The Growth Fund of America

Scorecard
4 / 5 Stars
Lipper
2 3 4 5 4
Zacks Investment Research
5 (Strong Sell)
Standard & Poor's
3 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com
C (Hold)

Fund Holdings

The fund seeks to invest in a diversified portfolio of primarily common stocks in order to achieve long-term growth of capital. According to Value Line, “The managers pursue a broad range of investments for the fund, including growth stocks, cyclical companies, and depressed industries, as well as turnaround and value situations, with the ultimate goal being a diversified portfolio with above-average growth prospects.”

Asset Allocation

% Long % Net
Cash 8.56 8.56
Stocks 74.83 74.83
Bonds 0.43 0.43
Other 0.96 0.96
Foreign Bonds 0.0 0.0
Foreign Stocks 15.21 15.21
Convertible 0.0 0.0
Preferred 0.0 0.0

Updated 03.31.2013

Top 10 Holdings

Performance as of 04.30.2013

Portfolio as of 03.31.2013

Ticker YTD Return % % Net Assets
Gilead Sciences Inc GILD 36.53 4.36
Amazon.com Inc AMZN -1.05 3.82
Google, Inc. Class A GOOG 15.98 3.12
Home Depot, Inc. HD 18.27 2.61
Comcast Corp Class A CMCSA 12.57 1.98
Oracle Corporation ORCL -0.48 1.77
Philip Morris International, Inc. PM 15.4 1.73
EOG Resources EOG -1.33 1.69
UnitedHealth Group Inc UNH 10.5 1.26
Costco Wholesale Corporation COST 9.89 1.24
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