For the last few years, growth strategies have easily cemented themselves as the belle of the ball for equity investors.
That being said, 2025 hasn’t been especially kind to many tried-and-true large-cap growth strategies. Among other macro factors, ongoing U.S. economic uncertainty has made large-cap growth ETFs a bit of a harder sell.
However, advisors may not want to be so quick to abandon large-cap growth funds entirely. Instead of running away from growth ETFs, the solution might be to look for the right kind of growth strategy.
To help find the right kind of growth strategy, examining inflows can be a great starting point. If a fund is seeing significant inflows from advisors and investors, it may warrant a closer look.
FDG Focuses on the Long-Term
Despite growth losing a bit of favor this year, the American Century Focused Dynamic Growth ETF (FDG ) is still seeing compelling inflows. As of May 14, 2025, FactSet data shows that this fund has seen over $10 million in net flows over the past three months.
Looking closer at FDG’s portfolio can help explain why folks are continuing to invest in the fund. The fund uses an active bottom-up investment process to build a portfolio of compelling large-cap growth companies.
While near-term factors scared some investors out of growth strategies, FDG focuses on companies built to strive over the long-term. By investing in durable companies, the fund looks to weather the near-term volatility and instead focus on fostering capital appreciation.
Mitigating the noise and drilling down on long-term opportunities could very well be the path to success for growth strategies this year. As such, FDG may prove itself to be a potent vehicle for large-cap growth, especially when paired with the fund’s active management team.
In the near-term, the fund is delivering compelling results. As of April 30, 2025, FDG is up more than 3% over the past month.
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