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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class R-4 (RLBEX)

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34.26 +0.08 +0.23%

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Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

Morningstar Rating:
Total Assets: 4.02B

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Find basic information about the American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class R-4 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 RLBEX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change2.4%

Prev. Close34.18

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.97%

ROE27.73%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover44%

ROA11.07%

Inception DateJun 21, 2002

Total Assets4.02B

Expenses0.60%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap221B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class R-4 Analysis

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	998	998	1080	1196	1666	2156
Fund Return	-0.24%	-0.24%	7.96%	6.15%	10.75%	7.98%
Place in category	359	359	83	66	181	51
% in Category	48	48	11	11	31	13

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	143.21B	-6.42	8.56	12.54
American Funds American Balanced A	108.32B	-0.23	6.19	8.03
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	90.13B	-2.99	11.35	11.42
American Funds Washington Mutual A	85.51B	0.30	9.32	11.37
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	77.51B	4.67	5.78	7.11

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds American Balanced A	108.32B	-0.23	6.19	8.03
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	94.12B	-1.64	5.79	8.17
American Funds American Balanced R6	54.67B	-0.15	6.52	8.36
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	44.28B	-1.84	5.20	7.78
Fidelity Advisor Balanced Fund Clas	42.26B	16.10	4.96	9.64

Top Holdings

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Broadcom	US11135F1012	3.29	204.81	+2.36%
Microsoft	US5949181045	2.92	433.35	+0.01%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.89	-	-
Philip Morris	US7181721090	2.40	175.36	+0.74%
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	1.65	596.81	+1.62%

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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