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Make the Most of Your Retirement with These Top-Ranked Mutual Funds - October 07, 2020

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Our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds" list includes some of the best managed and best performing funds around. If you're already invested in these, congratulations! But if you're just now discovering them, don't worry. When it comes to your retirement, it's never too late to start investing in the best.

How can you tell a good mutual fund from a bad one? It's pretty basic: if the fund is diversified, has low fees, and shows strong performance, it's a keeper. Of course, there's a wide range, but using our Zacks Rank, we've found three mutual funds that would be great additions to any long-term retirement investors' portfolios.

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

Matthews Asia Innovators Institutional (MITEX - Free Report) : 1.05% expense ratio and 0.66% management fee. MITEX is part of the Sector - Tech mutual fund category that invests in technology and lets investors own a stake in a notoriously volatile sector, but with a much more diversified approach. MITEX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 12.54%.

Janus Henderson Forty I (JCAPX - Free Report) . Expense ratio: 0.76%. Management fee: 0.63%. JCAPX 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. This fund has managed to produce a robust 16.21% over the last five years.

Fidelity Growth Strategies Fund K (FAGKX - Free Report) : 0.52% expense ratio and 0.35% management fee. FAGKX is an All Cap Growth mutual fund. In order to increase diversification, these funds have holdings across small, medium, and large-cap levels. With a five-year annual return of 10.11%, this fund is a well-diversified fund with a long track record of success.

There you have it. If your financial advisor had you put your money into any of our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds," then they've got you covered. If not, you may need to talk.

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