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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.

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

Nuveen Small-Cap Value Opps R6 (NSCFX - Free Report) : 0.81% expense ratio and 0.8% management fee. NSCFX is a Small Cap Value fund, and these funds are known for investing in companies with market caps under $2 billion. With annual returns of 13.21% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

Invesco Value Opportunities R5 (VVONX) is a stand out amongst its peers. VVONX 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 five-year annualized performance of 22.02%, expense ratio of 0.71% and management fee of 0.6%, this diversified fund is an attractive buy with a strong history of performance.

AB International Strategy Equities Adviser (STEYX) is an attractive large-cap allocation. STEYX is a Non US - Equity option, focusing their investments acoss emerging and developed markets, and can often extend across cap levels too. STEYX has an expense ratio of 0.67%, management fee of 0.66%, and annual returns of 12.23% 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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