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3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement - August 10, 2020

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The funds in our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds" list are some of the top-performing, best managed funds available. If you're already invested in them, congratulations! If you're not, don't worry - it's never too late to start getting the advantages of these outstanding funds for 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.

Let's break down some of the mutual funds with the highest Zacks Rank and the lowest fees.

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 annual returns of 26.1% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

Principal Mid Cap Growth J (PMGJX - Free Report) is a stand out amongst its peers. PMGJX is a Mid Cap Growth mutual fund. These mutual funds choose companies with a stock market valuation between $2 billion and $10 billion. With five-year annualized performance of 10.39%, expense ratio of 0.97% and management fee of 0.65%, this diversified fund is an attractive buy with a strong history of performance.

Brown Advisory Flexible Equity Investor (BIAFX - Free Report) . Expense ratio: 0.71%. Management fee: 0.44%. Five year annual return: 11.06%. BIAFX is an Allocation Balanced mutual fund. Allocation Balanced funds look to invest across asset types, like stocks, bonds, and cash, and including precious metals or commodities is not unusual; these funds are mostly categorized by their respective asset allocation.

We hope that your investment advisor (if you use one) has you invested in one or all of the top-ranked mutual funds we've reviewed. But if that isn't the case, it might be time to have a conversation or reconsider this vitally important relationship.

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