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Mutual funds

A mutual fund is a collection of professionally selected and managed stocks, bonds, cash or alternative investments grouped together in one fund. Learn how mutual funds can be a convenient simple approach to investing.
 
Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a wide range of mutual funds.
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A convenient, simple approach to investing

Here are 3 advantages of mutual funds to consider as part of your investment strategy
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Don't put all your eggs in one basket

Mutual funds provide multiple investment opportunities in one fund.  This can provide lower risk through diversification and lower costs for you.
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Professional money management

We handle all the day-to-day decisions, such as buying, selling and researching investment opportunities for our actively managed funds.
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Easy access to your money

Mutual funds allow you to buy and sell shares as well as convert your assets to cash with ease.
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Why TIAA

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For the fourth consecutive year, TIAA was awarded the 2019 Lipper Best Mixed Assets Large Fund Group which includes TIAA’s Lifecycle Active and Index Series, Lifestyle Series and Managed Allocation Funds.*

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Choose from TIAA mutual funds that may help you meet your goals.

Mutual Funds

Target date

Pick a Lifecycle fund with a date closest to when you plan to retire, and it automatically adjusts over time.
Lifecycle Funds
Mutual Funds

Risk level

Lifestyle funds let you choose and maintain the risk level that's right for YOU.
Lifestyle Funds
Mutual Funds

Featured funds

These funds cover a spectrum of asset classes and investment styles, including equity, fixed income, and asset allocation.
Featured Mutual Funds
Mutual Funds

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Responsible investing (RI) is an expanding investment discipline that recognizes the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors across asset classes.
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Nuveen Options

You can invest in Nuveen funds through a Brokerage account.

Nuveen Municipal Bonds

Looking for tax-exempt income and the potential to dampen volatility in a diversified portfolio?
Municipal Bonds

Nuveen Mutual Funds

Learn about our wide range of funds that have received Morningstar’s Overall rating of four or five stars
Highly-rated funds

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Please note, the target date for Lifecycle funds is the approximate date when investors plan to start withdrawing their money. The principal value of the fund(s) is not guaranteed at any time, including at the target date.
 
Diversification is a technique to help reduce risk. There is no guarantee that diversification will protect against a loss of income.
 
* The Refinitiv Lipper Fund Awards are based on the Lipper Leader for Consistent Return rating, which is a risk-adjusted performance measure calculated over 36, 60 and 120 months. Lipper Leaders fund ratings do not constitute and are not intended to constitute investment advice or an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any security of any entity in any jurisdiction. For more information, see lipperfundawards.com.  Lipper Fund Awards from Refinitiv, ©2020 Refinitiv. All rights reserved. Used under license. The award pertains only to the TIAA-CREF mutual funds in the mixed-asset category.  Certain funds have fee waivers in effect. Without such waivers ratings could be lower. Past performance does not guarantee future results. For current performance, rankings and prospectuses, please visit TIAA.org.

This material is for informational or educational purposes only and does not constitute a recommendation or investment advice in connection with a distribution, transfer or rollover, a purchase or sale of securities or other investment property, or the management of securities or other investments, including the development of an investment strategy or retention of an investment manager or advisor. This material does not take into account any specific objectives or circumstances of any particular investor, or suggest any specific course of action. Investment decisions should be made in consultation with an investor's personal advisor based on the investor’s own objectives and circumstances.
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