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American Funds American Balanced F-1 (BALFX)On Dec 4: 16.27  Up 0.02 (0.12%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:15.07%
5-Year Average Return:1.94%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):11.83%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-25.73%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.87%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-3.97%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnBALFXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date15.0718.16-3.09N/AN/A
1-Month-0.45-1.240.79N/AN/A
3-Month4.774.710.06N/AN/A
1-Year11.7515.73-3.98N/AN/A
3-Year-2.30-2.660.36N/AN/A
5-Year1.942.10-0.16N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)32.2133.32-1.11N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.12-8.51-0.61N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearBALFXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-25.73-28.002.27
2007
 
6.615.990.62
2006
 
11.8311.290.54
2005
 
3.105.13-2.03
2004
 
8.888.860.02
2003
 
22.7920.352.44
2002
 
-6.29-12.025.73
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR BALFX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-6.9311.7511.15N/A
2008-5.95-2.75-5.12-14.41
20070.705.022.83-1.97
20062.81-0.604.494.72
2005-1.381.660.911.90
20042.480.51-0.286.00
2003-2.4412.762.369.04
20023.45-5.58-11.548.44
2001N/A4.71-4.686.98
2000N/AN/AN/AN/A
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date871121171.92
1-Month5012583.97
3-Month577125645.94
6-Month829122067.95
1-Year683120456.73
3-Year32195033.79
5-Year33579642.09

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