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American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C Overview

American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C (CGPCX) is an actively managed Allocation Aggressive Allocation fund. Capital Group launched the fund in 2012.

The investment seeks to provide long-term growth of capital. The fund invests in a mix of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying American Funds will primarily consist of growth funds. Through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will have significant exposure to growth-oriented common stocks. It will typically have significant exposure to issuers domiciled outside the United States. The fund may also have exposure to smaller capitalization issuers and issuers domiciled in emerging markets.

About American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C (CGPCX)

There are 7 members of the management team with an average tenure of 7.47 years: Wesley Phoa (2012), Michelle Black (2020), Brittain Ezzes (2024), Damien McCann (2025), Samir Mathur (2020), John Queen (2020), Andrew Suzman (2012). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100% and MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD index with a weighting of 100%. American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has 10 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 100.0% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has 25.4% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 69.5%. There is 25.3% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.6% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.1% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.1% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has 3.9% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $136 million in total assets, which is below the $561 million average for the Aggressive Allocation category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

CGPCX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Aggressive Allocation category. American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has an expense ratio of 1.51%, which is 32% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a D. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has a portfolio turnover rate of 1%, indicating that holds its assets around 1.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 47% for the Aggressive Allocation category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C returned -2.9%, which earned it a grade of F, as the Aggressive Allocation category had an average return of -0.6%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C has a trailing yield of 0.00%, which is below the 0.94% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

American Funds Growth Portfolio 529C Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 8.0%, 0.6 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of D. The fund has returned 16.1% over the past year (grade of D), 17.4% over the past three years (grade of B) and 8.3% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 11.9% per year over the past 10 years (grade of B).

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