Stock Mutua Growth funds Capital appreciation funds Small capitalization funds Mid-size capitalization funds Equity income funds Balanced growth and income funds 1. focus on firms that are relatively small and have more potential for growth. 2. focus on firms that pay a high level of dividends but do not exhibit strong growth 3. focus on medium-size firms that are more established and have less growth potential than small-cap firms. 4 attempt to mirror the movements of an existing stock index 5. focus on stocks of technology-based firms and are a particular type of sector fund 6 focus on stocks that are expected to grow at a very high rate and pay low or no dividends 7 focus on a specific country or on a particular geographic region 8 contain both growth stocks and stocks that pay high dividends. 9 focus on stocks that have potential for above-average growth 10 focus on stocks of both foreign and U.S. firms. 11. focus on a specific industry or sector, such as technology stocks Sector funds Technology funds Index funds v International stock funds Global mutual funds click Check