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3 Top-Ranked Mutual Funds 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.

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 investors' portfolios.

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

Pioneer International Value Y (INVYX): 0.74% expense ratio and 0.65% management fee. INVYX is a Non US - Equity fund. Many of these funds like to allocate across emerging and developed markets, and will often focus on all cap levels. With annual returns of 12.75% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

T. Rowe Price Institutional Global Value Equity (PRIGX): 0.68% expense ratio and 0.63% management fee. PRIGX is a Global - Equity mutual fund. These funds invest in large markets like the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and operate with very few geographical limitations PRIGX, with annual returns of 13.34% over the last five years, is a well-diversified fund with a long track record of success.

Franklin Gold & Prec Metals R6 (FGPMX - Free Report) : 0.53% expense ratio and 0.48% management fee. Sector - Precious Metal funds like FGPMX normally invest in stocks focused on the mining and production of precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum, and palladium. The fund is mainly invested in equities, has a long reputation of salutary performance, and has yearly returns of 27.27% over the last 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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