MLUZX since June 2009.

MassMutual Select Strategic Bond Fund R5 (MBSSX - Free Report) invests a large part of its assets in dollar-denominated fixed income bonds to seek higher returns. MBSSX may also invest in other U.S. and non-U.S. debt securities like government and corporate bonds, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, and money market securities. MassMutual Select Strategic Bond Fund R5 has a one-year annualized return of 2.6%.

MBSSX has an expense ratio of 0.58% as compared with the category average of 0.78%.

MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund R5 (MPGSX - Free Report) seeks to outperform the Russell 1000 Growth Index in terms of total returns. MPGSX primarily invests in common stocks issued by companies that have the potential for long-term growth. The fund normally invests in stocks of companies which have minimum market capitalization of $200 million. MassMutual Premier Disciplined Growth Fund R5 has a one-year annualized return of 19.2%.

As of March 2017, MPGSX held 452 issues, with 5.90% of its assets invested in Apple Inc.    

To view the Zacks Rank and past performance of all MassMutual mutual funds, investors can click here to see the complete list of MassMutual funds.

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