Looking for a new long-term investment opportunity? In need of a strong fund on the rise for your investment portfolio? We can help!

Using our Mutual Funds Screener we identified mutual funds that fit these criteria for you. We found BUY rated funds that, in our opinion, are further improving their already good ratings.

We analyzed all mutual funds in our database to find the ones that were recently upgraded to an A-. The search returned 30 funds, 20 of them with investments in technology. We further narrowed them down to see the ones with above average one-, three-, and five-year total returns. We want to make sure the funds are performing well.

The final search returned seven mutual funds, all rated A- and with a concentration in technology investments. The five-year total returns are quite impressive for these funds, reaching 130 percent for some, well above the industry average of 51.8 percent.

Here are all seven mutual funds that, based on our ratings and data analysis, are moving up the Weiss Ratings ladder:

• Putnam Global Technology Fund Class Y (PGTYX)
• Putnam Global Technology Fund Class A (PGTAX)
• Putnam Global Technology Fund Class R (PGTRX)
• Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund Class Y (CGTUX)
• Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund Class R4 (CTYRX)
• Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund Class Z (CMTFX)
• Columbia Global Technology Growth Fund Class A (CTCAX)

The above funds are heavily invested in companies like Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT), Facebook (FB), and Apple (AAPL). The full list of top investments is available under the “Top Holdings” tab for each mutual fund above.

You will see that Columbia and Putnam Global are the only providers of the above funds. Each has a different class, which generally means that the fund will have different fees and expenses.

Be sure to use our tools and ratings to make informed financials decisions. Add any investment to your Watchlist and we will let you know when a rating change takes place.