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3 Great Mutual Fund Picks for Your Retirement - April 08, 2020

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The funds in our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds" list are some of the top-performing, best managed funds available. If you're already invested in them, congratulations! If you're not, don't worry - it's never too late to start getting the advantages of these outstanding funds for your retirement.

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 our Zacks Rank, we've found three mutual funds that would be great additions to any long-term retirement investors' portfolios.

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

Franklin Small Cap Growth R6 (FSMLX - Free Report) has a 0.64% expense ratio and 0.62% management fee. FSMLX is one of many Small Cap Growth mutual funds; these funds tend to create their portfolios around stocks with market capitalization of less than $2 billion. With yearly returns of 10.58% over the last five years, this fund clearly wins.

MFS Mid-Cap Growth Fund 529A : 1.1% expense ratio and 0.69% management fee. EAMCX is a Mid Cap Growth mutual fund. These funds aim to target companies with a market capitalization between $2 billion and $10 billion that are also expected to exhibit more extensive growth opportunities for investors than their peers. With yearly returns of 12.39% over the last five years, EAMCX is an effectively diversified fund with a long reputation of solidly positive performance.

JPMorgan Growth Advantage R5 (JGVRX - Free Report) is an attractive large-cap allocation. JGVRX 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. JGVRX has an expense ratio of 0.74%, management fee of 0.55%, and annual returns of 15.11% over the past five years.

So, there you have it - if your advisor has you invested in any of our "Magnificent Retirement Mutual Funds," they are certainly earning their keep. If not, you may want to look elsewhere.

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