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Document Type dei_DocumentType 485BPOS
Document Period End Date dei_DocumentPeriodEndDate Jul. 31, 2024
Entity Registrant Name dei_EntityRegistrantName The Investment House Funds
Entity Central Index Key dei_EntityCentralIndexKey 0001160363
Entity Inv Company Type dei_EntityInvCompanyType N-1A
Amendment Flag dei_AmendmentFlag false
Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol ihf
Document Creation Date dei_DocumentCreationDate Nov. 21, 2024
Document Effective Date dei_DocumentEffectiveDate Nov. 21, 2024
Prospectus Date rr_ProspectusDate Dec. 01, 2024
The Investment House Growth Fund  
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Risk/Return [Heading] rr_RiskReturnHeading FUND SUMMARY
Objective [Heading] rr_ObjectiveHeading Investment Objective
Objective, Primary [Text Block] rr_ObjectivePrimaryTextBlock

The investment objective of The Investment House Growth Fund (the “Fund”) is long term capital appreciation.

 

Expense [Heading] rr_ExpenseHeading Fees and Expenses of the Fund
Expense Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseNarrativeTextBlock

These tables describe the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and sell shares of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected in the table and example below.

 

Shareholder Fees Caption [Text] rr_ShareholderFeesCaption Shareholder Fees (fees paid directly from your investment)
Operating Expenses Caption [Text] rr_OperatingExpensesCaption Annual Fund Operating Expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment)
Portfolio Turnover [Heading] rr_PortfolioTurnoverHeading Portfolio Turnover
Portfolio Turnover [Text Block] rr_PortfolioTurnoverTextBlock

The Fund pays transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or “turns over” its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when Fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in Total Annual Fund Operating Expenses or in the Example, affect the Fund’s performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate was 1% of the average value of its portfolio.

Portfolio Turnover, Rate rr_PortfolioTurnoverRate 1.00%
Expense Example [Heading] rr_ExpenseExampleHeading Example
Expense Example Narrative [Text Block] rr_ExpenseExampleNarrativeTextBlock

This Example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.

Expense Example by, Year, Caption [Text] rr_ExpenseExampleByYearCaption It assumes that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated, reinvest dividends and distributions, and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The Example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund’s operating expenses remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be:
Strategy [Heading] rr_StrategyHeading Principal Investment Strategies
Strategy Narrative [Text Block] rr_StrategyNarrativeTextBlock

The central premise of the Fund’s investment style is “growth at a reasonable price” or “GARP.” The Fund usually invests in a diversified portfolio of common stocks from small, medium and large capitalization companies. These are chosen through in-depth fundamental analysis of a company’s financial reports and other public records. The Investment House LLC (the “Adviser”) looks for stocks having all or some of the following characteristics:

 

●Strong earnings growth

 

●Reasonable valuations

 

●Quality management

 

●Financial strength and stability

 

Under normal circumstances, the Fund will invest primarily in common stocks. While it is anticipated that the Fund will invest across a range of industries, certain sectors are likely to be overweighted compared to others because the Adviser seeks best investment opportunities regardless of sector. The sectors in which the Fund may be overweighted will vary at different points in the economic cycle.

 

When the Adviser believes market conditions are appropriate, the Fund may borrow money from banks to make additional portfolio investments. These loans may be structured as secured or unsecured loans, and may have fixed or variable interest rates. The Fund may borrow an amount equal to as much as one-third of the value of its total assets (which includes the amount borrowed). The Fund will only engage in borrowing when the Adviser believes the return from the additional investments will be greater than the costs associated with the borrowing.

 

Risk [Heading] rr_RiskHeading Principal Risks
Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock

 

●Risks of Investing in Common Stocks. The Fund invests in common stocks, which subjects the Fund and its shareholders to the risks associated with common stock investing. These risks include the financial risk of selecting individual companies that do not perform as anticipated, the risk that the stock markets in which the Fund invests may experience periods of turbulence and instability, and the general risk that domestic and global economies may go through periods of decline and cyclical change. Many factors affect the performance of each company that the Fund invests in, including the strength of the company’s management or the demand for its products or services. You should be aware that a company’s share price may decline as a result of poor decisions made by management or lower demand for the company’s products or services. In addition, a company’s share price may also decline as a result of national and global events such as recession, war, epidemics or pandemics, terrorism, natural disasters and other events which may have a significant impact on markets generally.

