Zacks Mutual Fund Rank Continues Identifying Winners

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Feb 23, 2017, 13:36 ET

CHICAGO, Feb. 23, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- In its third year of live performance the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank has built upon its prior two years of success with another successful year in predicting relative returns of Mutual Funds during the year 2016. "This is the third year of live performance of the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank which classifies funds into categories and predicts relative performance within each category," says Adam Cohen, EVP of Zacks Institutional Services division. "We are confident that over the next decades the Zacks Mutual Fund Rank will deliver the same type of stellar performance as has the Zacks Stock Rank – whose top portfolio outperformed the S&P 500 in 23 out of the last 28 years."

Zacks provided updated Mutual Fund Rankings to Zacks clients at the beginning of each quarter going back to 2013. These rankings were able to separate funds with similar objectives into quintiles such that, during all three years of live performance, Zacks Rank #1 Mutual Funds outperformed Zacks Rank #5 funds in more than 90% of US Equity mutual fund style classifications and in excess of 65% of other asset classes each year.

	Annual Return Spread between
	Zacks Mutual Fund Rank 1's and Rank 5's for
	2014, 2015 & 2016
	All Cap		Large Cap			Mid Cap			Small Cap			US	Intl.	FI /
	Growth	Value	Blend	Growth	Value	Blend	Growth	Value	Blend	Growth	Value	Sector	Equity	Other
2014	2.13	0.32	4.33	2.02	1.94	1.22	0.52	1.26	(2.20)	(0.23)	0.84	2.26	(2.11)	2.88
2015	0.74	4.44	1.28	0.76	1.37	0.55	(2.25)	0.59	(0.77)	0.90	4.67	1.44	7.25	0.85
2016	2.08	3.81	(0.11)	0.06	1.54	2.73	1.06	4.57	5.44	(1.88)	1.75	0.15	(6.27)	(0.20)
ALL	1.65	2.84	1.82	0.94	1.62	1.49	(0.23)	2.12	0.77	(0.41)	2.41	1.17	(0.49)	1.07

The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank, which was formulated during 2013, is based on the findings of academic finance that although the equity markets may be highly efficient, Mutual Fund performance is influenced by organizational, institutional and behavioral factors and can be predicted.

For more information about Zacks Mutual Fund Rank– GO TO http://www.zacks.com/funds/mutual-funds

Or contact Adam Cohen, EVP Zacks Institutional Services, 312-265-9227, [email protected] or Terry Ruffolo, Director Media Relations, 312-265-9213, [email protected].

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SOURCE Zacks Investment Research