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American Funds American Balanced A (ABALX)On Dec 8: 16.19  Down 0.10 (0.61%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:15.03%
5-Year Average Return:1.93%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):11.81%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-25.73%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.89%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-3.98%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-6.84%
3-Year:-3.37%
5-Year:1.05%
10-Year:4.58%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnABALXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date15.0318.16-3.13N/AN/A
1-Month-0.45-1.240.79N/AN/A
3-Month4.764.710.05N/AN/A
1-Year11.7115.73-4.02N/AN/A
3-Year-2.33-2.660.33N/AN/A
5-Year1.932.10-0.17N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)32.1833.32-1.14N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.14-8.51-0.63N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearABALXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-25.73-28.002.27
2007
 
6.605.990.61
2006
 
11.8111.290.52
2005
 
3.125.13-2.01
2004
 
8.928.860.06
2003
 
22.8220.352.47
2002
 
-6.27-12.025.75
2001
 
8.19-5.0513.24
2000
 
15.861.8214.04
1999
 
3.4710.71-7.24
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR ABALX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-6.9411.7311.13N/A
2008-5.90-2.75-5.12-14.46
20070.755.022.77-1.97
20062.81-0.554.494.66
2005-1.371.670.921.89
20042.480.58-0.336.01
2003-2.4312.762.379.05
20023.47-5.57-11.538.44
20011.234.77-4.656.99
20000.692.303.368.81
1999N/AN/AN/A0.20
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date884121173.00
1-Month6212584.93
3-Month577125645.94
6-Month841122068.93
1-Year686120456.98
3-Year32695034.32
5-Year33979642.59

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