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Growth
In biology growth is increase in size.
It is an essential characteristic of life, entities that don't grow are not generally considered to be alive.
In living organisms, growth is often regulated by growth hormones.
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Accessor Funds
No-load funds specializing in allocation funds.
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Marshall Funds
Provides money market, income, and a range of equity funds.
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MFS Mutual Funds
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Montgomery Funds
Specializes in growth-oriented equity funds and also provides bond funds, including California tax free funds.
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New England Funds
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Neuberger Berman Mutual Funds
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Insurance company offers growth and income funds with low minimums.
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Nicholas-Applegate Capital Management
Provides a selection of fixed income, domestic, and international equity funds to institutional investors.
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Numeric Investors L.P.
A small family of value and growth funds using quantitative investment principles.
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Payden and Rygel
Offers a variety of bond funds in addition to domestic, European, and global equity funds.
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Pioneer Funds
Provides a selection of funds for conservative, moderate, and aggressive investors.
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Pimco Funds
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Provident Institutional Funds
Institutional money market funds.
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Principal Mutual Funds
A family of growth, income, and international funds with four share classes.
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Reserve Funds
Originators of the first money market fund. Focuses on secure investments.
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Quaker Family of Funds
Offers value funds in different capitalizations, core equity, aggressive growth, and fixed income funds.
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A small family of equity funds with a quantitative investment style.
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First Investors
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Green Century Funds
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Royce Funds
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JPMorgan Funds
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Robertson Stephens Funds
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Selected Funds
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Sit Mutual Funds
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State Street Research Mutual Funds
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Seligman Group of Funds
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Strong Funds
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Wasatch Funds
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Regions Funds
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T. Rowe Price
Provides domestic and international equity funds as well as taxable, tax-free, and international bond funds.
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North Track Funds
Offers a tax exempt bond, equity index, and equity funds along with financial, technology and healthcare sector funds.
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King Investment Advisors
Mid- and small-cap mutual funds available to individual investors.
http://www.kingadvisors.com/
Badgley Funds
Offers the Badgley Balanced Fund and Badgley Growth Fund.
http://www.badgleyfunds.com/
Van Kampen American Capital
Offers range of fixed income, blended, and value, growth, and international equity funds.
http://www.vankampen.com/
Mairs and Power Funds
The Mairs and Power Growth Fund and the Mairs and Power Balanced Fund.
http://www.mairsandpower.com/
Thurlow Funds
Prospectus, holdings, and other investor information for The Thurlow Growth Fund, investing in primarily US growth equities.
http://www.thurlowfunds.com/
Metzler-Payden, LLC
Manages mutual fund and separate account assets for US and European investors with special focus on European equity and global fixed-income strategies.
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Activa Mutual Funds
Offers three equity funds and one bond fund managed by different management companies.
http://www.activafunds.com
Burnham Funds
Provides money market, financial services sector, long-term growth, and Dow 30 focused funds.
http://www.burnhamfunds.com/
Enterprise Funds
Provides money market, incoming, hybrid, growth, aggressive growth, and sector funds.
http://www.enterprisefunds.com/
Chesapeake Funds
Specializes in equity growth funds.
http://www.chesapeakefunds.com/
Mercury Funds
Features many funds in many categories and is a big promoter of the 529 college savings plan.
http://www.mercuryfunds.com/
Huntington Funds
Offers equity, fixed-income, and money market mutual funds.
http://www.huntingtonfunds.com/
Prudent Bear Funds
No-load, actively-managed short mutual funds for declining stock market and declining dollar and rising gold prices.