 

●Management Risk. The Adviser’s strategy may fail to produce the intended results.

 

●Company Risk. The value of the Fund may decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects of an individual company in the Fund’s portfolio. If the prices of securities owned by the Fund fall, so will the value of the Fund.

 

●Volatility Risk. Equity securities tend to be more volatile than other investment choices. The value of an individual company can be more volatile than the market as a whole. This volatility affects the value of the Fund’s shares.

 

●Market Risk. Overall stock market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets. In addition, as with any mutual fund investments, the Fund’s returns will vary and you could lose money. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

 

●Style Risk. The Fund invests primarily in “growth stocks.” The earnings growth rate of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may not meet the Adviser’s expectations, and the stock price may not increase as the Adviser anticipates.

 

●Smaller Company Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in smaller capitalization companies, the Fund will be subject to additional risks. These include:

 

●The earnings and prospects of smaller companies are more volatile than larger companies.

 

●Smaller companies may experience higher failure rates than do larger companies.

 

●The trading volume of securities of smaller companies is normally less than that of larger companies and, therefore, may disproportionately affect their market price, tending to make them fall more in response to selling pressure than is the case with larger companies.

 

●Smaller companies may have limited markets, product lines or financial resources and may lack management experience.

 

●Sector Risk. If the Fund’s portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative development affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. To the extent the Fund is overweighted in the Technology sector, it will be affected by developments affecting that sector. Companies in this sector may be significantly affected by intense competition. In addition, technology products may be subject to rapid obsolescence.

 

●Borrowing Risk. Borrowing magnifies the potential for gain or loss of the Fund, and therefore increases the possibility of fluctuation in the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). This is the speculative factor known as leverage. Because the Fund’s investments will fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligations on borrowed funds may be fixed, during times of borrowing, the Fund’s NAV may tend to increase more when its investments increase in value, and decrease more when its investments decrease in value. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market interest rates and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on the borrowed funds. Also, during times of borrowing under adverse market conditions, the Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. Unless profits on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of borrowing will diminish the investment performance of the Fund compared with what it would have been without borrowing.

 

●Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be subject, directly or indirectly, to operational and information security risks resulting from breaches in cybersecurity that may cause the Fund to lose or compromise confidential information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest, which may cause the Fund’s investments in such companies to lose value. There is no guarantee the Fund will be successful in protecting against cybersecurity breaches.
Bar Chart and Performance Table [Heading] rr_BarChartAndPerformanceTableHeading Performance Summary
Performance Narrative [Text Block] rr_PerformanceNarrativeTextBlock

The bar chart and performance table shown below provide some indication of the risks and variability of investing in the Fund by showing the changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year for the last ten years, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance. How the Fund has performed in the past (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance information, current through the most recent month end, is available by calling 1-888-456-9518.

Performance Information Illustrates Variability of Returns [Text] rr_PerformanceInformationIllustratesVariabilityOfReturns The bar chart and performance table shown below provide some indication of the risks and variability of investing in the Fund by showing the changes in the Fund’s performance from year to year for the last ten years, and by showing how the Fund’s average annual total returns for 1 year, 5 years and 10 years compare with those of a broad measure of market performance.
Performance Availability Phone [Text] rr_PerformanceAvailabilityPhone 1-888-456-9518
Performance Past Does Not Indicate Future [Text] rr_PerformancePastDoesNotIndicateFuture How the Fund has performed in the past (before and after taxes) is not necessarily an indication of how the Fund will perform in the future.
Bar Chart Closing [Text Block] rr_BarChartClosingTextBlock

The Fund’s year-to-date return through September 30, 2024 was 26.63%

 

During the period shown in the bar chart, the highest return for a quarter was 30.61% during the quarter ended June 30, 2020 and the lowest return for a quarter was -23.29% during the quarter ended June 30, 2022.

