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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C (BALCX)

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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: 7.91B

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Find basic information about the American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C 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 BALCX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change5.63%

Prev. Close36.12

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.24%

ROE27.73%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover44%

ROA11.07%

Inception DateMar 15, 2001

Total Assets7.91B

Expenses1.31%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap221B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C News

TSX drops after Trump terminates Canada trade talks By Investing.com - Jun 27, 2025

Investing.com - Canada's main stock exchange shed it gains to close lower as U.S. President Donald Trump cancelled trade talks with Canada. The average notched a fresh all-time...

Stock market today: S&P 500 closes at record after shrugging off trade war jitters By Investing.com - Jun 27, 2025

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EU and US optimistic about trade deal before July 9 tariff deadline - Bloomberg By Investing.com - Jun 27, 2025

Investing.com -- The European Union and the United States are expressing confidence about reaching a trade agreement before the July 9 deadline, when significant tariffs are set to...

American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class C Analysis

Stocks Calm For Now, but Sector-Specific Tariffs Could Shift the Mood By Michael Kramer - Jun 27, 2025

Stocks finished higher, but yesterday's gains were more balanced, with both the equal-weighted and market-cap-weighted S&P 500 indexes rising. Meanwhile, rates and the dollar...

Majority of Markets Are Again Net Bullish By Declan Fallon - Jun 27, 2025

With some semblance of market normality restored - or at least until the deadline for 50% European tariffs passes - markets are trading back at post-election highs. The early-year...

Euro–S&P 500 Correlation Raises Red Flags for US Dollar Stability By Alfonso Peccatiello - Jun 26, 2025

I think this is the most important macro chart in the world right now. The chart shows the 120-day rolling correlation between EUR and SPX. This is a key correlation for big asset...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1031	1006	1116	1264	1504	2050
Fund Return	3.11%	0.57%	11.55%	8.12%	8.51%	7.44%
Place in category	105	138	39	175	230	103
% in Category	24	30	7	38	54	33

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	161.65B	3.26	17.89	13.31
American Funds American Balanced A	115.74B	3.42	8.95	8.27
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	99.9B	4.19	16.94	11.91
American Funds Washington Mutual A	91.34B	4.43	12.37	11.66
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	80.62B	7.60	7.41	7.24

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds American Balanced A	115.74B	3.42	8.95	8.27
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	98.12B	2.66	9.20	8.48
American Funds American Balanced R6	58.71B	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

Top Holdings

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Broadcom	US11135F1012	3.29	269.35	-0.30%
Microsoft	US5949181045	2.92	495.94	-0.30%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.89	-	-
Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.40	181.03	+0.20%
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	1.65	733.63	+1.04%

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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