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3 Top-Performing Mutual Funds to Consider for Your Retirement Portfolio- January 20, 2020

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Our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds" list includes some of the best managed and best performing funds around. If you're already invested in these, congratulations! But if you're just now discovering them, don't worry. When it comes to your retirement, it's never too late to start investing in the best.

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

DFA US Core Equity 1 I (DFEOX - Free Report) : 0.19% expense ratio and 0.17% management fee. DFEOX 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. DFEOX has achieved five-year annual returns of an astounding 10.44%.

Principal Large Cap Growth I A (PLGAX - Free Report) : 1.04% expense ratio and 0.6% management fee. PLGAX is a Large Cap Growth mutual fund, and these funds invest in many large U.S. firms that are projected to grow at a faster rate than their large-cap peers. With yearly returns of 10.91% over the last five years, PLGAX is an effectively diversified fund with a long reputation of solidly positive performance.

MFS Global Growth R6 (MWOKX - Free Report) . Expense ratio: 1.05%. Management fee: 0.9%. Five year annual return: 12.07%. MWOKX is a Global - Equity mutual fund investing in bigger markets like the U.S., Europe, and Japan; these kinds of funds aren't limited by geography.

There you have it. If your financial advisor had you put your money into any of our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds," then they've got you covered. If not, you may need to talk.

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