Investing mutual funds geopolitical risks briefly pressured

Geopolitical risks briefly pressured energy markets, yet balanced mutual funds with 8-12% exposure to oil majors posted gains of 1.1% as crude settled above $83 per barrel. This environment favors commodity-inclusive strategies for investing mutual funds. MFS Low Volatility Global Equity A (MVGAX). Expense ratio: 0.99%. Management fee: 0.55%. Five year annual return: 10.32%. MVGAX is a Global - Equity mutual fund. These funds invest in large markets like the U.S., Europe, and Japan, and operate with very few geographical limitations One of the ways that BlackRock has been innovating in this space is bringing a systematic strategy to rotate factor exposures. So this is leveraging, um, a lot of data and systematic insights from our BlackRock systematic investing team to determine which factors are the most relevant in this market today, and doing that rotation for investors. Global equity mutual funds reported $2.3B in net inflows, driven largely by strong European banking sector earnings. Strategic allocation to underpriced international equities is a theme emerging among forward-looking investing mutual funds.