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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: 123.15B

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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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Rating

1-Year Change7.39%

Prev. Close39.11

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.78%

ROE28.72%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover61%

ROA12.08%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets123.15B

Expenses0.56%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap266.15B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A News

S&P 500 price target lifted at Jefferies on strong earnings season By Investing.com - Aug 25, 2025

Investing.com -- Jefferies lifted its S&P 500 price target, citing a “broad-based resilience” in the second-quarter earnings season that should ease concerns about the U.S. economy...

BofA warns Fed risks policy mistake with early rate cuts By Investing.com - Aug 23, 2025

Investing.com -- Bank of America warned that the Federal Reserve risks committing a policy mistake if it begins cutting rates next month, despite Chair Jerome Powell’s dovish tone...

Barclays now sees two Fed cuts this year, says jumbo Fed cuts 'very unlikely' By Investing.com - Aug 23, 2025

Investing.com -- Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Friday signaled that an interest rate cut could come as soon as next month, balancing concerns over a cooling labor market...

American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A Analysis

Stocks Week Ahead: Will the S&P 500 Rally Extend Into the New Week? By Michael Kramer - Aug 25, 2025

I think it’s important to remember that stocks, bonds, and FX all have a volatility component, and they behave in a similar way. When volatility crashes, as it did on Friday,...

10 Rules to Navigate Excess Bullishness By Lance Roberts - Aug 23, 2025 1

There is little doubt that excess bullishness has invaded the general market psyche. Just a couple of months following the market decline in March and April, where sentiment...

S&P 500 Elliott Wave Count Suggests Ongoing Primary-V With Higher Targets Ahead By Dr. Arnout ter Schure - Aug 22, 2025

In our previous update from July 31, see here, we anticipated for the S&P 500 (SPX), based on the Elliott Wave (EW) Principle, that “… now that the $6380-6460 zone has been...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1141	1055	1145	1615	1637	2577
Fund Return	14.09%	5.53%	14.47%	17.33%	10.37%	9.93%
Place in category	26	112	20	47	66	47
% in Category	4	28	4	11	18	16

Top Equity Funds by Capital Group

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	174.05B	17.94	28.54	15.82
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	106.78B	17.85	28.15	14.49
American Funds Washington Mutual A	95.81B	14.61	21.44	13.70
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	86.28B	14.85	21.60	13.77
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	82.81B	14.69	14.67	8.86

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	103.69B	12.97	16.84	10.19
American Funds American Balanced R6	62.39B	14.37	17.71	10.26
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	48.25B	11.53	16.38	9.67
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64
Fidelity Balanced	41.16B	11.88	18.39	11.25

Top Holdings

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Broadcom	US11135F1012	4.76	332.54	-3.62%
Microsoft	US5949181045	3.60	514.22	-1.57%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.60	-	-
Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.50	161.00	+2.65%
Taiwan Semiconductor	US8740391003	2.14	286.01	-4.63%

Technical Summary

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

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