 

Year to Date Return, Label rr_YearToDateReturnLabel The Fund’s year-to-date return
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return, Date rr_BarChartYearToDateReturnDate Sep. 30, 2024
Bar Chart, Year to Date Return rr_BarChartYearToDateReturn 26.63%
Highest Quarterly Return, Label rr_HighestQuarterlyReturnLabel the highest return for a quarter
Highest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2020
Highest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartHighestQuarterlyReturn 30.61%
Lowest Quarterly Return, Label rr_LowestQuarterlyReturnLabel the lowest return for a quarter
Lowest Quarterly Return, Date rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturnDate Jun. 30, 2022
Lowest Quarterly Return rr_BarChartLowestQuarterlyReturn (23.29%)
Performance Table Heading rr_PerformanceTableHeading Average Annual Total Returns for Periods Ended December 31, 2023
Index No Deduction for Fees, Expenses, Taxes [Text] rr_IndexNoDeductionForFeesExpensesTaxes reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes
Performance Table Uses Highest Federal Rate rr_PerformanceTableUsesHighestFederalRate After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes.
Performance Table Not Relevant to Tax Deferred rr_PerformanceTableNotRelevantToTaxDeferred Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.
Performance Table Narrative rr_PerformanceTableNarrativeTextBlock

After-tax returns are calculated using the historical highest individual federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local taxes. Actual after-tax returns depend on an investor’s tax situation and may differ from those shown, and after-tax returns shown are not relevant to investors who hold their Fund shares through tax-deferred arrangements, such as 401(k) plans or individual retirement accounts.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | STANDARD & POOR’S 500 INDEX (reflects no deduction for fees, expenses, or taxes)  
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1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 26.29%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 15.69%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 12.03%
The Investment House Growth Fund | Risks Of Investing In Common Stocks [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Risks of Investing in Common Stocks. The Fund invests in common stocks, which subjects the Fund and its shareholders to the risks associated with common stock investing. These risks include the financial risk of selecting individual companies that do not perform as anticipated, the risk that the stock markets in which the Fund invests may experience periods of turbulence and instability, and the general risk that domestic and global economies may go through periods of decline and cyclical change. Many factors affect the performance of each company that the Fund invests in, including the strength of the company’s management or the demand for its products or services. You should be aware that a company’s share price may decline as a result of poor decisions made by management or lower demand for the company’s products or services. In addition, a company’s share price may also decline as a result of national and global events such as recession, war, epidemics or pandemics, terrorism, natural disasters and other events which may have a significant impact on markets generally.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Management Risk [Member]  
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●Management Risk. The Adviser’s strategy may fail to produce the intended results.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Company Risk [Member]  
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●Company Risk. The value of the Fund may decrease in response to the activities and financial prospects of an individual company in the Fund’s portfolio. If the prices of securities owned by the Fund fall, so will the value of the Fund.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Volatility Risk [Member]  
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●Volatility Risk. Equity securities tend to be more volatile than other investment choices. The value of an individual company can be more volatile than the market as a whole. This volatility affects the value of the Fund’s shares.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Market Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Market Risk. Overall stock market risks may also affect the value of the Fund. Factors such as domestic economic growth and market conditions, interest rate levels and political events affect the securities markets. In addition, as with any mutual fund investments, the Fund’s returns will vary and you could lose money. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Style Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Style Risk. The Fund invests primarily in “growth stocks.” The earnings growth rate of the companies in the Fund’s portfolio may not meet the Adviser’s expectations, and the stock price may not increase as the Adviser anticipates.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Smaller Company Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Smaller Company Risk. To the extent the Fund invests in smaller capitalization companies, the Fund will be subject to additional risks. These include:

 

●The earnings and prospects of smaller companies are more volatile than larger companies.

 

●Smaller companies may experience higher failure rates than do larger companies.

 

●The trading volume of securities of smaller companies is normally less than that of larger companies and, therefore, may disproportionately affect their market price, tending to make them fall more in response to selling pressure than is the case with larger companies.

