Fund Research for American Funds Growth Fund of Amer 529A (CGFAX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Feb 15, 2002
    Category: Large Growth
    Overall Risk: Below Average
    Fund Family: American Funds
    Return Since Inception: 3.36%
    YTD Return: 33.02%
    Yield (TTM): 0.93%
    Net Assets: 2.62 B
    Morningstar Rating:
    4 of 5

    The investment seeks capital growth by investing in common stocks. The fund invests primarily in common stocks and seeks to invest in companies that appear to offer superior opportunities for growth of capital. It may also hold cash or money market instruments. The fund may invest up to 15% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States and Canada and not included in Standard & Poor's 500 Composite Index.

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    Size
    Average Market Cap $40,145 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 54.43%
    Large 35.79%
    Medium 9.68%
    Small 0.10%
    Micro 0.00%
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/25/2009    		 Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)

  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 02/28/2002 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 33.02% 41.05% -3.50% 3.15% 3.15% 3.36%
    +/- Category -0.18% -0.78% 0.18% 1.77% 4.61% —
    +/- S&P 500 TR 7.88% 7.90% 2.00% 2.40% -0.95% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 16.96% 9.05% -6.77% 1.46% 2.54% 2.57%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 19.73% -7.96% -4.88% 2.34% — 2.92%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/25/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/25/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 02/15/2002
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
    View Total Returns

  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 27.83%
    Service 33.23%
    Manufacturing 27.81%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash — 7.65% 7.65%
    Stocks — 88.89% 88.89%
    Bonds — 3.45% 3.45%
    Other — 0.01% 0.01%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 — 16.75% 16.75%
    Data as of 09/30/2009 Data as of 09/30/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    + MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT) Software 18.95 43.62% 3.28%
    - GOOGLE INC (GOOG) Telecom 37.51 74.64% 3.23%
    = ORACLE CORP (ORCL) Software 20.19 18.67% 2.94%
    - APPLE INC (AAPL) Hardware 32.10 121.15% 2.12%
    - CISCO SYS INC (CSCO) Hardware 23.89 40.55% 1.63%
    - PHILIP MORRIS INTL INC (PM) Consumer Goods 15.79 13.79% 1.37%
    + BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION (BAC) Financial Services — 5.33% 1.30%
    + MEDTRONIC INC (MDT) Healthcare 20.51 16.45% 1.26%
    + COCA COLA CO (KO) Consumer Goods 21.17 20.06% 1.23%
    + JPMORGAN CHASE & CO (JPM) Financial Services 34.52 37.11% 1.15%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    P/E as of 11/27/2009
    All other data as of 06/30/2009
    View Fund Portfolio

  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial 5.75%
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 11/01/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 0.76%
    Taken from annual report dated 08/31/2009

  • Fund Management