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American Funds AMCAP 529A (CAFAX)On Dec 2: 16.20  Up 0.04 (0.25%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:27.63%
5-Year Average Return:1.10%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2004):9.67%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-37.67%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):8.39%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-10.08%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-4.47%
3-Year:-4.58%
5-Year:0.73%
10-Year:2.70%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnCAFAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date27.6324.153.4817.0510.58
1-Month-2.38-2.25-0.13-1.86-0.52
3-Month4.834.520.315.48-0.65
1-Year19.8615.354.519.8010.06
3-Year-4.59-4.950.36-7.022.43
5-Year1.100.990.110.330.77
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)51.2142.818.445.765.45
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-10.09-17.147.05-18.258.16
* Index means [ S&P 500 TR ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearCAFAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-37.67-40.673.00
2007
 
7.3913.35-5.96
2006
 
8.617.051.56
2005
 
6.906.710.19
2004
 
9.677.811.86
2003
 
29.6428.660.98
2002N/A-27.64N/A
2001N/A-22.30N/A
2000N/A-13.05N/A
1999N/A38.87N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR CAFAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-5.0718.5916.13N/A
2008-10.00-4.70-6.28-22.47
20072.006.002.75-3.33
20063.25-2.592.525.34
2005-2.793.152.374.14
20042.561.80-3.028.31
2003-0.8515.592.7610.08
2002N/A-11.35-14.357.42
2001N/AN/AN/AN/A
2000N/AN/AN/AN/A
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date522180228.97
1-Month1209189063.97
3-Month1337188470.97
6-Month822182744.99
1-Year365179720.31
3-Year574151837.81
5-Year479125138.29

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