All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

GWPCX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

GWPCX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GWPCX returned +5.30% over the past year and +3.21% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 18, 2012, GWPCX is up +242.09% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.88%/yr, and is currently −5.59% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Wed Nov. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2012-05-18💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
GWPCX
×
+242.09%
+8.88%/yr
+7.24%/yr
R2=0.884
American Funds Growth Portfolio Class C Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2012-05-18💬 to Wed 2026-11-04 Start
Value
End
Value
GWPCX
×
$10,000.00
2012-05-18
$34,208.89
2026-11-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-11-04

  YTD YoY
GWPCX
×
+3.21% +5.30%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
GWPCX
×
−5.59%
on 2026-11-04
from 2026-08-13 peak
−39.00%
on 2022-10-14
from 2021-11-16 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-11-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GWPCX
×
+5.30% +22.68%
+10.76%/yr
+56.76%
+16.17%/yr
+13.44%
+2.55%/yr
+126.37%
+8.51%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GWPCX
2026 (YTD) +3.21%
2025 +16.46%
2024 +15.92%
2023 +23.63%
2022 −31.91%
2021 +9.96%
2020 +22.79%
2019 +23.91%
2018 −9.05%
2017 +21.61%
2016 +4.44%
2015 +0.05%
2014 +4.24%
2013 +26.86%
2012 +14.08%