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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000850027-09-000004
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	5
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20081231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090224
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090224

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SCHMELTZ PEGGY L
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193655

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		5
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05807
		FILM NUMBER:		09630944

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		711 W THIRTEEN MILE RD
		CITY:			MADISON HEIGHTS
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48071

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000850027
		IRS NUMBER:				311274796
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		205 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 120
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-765-1107

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		205 E. WISCONSIN AVE., SUITE 120
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NAIC GROWTH FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BETTER INVESTING FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890716
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    <form3HoldingsReported>0</form3HoldingsReported>

    <form4TransactionsReported>0</form4TransactionsReported>

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        <issuerName>EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.</issuerName>
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            <rptOwnerName>SCHMELTZ PEGGY L</rptOwnerName>
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            <rptOwnerStreet1>711 W THIRTEEN MILE RD</rptOwnerStreet1>
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            <rptOwnerCity>MADISON HEIGHTS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>MI</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>48071</rptOwnerZipCode>
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                <value>Common Stock</value>
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            <transactionDate>
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                <transactionShares>
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                <transactionPricePerShare>
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                <natureOfOwnership>
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            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
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    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Includes 1007.174 shares acquired on 1/11/2007 under the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan, 1543.385 shares acquired on 12/27/2007 under the Fund's dividend reinvestment plan, and 1050.747 shares acquired on 12/30/2008.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person disclaims beneficial ownership of these securities, and this report shall not be deemed an admission that the reporting person is the beneficial owner of these securities for purposes of Section 16 or otherwise.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks>Exhibit Index
Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney</remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Fred B. Green, as attorney-in-fact</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2009-02-24</signatureDate>
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 24 - POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
POWER OF ATTORNEY

KNOW ALL PERSONS BY THESE PRESENTS, that the undersigned constitutes and
appoints Fred B. Green, Barbara A. Bowman and Linda Foster, signing
singly, and each of them, the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact
and agents, with full power of substitution, and resubstitution for the
undersigned and in the undersigned's name, place and stead, in any and all
capacities, to:

(1) execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity
as an officer and/or director of NAIC Growth Fund, Inc. (the "Company"),
Forms 3, 4, 5 and ID and all other forms that may be required to be filed by
the undersigned from time to time under Section 16(a) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules promulgated thereunder;

(2) do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which
may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute such forms and/or any
amendments to such forms and timely file such forms or any amendments with the
United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or
similar authority; and

(3) take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the
foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being
understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact pursuant to
this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact's
discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and
authority to do and perform each and every act and thing requisite, necessary
or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein
granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or
could do in person, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby
ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact and agents, or any of
them, or their or his or her substitute or substitutes, may lawfully do or
cause to be done by virtue hereof.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4, 5 and ID or any other
forms under Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, unless
earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be
executed as of this 31st day of May 2007.

By: /s/ Peggy L. Schmeltz
Name: Peggy L. Schmeltz


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