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American Funds The Growth Fund Of America® Class A (AGTHX)

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78.60 -0.66 -0.83%

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Total Assets: 159.84B

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Find basic information about the American Funds The Growth Fund Of America® Class A mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add AGTHX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change17.65%

Prev. Close79.26

Risk Rating

TTM Yield0.37%

ROE29.11%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover25%

ROA12.89%

Inception DateNov 30, 1973

Total Assets159.84B

Expenses0.61%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap286.03B

CategoryLarge Growth

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Global equities mixed, oil drops on uncertainty about Trump moves, geopolitics By Reuters - 1 hour ago

By Chibuike Oguh NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks finished lower on Wall Street but edged higher in Europe on Friday amid uncertainty about U.S. President Donald Trump's rapid policy...

Wall Street ends sharply lower on mounting concerns over economy, tariffs By Reuters - 1 hour ago

By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. stocks tumbled on Friday, extending their selloff in the wake of dour economic reports and closing the book on a holiday-shortened week...

Stock market today: S&P 500 in bloodbath as economic jitters intensify By Investing.com - 1 hour ago

Investing.com - The S&P 500 slumped Friday, ending the week with a loss as soft data flagging worries about the economy triggered a sea of red of across stock. At 4:00 p.m....

American Funds The Growth Fund Of America® Class A Analysis

Tariffs May Pose Greater Threat to Corporate Profitability Than Inflation By Lance Roberts - 12 hours ago

For Part 1 on “Tariff Risk” read: Tariff Impact Not As Bearish As Predicted. In “Trumpflation” we discussed why the tariff risk was not inflation. To wit: “Today, globalization...

S&P 500 Earnings Strong, but Investors Still Wary of Trade and Tariff Risks By Christine Short - Feb 20, 2025

Economic and corporate uncertainties are elevated as we progress through the first quarter. There’s no getting around it, tariffs are the headliner no matter where you go....

S&P 500 Pushes Through Bull Trap; Nasdaq Could Try to Follow Up Today By Declan Fallon - Feb 19, 2025

The S&P 500 ticked all the boxes as it closed above the 'bull trap' in a fresh breakout that came with a higher volume accumulation. It was a solid statement of intent for...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1052	1103	1328	1426	2093	3833
Fund Return	5.17%	10.34%	32.75%	12.56%	15.91%	14.38%
Place in category	121	265	309	429	461	433
% in Category	13	24	29	45	50	58

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds American Balanced A	113.89B	2.88	7.03	8.59
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	97.72B	4.65	14.26	12.56
American Funds Washington Mutual A	91.91B	3.95	11.37	12.16
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	78.87B	4.29	12.58	12.76
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	79.45B	3.19	5.30	7.14

Top Funds for Large Growth Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Fidelity Contrafund	128.94B	5.42	16.00	16.05
Fidelity Contrafund K	128.94B	5.45	16.08	16.15
Vanguard Growth Index Adm	91.29B	1.95	13.55	16.14
JPMorgan Large Cap Growth R6	69.69B	3.25	15.74	18.31
Fidelity Blue Chip Growth	68.75B	2.25	15.58	18.45

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	5.70	683.55	-1.62%
Microsoft	US5949181045	4.98	408.21	-1.88%
Amazon.com	US0231351067	4.45	216.58	-2.83%
Broadcom	US11135F1012	4.21	218.66	-3.56%
NVIDIA	US67066G1040	3.87	134.43	-4.08%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Neutral	Strong Buy	Buy
Technical Indicators	Sell	Strong Sell	Strong Buy
Summary	Neutral	Neutral	Strong Buy

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	American Funds Gr.	78.60	-0.66	-0.83%