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Should You Add These 3 Top-Performing Mutual Funds to Your Portfolio?

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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.

The easiest way to judge a mutual fund's quality over time is by analyzing its performance, diversification, and fees. Using the Zacks Mutual Fund 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 top Zacks Mutual Fund Rank and the lowest fees.

Clarkston Institutional (CILGX - Free Report) : 0.65% expense ratio and 0.5% management fee. CILGX is part of the Large Cap Blend section, and these mutual funds most often invest in firms with a market capitalization of $10 billion or more. By investing in bigger companies, these funds offer more stability, and are often well-suited for investors with a "buy and hold" mindset. CILGX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 9.64%.

American Funds Washington Mutual Investors R3 (RWMCX): 0.91% expense ratio and 0.22% management fee. RWMCX 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. RWMCX, with annual returns of 14.53% over the last five years, is a well-diversified fund with a long track record of success.

Principal Strategic Asset Management Conservative Growth R5 (PCWPX). Expense ratio: 0.54%. Management fee: 0.28%. Five year annual return: 9.69%. PCWPX is classified as an Allocation Balanced fund, which seeks to invest in a balance of asset types, like stocks, bonds, and cash, and including precious metals or commodities is not unusual.

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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