The Growth Fund of America (NASDAQMUTFUND: AGTHX) is a favorite among retirement savers, boasting more than $142 billion in assets as of May 31 and more than 3.8 million shareholder accounts.

Over the past 12 months, the Morningstar US Growth Index boasted a return of 21.49% versus 14.56% for the Morningstar US Value Index. Given the sizable performance gap between the two styles, many ...

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF. Assets under management: $57.5 billion Dividend yield: 0.4% Expenses: 0.18% The folks at iShares have created two ETFs that track the stock market based on two broad ...

The American Funds Growth Fund of America F made its debut in November of 1973 and GFAFX has managed to accumulate roughly $7.75 billion in assets, as of the most recently available information.

Stock funds’ performance in January—including a 3% gain for large-cap growth stocks but a flat performance for stock funds overall—paled in comparison with the year-earlier January rally ...

Growth funds are best for people who are perfectly comfortable with high risk over the long term, which is a pretty narrow group of investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

Several Baron funds, including Growth and Focused Growth, have achieved the 15% annualized threshold in returns over decades (the stock market has returned about 10% over the long haul).

But if you look at a true growth fund, like the Vanguard Growth ETF , this tilt becomes even more pronounced. VUG's portfolio has a much higher 26.5% earnings growth rate, a P/E of 40.9, a P/B of ...