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American Funds Bond Fund of Amer B (BFABX)On Dec 4: 11.87  Down 0.04 (0.34%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Low
Year to Date Return:13.89%
5-Year Average Return:1.82%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):5.09%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-12.88%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):3.77%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-2.06%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:2.60%
3-Year:-0.29%
5-Year:1.52%
10-Year:4.16%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnBFABXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date13.8913.540.356.247.65
1-Month0.790.89-0.10.490.3
3-Month4.064.14-0.082.601.46
1-Year15.9817.86-1.8813.792.19
3-Year0.884.54-3.666.35-5.47
5-Year1.823.85-2.035.05-3.23
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)14.6413.810.837.067.58
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)0.316.49-6.187.94-7.63
* Index means [ BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearBFABXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-12.88-4.70-8.18
2007
 
2.614.70-2.09
2006
 
5.094.150.94
2005
 
1.191.80-0.61
2004
 
5.073.911.16
2003
 
11.385.106.28
2002
 
5.298.04-2.75
2001
 
6.367.64-1.28
2000N/A9.44N/A
1999N/A-1.35N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR BFABX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-0.477.165.94N/A
2008-1.51-0.13-7.00-4.77
20071.39-0.451.550.10
20060.030.113.241.65
2005-1.082.04-0.120.37
20042.50-2.523.082.02
20032.965.210.941.87
20020.36-0.380.874.40
20012.790.961.061.41
2000N/A0.521.871.85
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date482112242.96
1-Month547116446.99
3-Month553115447.92
6-Month453113339.98
1-Year506111345.46
3-Year70395773.46
5-Year62584573.96

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