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Bishop Street Funds
Load funds managed by Bishop Street Capital Management.
http://www.bishopstreetfunds.com/
AARP Investment Program
A special share class of mutual funds managed by Zurich Scudder Investments for members of the American Association of Retired Persons.
http://aarp.scudder.com/
Kinetics Mutual Funds
Internet and aggressive growth funds.
http://www.kineticsfunds.com/
CSI Funds
Boutique fund complex that offers a blue-chip, large-cap fund and a fixed income fund.
http://www.csifunds.com/
Wanger Advisors Trust
http://www.wanger.com/WAT/index.html
ABN AMRO Funds
Global fund company with asian, european, growth, value, real estate, fixed income and money market funds.
http://www.abnamrofunds-usa.com/
Rockland Funds
Small cap fund uses fundamental analysis to pick stock holdings.
http://www.rocklandfunds.com/
Lazard Funds
Offers a range of domestic and international bond and equity funds focusing on value.
http://www.lazardnet.com/
Merriman Funds
Five no-load funds that invests in other mutual funds using market timing strategies to lower risk.
http://www.merrimanfunds.com
Northern Funds
A variety of money market, growth and income funds managed by Northern Trust.
http://www.northernfunds.com
Rydex Series Trust
Index and sector funds designed to match a specific benchmark with no trading costs. Built-in leverage available.
http://www.rydexfunds.com
Jundt Funds
Six funds typically holding 30 to 50 growth companies that they believe have the technology to propel them through the ups and downs of the market.
http://www.jundt.com/
STAAR System Trust
A family of two bond funds and four funds-of-funds covering large, small, international and alternative equities.
http://www.staarsystem.com/
Countrywide Investments
Provides a family of mutual funds as well as private portfolio management.
http://www.countrywideinvestments.com/
First Eagle Funds
Unique fund company offers a non-diversified domestic fund and a non-diversified international fund.
http://www.firsteaglefunds.com/
Firsthand Funds
Six science and technology funds based in California's Silicon Valley.
http://www.firsthandfunds.com
Liberty Funds
Many funds with different objectives using 6 different money management companies for advice.
http://liberty.acornfunds.com
Institutional Capital Corporation Funds
Institutional money manager specializing in large-cap value equities offers four mutual funds.
http://www.icapfunds.com/
Amerindo Funds
Offers a biotechnology, internet and technology fund.
http://www.amerindo.com/funds/funds_main.cfm
Fiduciary Trust Investment Funds
A family of mutual funds including growth and income, growth, international equity, small capitalization funds as well as both taxable and tax-exempt bond funds.
http://www.ftifunds.com/
AXA Rosenberg Funds
Provides small cap, Japanese, and market neutral funds.
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IDEX Funds
Contracts with outside money managers to manage its 32 funds.
http://www.idexfunds.com
BlackRock Funds
Offers a wide range of funds to individuals and institutions.
http://www.blackrock.com/funds/
Vintage Funds
A family of no-load mutual funds including money market, fixed-income and equity funds.
http://www.vintagefunds.com/
ING Pilgrim Funds
Variety of fixed income and equity funds plus a fund developed specifically for seniors.
http://www.ingfunds.com/
Ivy Funds
Offers nine aggressive international funds, three aggressive domestic funds and one bond fund.
http://www.ivyfunds.com/
Nuveen Funds
Offers a variety of equity and income funds with a large number of municipal bond funds.
http://www.nuveen.com/mutual_funds/mf/web/mutual_fund_home.asp
Jamestown Funds
Relatively small fund family offers a balanced fund, an international fund, a domestic fund and a tax exempt (Virginia) fund.
http://www.jamestownfunds.com
Clear Investment Funds
Offers one Large-Cap Index fund and one mid-cap index fund.
http://www.clear-investments.com
JohnsonFamily Funds
Concentrates on value investing, offering a large cap, a small cap and an international value fund.
http://www.johnsonfamilyfunds.com
Undiscovered Managers Funds
Six funds managed by money managers who normally service high net worth clients.
http://www.undiscoveredmanagers.com/
The Guardian Park Avenue Portfolio Family of Mutual Funds
Family of 10 mutual funds that are distributed by Guardian Investor Services Corporation.
http://www.parkavenueportfolio.com
Wells Fargo Funds
With 67 funds, this bank covers a wide variety of mutual funds.
http://www.wellsfargo.com/per/investing/prod_svcs/wf_fund/wf_fund.jhtml
Domini Social Investments
Small family of mutual funds. Utilizes screening, shareholder activism, and community investing. United States.
http://www.domini.com/
Oak Associates Funds
Offers five funds focused on a long-term growth time horizon.
