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American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund (ACFOX)

Mutual Fund · Currency in USD · Last updated Mar 22, 2023

The portfolio managers look for stocks of early and rapid stage growth companies they believe will increase in value over time. The portfolio managers make their investment decisions based primarily on their analysis of individual companies, rather than on broad economic forecasts. The portfolio managers use a variety of analytical research tools and techniques to identify the stocks of companies that meet their investment criteria. Under normal market conditions, the portfolio managers seek securities of companies whose earnings or revenues are not only growing, but growing at an accelerated pace.

Share Price Chart


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Performance

The chart shows the growth of $10,000 invested in American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund in Oct 2022 and compares it to the S&P 500 index or another benchmark. It would be worth nearly $46,936 for a total return of roughly 369.36%. All prices are adjusted for splits and dividends.


200.00%250.00%300.00%350.00%400.00%NovemberDecember2023FebruaryMarch
369.36%
215.16%
ACFOX (American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund)
Benchmark (^GSPC)

S&P 500

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Return

American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund had a return of 9.64% year-to-date (YTD) and -20.04% in the last 12 months. Over the past 10 years, American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund had an annualized return of 13.51%, outperforming the S&P 500 benchmark which had an annualized return of 9.92%.


PeriodReturnBenchmark
1 month-0.74%-1.87%
Year-To-Date9.64%4.25%
6 months-1.73%2.64%
1 year-20.04%-10.31%
5 years (annualized)10.54%8.11%
10 years (annualized)13.51%9.92%

Monthly Returns Heatmap


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
202311.34%-3.75%
2022-9.20%3.21%3.46%-8.20%

Sharpe Ratio Chart

The Sharpe ratio shows whether the portfolio's excess returns are due to smart investment decisions or a result of taking a higher risk. The higher a portfolio's Sharpe ratio, the better its risk-adjusted performance.

The current American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund Sharpe ratio is -0.60. A negative Sharpe ratio means that the risk-free rate is higher than the portfolio's return. This value does not convey any meaningful information.

The chart below displays rolling 12-month Sharpe Ratio.


-1.20-1.00-0.80-0.60-0.40-0.20NovemberDecember2023FebruaryMarch
-0.60
-0.44
ACFOX (American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund)
Benchmark (^GSPC)

Dividend History

American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund granted a 0.00% dividend yield in the last twelve months. The annual payout for that period amounted to $0.00 per share.


PeriodTTM20222021202020192018201720162015201420132012
Dividend$0.00$0.00$1.39$0.33$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.19$0.21$0.22$0.14$0.29

Dividend yield

0.00%0.00%2.48%0.63%0.00%0.00%0.00%1.18%1.38%1.40%1.03%2.86%

Monthly Dividends

The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.


JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023$0.00$0.00
2022$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
2021$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$1.39
2020$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.33
2019$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
2018$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
2017$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00
2016$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.19
2015$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.21
2014$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.22
2013$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.00$0.14
2012$0.29

Drawdowns Chart

The Drawdowns chart displays portfolio losses from any high point along the way.


-45.00%-40.00%-35.00%-30.00%-25.00%-20.00%-15.00%-10.00%NovemberDecember2023FebruaryMarch
-36.68%
-16.55%
ACFOX (American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund)
Benchmark (^GSPC)

Worst Drawdowns

The table below shows the maximum drawdowns of the American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund. A maximum drawdown is an indicator of risk. It shows a reduction in portfolio value from its maximum due to a series of losing trades.

The maximum drawdown since January 2010 for the American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund is 58.92%, recorded on Mar 5, 2009. It took 1183 trading sessions for the portfolio to recover.


Depth

Start

To Bottom

Bottom

To Recover

End

Total

-58.92%Dec 27, 2007299Mar 5, 20091183Nov 13, 20131482
-43.77%Nov 9, 2021235Oct 14, 2022
-32.07%Feb 20, 202018Mar 16, 202046May 20, 202064
-23.26%Sep 28, 201860Dec 24, 201868Apr 3, 2019128
-21.78%May 22, 2015183Feb 11, 2016240Jan 25, 2017423
-13.93%Feb 16, 202115Mar 8, 202183Jul 6, 202198
-13.63%Jul 20, 200720Aug 16, 200712Sep 4, 200732
-11.04%Sep 3, 20203Sep 8, 202025Oct 13, 202028
-10.21%Oct 14, 202013Oct 30, 202018Nov 25, 202031
-10.16%Apr 30, 201924Jun 3, 201913Jun 20, 201937

Volatility Chart

Current American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund volatility is 27.54%. The chart below shows the rolling 10-day volatility. Volatility is a statistical measure showing how big price swings are in either direction. The higher asset volatility, the riskier it is, because the price movements are less predictable.


10.00%20.00%30.00%40.00%50.00%NovemberDecember2023FebruaryMarch
27.54%
22.09%
ACFOX (American Century Investments Focused Dynamic Growth Fund)
Benchmark (^GSPC)