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American Funds AMCAP A (AMCPX)On Nov 27: 15.99  Down 0.25 (1.54%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:27.72%
5-Year Average Return:1.16%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2004):9.80%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-37.68%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):8.47%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-10.05%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-4.42%
3-Year:-4.50%
5-Year:0.81%
10-Year:2.75%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnAMCPXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date27.7224.153.5717.0510.67
1-Month-2.43-2.25-0.18-1.86-0.57
3-Month4.824.520.35.48-0.66
1-Year19.8715.354.529.8010.07
3-Year-4.52-4.950.43-7.022.5
5-Year1.160.990.170.330.83
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)51.3442.818.5345.765.58
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-10.07-17.147.07-18.258.18
* Index means [ S&P 500 TR ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearAMCPXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-37.68-40.672.99
2007
 
7.5013.35-5.85
2006
 
8.637.051.58
2005
 
6.986.710.27
2004
 
9.807.811.99
2003
 
29.6428.660.98
2002
 
-18.66-27.648.98
2001
 
-5.01-22.3017.29
2000
 
7.50-13.0520.55
1999
 
21.7838.87-17.09
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR AMCPX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-5.0518.6216.23N/A
2008-10.02-4.63-6.26-22.53
20072.055.992.79-3.31
20063.24-2.582.525.36
2005-2.783.142.374.22
20042.611.85-3.078.39
2003-0.8515.622.7510.06
2002-0.31-11.29-14.347.37
2001-8.388.37-15.4013.08
20007.35-1.240.850.54
1999N/AN/AN/A15.45
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date504180227.97
1-Month1228189064.97
3-Month1337188470.97
6-Month822182744.99
1-Year360179720.03
3-Year562151837.02
5-Year454125136.29

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