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3 Strong Buy MassMutual Mutual Funds to Boost Gains

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Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company or MassMutual, along with its subsidiaries including OppenheimerFunds, manages a significant number of mutual funds across different categories, including both equity and fixed-income funds. 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 was founded in 1851 and is considered one of the leading asset managers by virtue of managing around $675 billion of assets along with its affiliates. 

Below we share with you three 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 Balanced Fund R5 (MBLDX - Free Report) seeks a high rate of return. MBLDX invests a major portion of its assets in U.S. equity securities and about 30-50% of its assets in fixed income securities. The fund may also invest almost 30% of its assets in money market instruments. MassMutual Premier Balanced Fund R5 has returned 12.3% in the last one-year period.

William Awad is one of the fund managers of MBLDX since 2005.

MassMutual Select Mid Cap Growth Fund I (MEFZX - Free Report) invests the lion’s share of its assets in a broad portfolio of common stocks issued by mid-capitalization companies with above-average growth potential for the long run. MEFZX seeks appreciation of capital for the long run. MassMutual Select Mid Cap Growth Fund I has returned 18.7% in the last one-year period.

As of June 2017, MEFZX held 207 issues, with 1.85% of its assets invested in Willis Towers Watson PLC.

MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund Service Class (DENVX - Free Report) seeks to maintain a diversified portfolio of equities in order to maximize total returns. DENVX invests in common stocks of those companies that have market capitalization of a minimum of $200 million. MassMutual Premier Disciplined Value Fund Service Class returned 16.1% over the last one-year period. 

DENVX has an expense ratio of 0.73% compared with the category average of 1.04%.

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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