 

●Smaller companies may have limited markets, product lines or financial resources and may lack management experience.
The Investment House Growth Fund | Sector Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Sector Risk. If the Fund’s portfolio is overweighted in a certain sector, any negative development affecting that sector will have a greater impact on the Fund than on a fund that is not overweighted in that sector. To the extent the Fund is overweighted in the Technology sector, it will be affected by developments affecting that sector. Companies in this sector may be significantly affected by intense competition. In addition, technology products may be subject to rapid obsolescence.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Borrowing Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Borrowing Risk. Borrowing magnifies the potential for gain or loss of the Fund, and therefore increases the possibility of fluctuation in the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). This is the speculative factor known as leverage. Because the Fund’s investments will fluctuate in value, whereas the interest obligations on borrowed funds may be fixed, during times of borrowing, the Fund’s NAV may tend to increase more when its investments increase in value, and decrease more when its investments decrease in value. In addition, interest costs on borrowings may fluctuate with changing market interest rates and may partially offset or exceed the return earned on the borrowed funds. Also, during times of borrowing under adverse market conditions, the Fund might have to sell portfolio securities to meet interest or principal payments at a time when fundamental investment considerations would not favor such sales. Unless profits on assets acquired with borrowed funds exceed the costs of borrowing, the use of borrowing will diminish the investment performance of the Fund compared with what it would have been without borrowing.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | Cybersecurity Risk [Member]  
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Risk [Text Block] rr_RiskTextBlock
●Cybersecurity Risk. The Fund and its service providers may be subject, directly or indirectly, to operational and information security risks resulting from breaches in cybersecurity that may cause the Fund to lose or compromise confidential information, suffer data corruption or lose operational capacity. Similar types of cybersecurity risks are also present for issuers of securities in which the Fund may invest, which may cause the Fund’s investments in such companies to lose value. There is no guarantee the Fund will be successful in protecting against cybersecurity breaches.

 

The Investment House Growth Fund | The Investment House Growth Fund  
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Trading Symbol dei_TradingSymbol TIHGX
Maximum Sales Charge Imposed on Purchases (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumSalesChargeImposedOnPurchasesOverOfferingPrice none
Maximum Deferred Sales Charge (as a percentage of Offering Price) rr_MaximumDeferredSalesChargeOverOfferingPrice none
Redemption Fee (as a percentage of Amount Redeemed) rr_RedemptionFeeOverRedemption none
Exchange Fee rr_ExchangeFee $ 15
Management Fees (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ManagementFeesOverAssets 1.40%
Distribution and Service (12b-1) Fees rr_DistributionAndService12b1FeesOverAssets none
Other Expenses (as a percentage of Assets): rr_OtherExpensesOverAssets 0.05%
Expenses (as a percentage of Assets) rr_ExpensesOverAssets 1.45%
Expense Example, with Redemption, 1 Year rr_ExpenseExampleYear01 $ 148
Expense Example, with Redemption, 3 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear03 459
Expense Example, with Redemption, 5 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear05 792
Expense Example, with Redemption, 10 Years rr_ExpenseExampleYear10 $ 1,735
Annual Return 2014 rr_AnnualReturn2014 9.22%
Annual Return 2015 rr_AnnualReturn2015 3.39%
Annual Return 2016 rr_AnnualReturn2016 5.41%
Annual Return 2017 rr_AnnualReturn2017 34.06%
Annual Return 2018 rr_AnnualReturn2018 (4.47%)
Annual Return 2019 rr_AnnualReturn2019 32.82%
Annual Return 2020 rr_AnnualReturn2020 39.61%
Annual Return 2021 rr_AnnualReturn2021 21.26%
Annual Return 2022 rr_AnnualReturn2022 (37.04%)
Annual Return 2023 rr_AnnualReturn2023 49.95%
Label rr_AverageAnnualReturnLabel Return Before Taxes
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 49.95%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 16.25%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 12.46%
The Investment House Growth Fund | The Investment House Growth Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 49.78%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 16.22%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 12.09%
The Investment House Growth Fund | The Investment House Growth Fund | Return After Taxes on Distributions and Sale of Fund Shares  
Prospectus [Line Items] rr_ProspectusLineItems  
1 Year rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear01 29.67%
5 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear05 13.16%
10 Years rr_AverageAnnualReturnYear10 10.25%