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American Funds American Balanced B (BALBX)On Nov 30: 16.15  Up 0.02 (0.12%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:14.36%
5-Year Average Return:1.18%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):10.95%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-26.33%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.09%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-4.72%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-6.64%
3-Year:-3.34%
5-Year:1.15%
10-Year:4.42%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnBALBXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date14.3618.16-3.8N/AN/A
1-Month-0.52-1.240.72N/AN/A
3-Month4.584.71-0.13N/AN/A
1-Year10.9115.73-4.82N/AN/A
3-Year-3.06-2.66-0.4N/AN/A
5-Year1.182.10-0.92N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)31.6133.32-1.71N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.80-8.51-1.29N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearBALBXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-26.33-28.001.67
2007
 
5.835.99-0.16
2006
 
10.9511.29-0.34
2005
 
2.365.13-2.77
2004
 
8.148.86-0.72
2003
 
21.9020.351.55
2002
 
-7.03-12.024.99
2001
 
7.34-5.0512.39
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR BALBX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-7.0811.4910.96N/A
2008-6.10-2.94-5.32-14.63
20070.574.792.64-2.17
20062.63-0.794.314.48
2005-1.551.490.731.71
20042.370.34-0.465.77
2003-2.5512.512.188.82
20023.29-5.75-11.738.19
20010.974.59-4.846.81
2000N/A2.123.118.72
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date932121176.96
1-Month7512585.96
3-Month715125656.93
6-Month902122073.93
1-Year731120460.71
3-Year42995045.16
5-Year44979656.41

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