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3 BlackRock Mutual Funds You Must Certainly Buy

Zacks Equity Research
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BlackRock Inc. is one of the world’s leading asset management firms offering a range of risk management, strategic advisor and enterprise investment system services. With about $9.49 trillion worth of assets under management (excluding money market assets) as of Jun 30, 2020, it caters to institutional, intermediary and individual investors.

Its offerings range from individual and institutional separate accounts to mutual funds and other pooled investment options. BlackRock aims to provide a wide range of investment solutions to strike a balance between risk and opportunities.

Below we share with you three top-ranked BlackRock funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of funds, their Zacks Rank and past performance.

BlackRock Large Cap Focus Growth Fund Investor A Shares MDFOX aims for capital appreciation over the long term. The fund invests the majority of its assets in in common stock of not less than 25 to not more than 45 companies that have strong earnings, revenue growth and capital appreciation potential. The fund mostly invests in large cap equity securities and derivatives. MDFOX has returned 24.5% in the past three years.

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Lawrence G. Kemp is one of the fund managers of MDFOX since 2013.

BlackRock Commodity Strategies Portfolio Investor A Shares BCSAX fund aims for total return. The fund focuses on investments in commodity-linked derivatives and plans to meet coverage and collateral requirements associated with these derivative investments. BCSAX has returned 7.7% in the past three years.

BCSAX has an expense ratio of 0.97% compared with the category average of 1.11%.

BlackRock International Fund of BlackRock Series, Inc. Investor A Shares MDILX aims for capital appreciation over the long term. The fund invests the majority of assets in stocks of companies located outside the United States. MDILX invests a minimum of 75% of its total assets in global equity securities of any market capitalization. The fund has a three-year annualized return of 15.7%.

As of May 28 2021, MDILX held 43 issues with 5.6% of its assets invested in Volkswagen AG Participating Preferred.

To view the Zacks Rank and past performance of all BlackRock mutual funds, investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.

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