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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)

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36.88 +0.17 +0.46%

03/07 - Closed. Currency in USD

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Total Assets: 116.81B

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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 Change5.76%

Prev. Close36.71

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.94%

ROE27.73%

IssuerN/A

Turnover44%

ROA11.07%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets116.81B

Expenses0.56%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap221B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1034	1007	1124	1293	1562	2213
Fund Return	3.42%	0.75%	12.38%	8.95%	9.33%	8.27%
Place in category	67	106	24	116	116	48
% in Category	18	26	6	25	30	18

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	163.51B	3.26	17.89	13.31
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	101.32B	4.19	16.94	11.91
American Funds Washington Mutual A	92.85B	4.43	12.37	11.66
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	81.6B	7.60	7.41	7.24
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	81.54B	4.93	15.61	12.02

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	98.12B	2.66	9.20	8.48
American Funds American Balanced R6	59.28B	3.56	9.28	8.60
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	45.66B	1.63	8.98	8.07
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64
Fidelity Balanced	36.54B	1.08	10.06	9.31

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Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.40	178.88	+1.69%
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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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