In Sickness and in Health, These Growth Funds Have Delivered

If this year has been a wake-up call for growth fund investors, this past week's selloff was like having an air-horn blaring under your pillow.

Things were already bad when we got out of bed Monday morning, with many of last year's tech-heavy highflying funds well underwater. But another round of earnings warnings and violence in the Middle East have made a tough year even worse. From last Thursday to this Thursday, the average large-, mid-, and small-cap growth fund lost more than 8%, according to Lipper. The average telecommunications fund tumbled 12.7%; the average tech fund fell 11.8%.

No one could blame you for ignoring the market these days or starting to investigate lower-octane, core bond funds. But what if you're still a growth investor at heart? This week's Big Screen is for you. This week, we sifted the large-, mid-, and small-cap growth fund categories for successful funds that have weathered market dips in the past. ...