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Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

Morningstar Rating:
Total Assets: 100.8B

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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 Change10.41%

Prev. Close32.78

Risk Rating

TTM Yield2.26%

ROE30.12%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover171%

ROA10.77%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets100.8B

Expenses0.57%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap180.39B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A Analysis

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Did the S&P 500 Put in a Multi-Year Top? By Dr. Arnout ter Schure - 12 hours ago

In our update from early March, we anticipated using the Elliott Wave Principle (EWP) for the S&P 500: “…. However, if, like last, the index breaks higher...

Performance

	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1062	1062	1177	1187	1508	2166
Fund Return	6.16%	6.16%	17.74%	5.88%	8.56%	8.04%
Place in category	193	193	147	96	146	71
% in Category	27	27	22	17	26	16

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	132.95B	12.54	7.60	13.07
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	83B	10.43	11.90	11.47
American Funds Washington Mutual A	80.46B	9.14	11.51	11.37
VA CollegeAmerica 529 AMCAP 529A	81.1B	10.72	6.80	10.80
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	73.4B	4.32	5.16	6.65

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

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	98.09B	5.52	5.99	8.29
American Funds American Balanced R6	49.86B	6.24	6.21	8.37
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	44.21B	5.74	4.85	8.11
Fidelity Balanced K	42.26B	7.17	6.55	9.67
Fidelity Balanced	42.26B	7.13	6.46	9.57

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Microsoft	US5949181045	4.60	404.33	-1.82%
Broadcom	US11135F1012	4.39	1,258.99	-1.84%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	3.19	-	-
UnitedHealth	US91324P1021	2.05	493.16	+2.96%
Philip Morris	US7181721090	1.78	91.19	+0.67%

Technical Summary

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

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	American Funds Am.	32.68	-0.10	-0.31%