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Make the Most of Your Retirement with These Top-Ranked Mutual Funds

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It is never too late to invest in mutual funds for retirement. As such, if you plan to invest in some of the best funds, the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank can provide you with valuable guidance.

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.

DFA US Small Cap Growth Institutional (DSCGX - Free Report) has a 0.31% expense ratio and 0.28% management fee. DSCGX is a Small Cap Growth mutual fund and tends to feature small companies in up-and-coming industries and markets. With yearly returns of 12.92% over the last five years, this fund clearly wins.

Eaton Vance Emg & Frontr Cntrys A (EACOX): 1.4% expense ratio and 0.98% management fee. EACOX is a Non US - Equity option, focusing their investments acoss emerging and developed markets, and can often extend across cap levels too. EACOX, with annual returns of 15.84% over the last five years, is a well-diversified fund with a long track record of success.

Lord Abbett Affiliated Fund C (LAFCX) is an attractive large-cap allocation. LAFCX is a part of the Large Cap Value category, and invests in equities with a market capitalization of $10 billion or more, but whose share prices do not reflect their intrinsic value. LAFCX has an expense ratio of 1.44%, management fee of 0.32%, and annual returns of 11.98% 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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