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

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It is never too late to invest in mutual funds for retirement. As such, if you plan to invest in some of the best funds, the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank can provide you with valuable guidance.

The easiest, most reliable way to judge a mutual fund's quality over time is by analyzing its performance, diversification, and fees. The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank, which covers over 19,000 mutual funds, has helped us identify three outstanding options that are perfect for any long-term investors' portfolios that is retirement-focused.

Let's take a look at some of our top-ranked mutual funds with the lowest fees.

Nuveen Quant SmallCap Equity I (TSCHX): 0.42% expense ratio and 0.4% management fee. TSCHX is a Small Cap Blend mutual fund, and usually targets stocks with market caps of less than $2 billion, letting investors diversify their funds among other kinds of small-cap equities. TSCHX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 15.32%.

Macquarie Asset Strategy Y (WASYX) is a stand out amongst its peers. WASYX 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. With five-year annualized performance of 9.6%, expense ratio of 1.11% and management fee of 0.68%, this diversified fund is an attractive buy with a strong history of performance.

Franklin Gold & Prec Metals R6 (FGPMX - Free Report) . Expense ratio: 0.54%. Management fee: 0.48%. Five year annual return: 11.47%. FGPMX is classified as a Sector - Precious Metal fund, and these mutual funds invest in stocks with a focus on the mining and production of precious metals like gold, silver, platinum, and palladium.

These examples highlight the fact that there are some astonishingly good mutual funds out there. If your advisor has you in the good ones, bravo! If not, you may need to have a talk.


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