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American Funds Bond Fund of Amer F-1 (BFAFX)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:Below average
Year to Date Return:14.60%
5-Year Average Return:2.59%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):5.90%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-12.32%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):4.52%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-1.32%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnBFAFXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date14.6013.541.066.248.36
1-Month0.850.89-0.040.490.36
3-Month4.264.140.122.601.66
1-Year16.8517.86-1.0113.793.06
3-Year1.654.54-2.896.35-4.7
5-Year2.593.85-1.265.05-2.46
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)15.1413.811.337.068.08
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)1.066.49-5.437.94-6.88
* Index means [ BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearBFAFXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-12.32-4.70-7.62
2007
 
3.484.70-1.22
2006
 
5.904.151.75
2005
 
1.921.800.12
2004
 
5.803.911.89
2003
 
12.045.106.94
2002
 
6.048.04-2.00
2001N/A7.64N/A
2000N/A9.44N/A
1999N/A-1.35N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR BFAFX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-0.287.366.14N/A
2008-1.410.05-6.82-4.60
20071.58-0.261.740.39
20060.220.313.441.85
2005-0.912.220.070.56
20042.67-2.353.262.19
20033.035.391.072.08
20020.44-0.201.054.68
2001N/A1.111.181.72
2000N/AN/AN/AN/A
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date426112237.97
1-Month453116438.92
3-Month496115442.98
6-Month407113335.92
1-Year448111340.25
3-Year67895770.85
5-Year57784568.28

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