3 Great Mutual Fund Picks For Your Retirement - March 19, 2020

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.

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.

BlackRock (NYSE:BLK) Mid Cap Growth Equity I (CMGIX): 0.8% expense ratio and 0.67% management fee. CMGIX 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 annual returns of 15.75% over the last five years, this fund is a winner.

PIMCO StocksPLUS C (PSPCX) is a stand out amongst its peers. PSPCX is a part of the Allocation Balanced fund category; these funds like to invest in a variety of asset types, finding a balance between stocks, bonds, cash, and sometimes even precious metals and commodities; they are mostly categorized by their respective asset allocation. With five-year annualized performance of 10.57%, expense ratio of 1.4% and management fee of 0.65%, this diversified fund is an attractive buy with a strong history of performance.

JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) Small Cap Growth Fund A (PGSGX): 1.24% expense ratio and 0.65% management fee. PGSGX is a Small Cap Growth mutual fund and tends to feature small companies in up-and-coming industries and markets. The fund is mainly invested in equities, has a long reputation of salutary performance, and has yearly returns of 13.04% over the last 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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