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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)

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35.08 -0.20 -0.57%

17/12 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Total Assets: 112.03B

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First Comes The Fed, Then Santa Last week, we discussed that the risk to the markets was the annual portfolio rebalancing process. To wit: “With the year-end approaching, portfolio managers need to...

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The S&P 500 fell by about 50 basis points yesterday, with the NASDAQ down roughly 65 basis points. PPI came in slightly hotter on the headline numbers, but as I reviewed with members earlier, if...

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	Name	Price	Chg.	Chg. %
	American Funds Am.	35.08	-0.20	-0.57%