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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)

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34.45 +0.31 +0.91%

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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: 108.05B

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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 Change3.93%

Prev. Close34.14

Risk Rating

TTM Yield2.01%

ROE27.73%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover44%

ROA11.07%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets108.05B

Expenses0.56%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap221B

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	998	998	1080	1197	1669	2165
Fund Return	-0.23%	-0.23%	8.02%	6.19%	10.78%	8.03%
Place in category	351	351	78	62	174	47
% in Category	47	47	11	11	31	12

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	142.32B	-6.42	8.56	12.54
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	89.46B	-2.99	11.35	11.42
American Funds Washington Mutual A	85.15B	0.30	9.32	11.37
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	77.11B	4.67	5.78	7.11
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	72.14B	-3.21	9.86	11.47

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	95.02B	-1.64	5.79	8.17
American Funds American Balanced R6	54.5B	-0.15	6.52	8.36
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	44.63B	-1.84	5.20	7.78
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64
Fidelity Balanced	36.54B	-2.74	5.71	9.04

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Broadcom	US11135F1012	3.29	203.64	+3.20%
Microsoft	US5949181045	2.92	435.28	+2.32%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.89	-	-
Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.40	170.86	+0.48%
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	1.65	597.02	+4.34%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Buy	Buy	Buy
Technical Indicators	Strong Buy	Sell	BUY
Summary	Strong Buy	Neutral	Buy

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