10 Fastest Growing Mutual Funds in 2025

1. Fidelity Contrafund (NASDAQ:FCNTX)

Ten year Gain: 15.88%

Year to Date Gain: 8.22%

Fidelity Contrafund (NASDAQ:FCNTX) is one of the fastest-growing mutual funds, with an 8.22% gain year to date. Additionally, the fund has generated an average return of 15.88% over the past ten years. The fund has produced an alpha of 2.9% annually over the S&P 500, outperforming its benchmark in 24 of the last 32 years. Its competitive edge stems from relying on growth-oriented strategies that focus on companies with underappreciated earnings potential. Therefore, it invests in undervalued companies based on earnings with the prospects of rallying.

Additionally, mutual funds are highly diversified by investing in companies stocks in various sectors as one of the ways of spreading the risk. While it invests in about 3000 companies, it isn’t very objective toward large-cap growth companies that command a competitive edge in their respective fields with tremendous opportunities for growth. Fidelity Contrafund’s (NASDAQ:FCNTX) in-house research methodology has regularly spotted up-and-coming growth leaders early. This includes key positions in Meta and Nvidia prior to their huge runs.

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