Zacks.com recently published an article highlighting the top municipal bond mutual funds for investors to consider. The article mentioned the following funds:

• Western Asset Municipal High Income A (STXAX)
• PIMCO NY Municipal A (PNYAX)
• Franklin CA High Yield Municipal A (FCAMX)
• BlackRock High Yield Municipal Investor A (MDYHX)
• Oppenheimer Rochester High Yield Municipal A (ORNAX)

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The New York Times recently published an article regarding retirement funds and the increase in tech start-up holdings. While these funds have traditionally held well-known blue chip stocks, many funds are now taking stakes in companies like Uber, Airbnb and Pinterest.

For example, the Fidelity Contrafund (Liquid error: internal) includes shares from all three of the start-up companies. Last year, there were 29 deals that included mutual funds buying stakes in tech start-ups.

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Zacks.com recently published an article highlighting five mutual funds for investors to consider that will minimize portfolio risks. The list included the following funds:

• Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced A (IBALX)
• Dodge & Cox Balanced (DODBX)
• Hartford Balanced A (ITTAX)
• Invesco Income Allocation A (ALAAX)
• Pioneer Classic Balanced A (AOBLX)

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