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American Funds American Balanced C (BALCX)On Dec 4: 16.18  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:1.13%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):10.90%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-26.33%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.02%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-4.76%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-2.90%
3-Year:-2.22%
5-Year:1.43%
10-Year:4.36%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnBALCXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date14.3618.16-3.8N/AN/A
1-Month-0.45-1.240.79N/AN/A
3-Month4.584.71-0.13N/AN/A
1-Year10.8915.73-4.84N/AN/A
3-Year-3.08-2.66-0.42N/AN/A
5-Year1.132.10-0.97N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)31.5433.32-1.78N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.88-8.51-1.37N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearBALCXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-26.33-28.001.67
2007
 
5.735.99-0.26
2006
 
10.9011.29-0.39
2005
 
2.315.13-2.82
2004
 
8.028.86-0.84
2003
 
21.8420.351.49
2002
 
-7.08-12.024.94
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR BALCX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-7.0911.5010.90N/A
2008-6.11-2.90-5.33-14.65
20070.514.832.58-2.18
20062.62-0.814.304.47
2005-1.571.470.711.70
20042.300.32-0.485.76
2003-2.6312.502.238.80
20023.21-5.77-11.688.18
2001N/A4.51-4.836.79
2000N/AN/AN/AN/A
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date932121176.96
1-Month7512585.96
3-Month703125655.97
6-Month890122072.95
1-Year732120460.80
3-Year43595045.79
5-Year45679657.29

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