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Growth Funds are mostly invested in Stocks and take on more risk in order to acheive higher returns. In the long run, Growth
Funds overall acheive the highest returns than Value Funds or Income Funds. Growth Funds invest in companies that Funds Managers
feel will grow faster than the overall market. They may invest in small cap stocks that have yet to mature and can sustain
a higher rate of growth.
Obviously, more risk and volatility come with these Growth Funds. If you are near retirement and will need your money
soon, this may not be the place for you. If you plan on holding your investment for 10 plus years, you may want to put most
of your investments in higher risk funds. Still, make sure you are well diversified. Not all Mutual Funds or Stocks
are created equal. And with this type of fund, you may be up 30% one year and down 10% the next year. That's why they are
considered long-term investment. In the long run you should acheive better results than Value or Income Funds.
Below are the links into websites that contain information on Growth Funds:
Growth and Value Funds Explained
As their name implies, these funds tend to look for the fastest-growing companies on the market. Growth managers are willing to take more risk and pay a premium for their stocks in an effort to build a portfolio of companies with above-average earnings momentum or price appreciation. Solid Small Growth Funds Fund Screener by Morningstar with search criteria for the best Small Cap Growth Funds. 4 growth funds that invest like Buffett When people talk about mutual funds that invest in a style influenced by Warren Buffett, value funds are most often mentioned. But Buffett's philosophy applies just as well to growth as it does to value. Growth funds lead while some value funds falter Growth funds led the All-Stars to beat the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index over the past 12 months, but lower-performing value funds kept them from edging out the average stock fund. Battered growth funds may be worth new look If you have ever been seized by the urge to make toast in the bathtub, you know that sometimes it's better to curb your impulses. And if you've owned a small-company growth fund the past five years, you've probably been shocked by just how much you can lose in one of these funds. TOP SMALL CAP GROWTH FUNDS Zacks.com - Top SmallCap Growth Funds - Invests primarily in small companies (generally those with market capitalizations not exceeding $2 billion), with a focus on growth stocks Top 25 Growth Funds Top 25 Growth Funds Based on Year To Date Return - Screener from CBS Marketwatch. Growth Gains Ground May 1, 2006- The New Year began without any specific disasters to test the markets, and stocks continued their upswing in the first quarter. "It was a neutralish to positive sort of quarter," says Jack Robinson, president of Winslow Management Co. Some of the biggest gains occurred abroad, while domestically, growth outperformed value in all but the large-cap category.
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