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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)

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Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Total Assets: 118.18B

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Find basic information about the American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add ABALX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change4.8%

Prev. Close37.31

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.85%

ROE28.72%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover44%

ROA12.08%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets118.18B

Expenses0.56%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap266.15B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A Analysis

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1091	1097	1132	1390	1577	2332
Fund Return	9.08%	9.65%	13.21%	11.61%	9.54%	8.84%
Place in category	52	71	32	60	78	44
% in Category	5	15	6	14	21	15

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	167.51B	12.58	21.42	14.22
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	103.44B	13.02	21.44	12.90
American Funds Washington Mutual A	93.44B	10.04	15.43	12.34
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	82.57B	13.72	19.83	12.93
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	81.44B	10.21	9.58	7.73

Top Funds for Allocation--50% to 70% Equity Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	102.53B	8.48	11.30	9.10
American Funds American Balanced R6	60.04B	9.30	11.97	9.17
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	47.53B	6.79	10.62	8.62
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64
Fidelity Balanced	39.7B	7.06	12.16	9.98

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Broadcom	US11135F1012	4.76	291.17	-1.27%
Microsoft	US5949181045	3.60	505.72	-0.79%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.60	-	-
Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.50	172.85	+2.42%
Taiwan Semiconductor	US8740391003	2.14	228.60	-1.76%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Buy	Buy	Buy
Technical Indicators	Strong Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy
Summary	Strong Buy	Strong Buy	Strong Buy

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