http://www.oakfunds.com/
Alger
Primarily growth funds and a money market option.
http://public.alger.com/Algerpub/content/showHome
AIM Family of Funds
Offers a large selection of funds in the major categories with three different share classes.
http://www.aiminvestments.com/
MainStay Funds
Offers taxable and tax exempt income, value, and growth equity funds.
http://www.nylim.com/mainstayfunds
Hennessey Funds
Offers funds from very conservative to aggressive in style.
http://www.hennessyfunds.com/
Tamarack Funds
Funds aimed at primarly small and mid-cap investing.
http://www.tamarackfunds.com/
Integrity Mutual Funds
Specializes in municipal bond funds and also offers an equity fund of funds.
http://www.integritymf.com/
Fidelity Mutual Funds
One of the largest mutual fund companies. Offers a large assortment of mutual funds in many different categories.
http://personal.fidelity.com/products/funds/
Thrivent AAL Funds
Funds offered by a fraternal benefit society of Lutherans joined together for insurance, investment, educational and volunteer opportunities.
http://www.thrivent.com/investments/fundinformation/overview.html
American Express Financial Direct
Over 200 mutual funds, money market funds, fixed and variable annuities.
http://finance.americanexpress.com/sif/cda/page/0,1641,15255,00.asp?
Gabelli Funds, Inc.
Offers a variety of value, growth and specialized equity funds, as well as fixed-income and closed-end convertible and equity funds.
http://www.gabelli.com/
Victory Funds
Offers a variety of funds, but mostly equity and specialty funds.
http://www.victoryfunds.com/
Kemper Funds
Provides a wide range of funds in all investment styles.
http://www.kemper.com/
Janus Funds
Specializes in equity growth funds with several concentrated offerings.
http://www.janus.com/
American Century
Money market, bond, balanced, sector and equity funds.
http://www.americancentury.com/
American Funds
A family of funds covering investment mixes from money market to aggressive growth.
http://www.americanfunds.com/
Forester Funds
Offers two funds focusing on value and managed by Forester Capital Management.
http://www.forestervalue.com
Baron Funds
Provides no-load mutual funds that invest in small and medium-sized growth companies.
http://www.baronfunds.com/
CGM Funds
Family of 4 mutal funds. Most notably the home of the CGM Realty Fund that invests in real estate securities, including shares of Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs).
http://cgmfunds.com/
Calvert Group
Provides mutual funds that invest in socially and environmentally responsible companies.
http://www.calvertgroup.com/
Dreyfus
Provides an extensive range of money market, bond, value, and growth funds.
http://www.dreyfus.com/
US Global Investors
A mutual fund company; provider of financial services; investment management; gold; precious metals and retirement.
http://www.usfunds.com/
Vanguard Group
Known for the lowest fund operating expenses in the industry.
http://www.vanguard.com
AmSouth Mutual Funds
Offers several fixed-income, including Florida tax exempt, funds and a range of equity funds.
http://www.amsouthfunds.com
PAX World Family
Family of three funds that invest in socially responsible companies.
http://www.paxfund.com/
Putnam Investments
Provides a wide range of bond, equity, and asset allocation funds.
http://www.putnaminv.com/
Alliance Capital
Provides a wide selection of municipal bond funds and US and global equity and bond funds.
http://www.alliancecapital.com/
Aquila Funds
Specializes in tax-free single state income funds for states with high tax rates.
http://www.aquilafunds.com/
Burgundy Asset
Provides a variety of value funds to institutions and high net worth individuals.
http://www.burgundy-asset.com/
California Investment Trust
Fund group offers a handful of index funds and bond funds with a focus on California investors.
http://www.caltrust.com/
Monetta Funds
Seven no-load mutual funds focusing on growth using fundamental analysis to make trading decisions.
http://www.monetta.com/funds/
Amana Mutual Funds Trust
Invests its growth and income funds according to Islamic principles.
http://www.amanafunds.com
HighMark Funds
Offers a range of mutual funds, from conservative money market funds to more aggressive growth funds.
http://www.highmarkfunds.com
Armada Funds
Offers 23 mutual funds and 4 different load structures.
http://www.armadafunds.com/
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