3 Easy Ways to Build a Killer Investment Portfolio

Jan 12, 2018, 11:55 AM

MONEY has just released its expanded 2018 list of the 50 best mutual funds and 50 best ETFs to own.

What makes these funds great isn't that they're the hottest or most popular options around—although some of them are—but that they can be used to construct a thoroughly diversified, low-cost portfolio that's built to last for years, if not decades.

What follows are three sample portfolios, each built from MONEY's top fund picks, that reflect three different investing approaches.