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Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds

Growth fund terms for growth, aggressive growth, go-go, and growth-and-income mandates.

Growth and Aggressive Growth Funds terms classify funds by investment mandate, asset class, style, geography, lifecycle design, income goal, or risk profile.

Use this branch when the fund type determines what the portfolio may own, how it seeks return, what benchmark fits, and which risks investors accept.

Key Terms in This Branch

TermUse it for
Aggressive Growth FundA fund mandate, asset-class, allocation, income, style, lifecycle, global, or sector-exposure term.
Go-Go FundA fund mandate, asset-class, allocation, income, style, lifecycle, global, or sector-exposure term.
Growth and Income FundA fund mandate, asset-class, allocation, income, style, lifecycle, global, or sector-exposure term.
Growth FundA fund mandate, asset-class, allocation, income, style, lifecycle, global, or sector-exposure term.

What to Check

Check asset allocation, eligible holdings, benchmark, geographic exposure, credit quality, duration, style, derivatives use, concentration, turnover, and stated investment objective.

Common Mistakes

  • Selecting a fund type without checking what the mandate actually permits.
  • Ignoring concentration, derivatives, currency, duration, or credit exposure.
  • Assuming income, growth, balanced, and lifecycle labels mean the same thing across sponsors.
  • Comparing funds to the wrong benchmark.

This page is educational and does not recommend a specific fund, security, tax treatment, or account choice.

In this section

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Aggressive Growth Fund

High-volatility growth-oriented fund that prioritizes capital appreciation and usually accepts more risk than an ordinary growth fund.

Go-Go Fund

A go-go fund is an aggressively managed growth fund that seeks rapid capital gains, often with high turnover and elevated risk.

Growth and Income Fund

Fund style that tries to combine capital appreciation with current income rather than focusing on only one of those goals.

Growth Fund

Fund style focused on capital appreciation, usually through stocks of companies expected to grow faster than average.

Revised on Sunday, June 21, 2026