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4 Fantastic Income Funds

We share top funds for income seekers based on our annual "fantastic funds" screens.

Russel Kinnel, Christine Benz

Aug 11, 2020

Mentioned: American Funds American Mutual A (AMRMX) , Vanguard Wellesley® Income Inv (VWINX) , Fidelity® Total Bond Fund (FTBFX) , Dodge & Cox Global Bond (DODLX)

Christine Benz: Hi, I'm Christine Benz for Morningstar. Among thousands of mutual funds, how can investors go about identifying the ones that are worthwhile? Joining me to share four income-friendly funds is Russ Kinnel. He's Morningstar's manager research director. Russ, thank you so much for being here.

Russ Kinnel: Glad to be here.

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Russel Kinnel has a position in the following securities mentioned above: DODLX. Find out about Morningstar’s editorial policies.

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