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Make the Most of Your Retirement with These Top-Ranked Mutual Funds

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There is never a wrong time to invest in mutual funds for retirement. So, if you're still looking for the best mutual funds, the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank can be a great guide.

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 the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank, we've found three mutual funds that would be great additions to any long-term retirement investors' portfolios.

Here are the funds that have achieved the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and have low fees.

Janus Henderson Contrarian R

(JCNRX - Free Report) : 1.35% expense ratio and 0.49% management fee. JCNRX is a Large Cap Value mutual fund, which invests in stocks with a market cap of $10 billion of more, but whose share prices do not reflect their intrinsic value. JCNRX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 12.62%.

MFS Blended Research Core Equity R3

(MUETX - Free Report) . Expense ratio: 0.74%. Management fee: 0.4%. MUETX is classified as a Large Cap Blend fund. More often than not, Large Cap Blend mutual funds invest in companies with a market cap of over $10 billion. Buying stakes in bigger companies offer these funds more stability, and are well-suited for investors with a "buy and hold" mindset. This fund has managed to produce a robust 15.36% over the last five years.

VALIC Company I Mid Cap Strategic Growth

(VMSGX - Free Report) is an attractive large-cap allocation. VMSGX is a Global - Equity mutual fund, which invests their assets in large markets, leveraging the global economy. VMSGX has an expense ratio of 0.74%, management fee of 0.64%, and annual returns of 13.13% over the past five years.

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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