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3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement

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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 best way to shortlist great mutual funds is to ensure solid performance, diversification, and low fees. Some are better than others, but utilizing the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank, we have identified three mutual funds that could be solid additions to one's retirement portfolio.

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

Vanguard Windsor-II Investor (VWNFX): 0.33% expense ratio and 0.31% management fee. VWNFX 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. With annual returns of 13.57% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

PGIM QuantSolutions SmCap Value R (TSVRX): 1.32% expense ratio and 0.6% management fee. TSVRX is a Small Cap Value fund, and these funds are known for investing in companies with market caps under $2 billion. TSVRX, with annual returns of 11.62% over the last five years, is a well-diversified fund with a long track record of success.

Eaton Vance Emg & Frontr Cntrys A (EACOX - Free Report) is an attractive large-cap allocation. EACOX is a part of the Non US - Equity fund category, many of which will focus across all cap levels, and will typically allocate their investments between emerging and developed markets. EACOX has an expense ratio of 1.4%, management fee of 0.98%, and annual returns of 14.43% over the past five years.

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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