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American Funds Bond Fund of Amer 529A (CFAAX)On Dec 1: 11.94  Down 0.02 (0.17%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Low
Year to Date Return:14.56%
5-Year Average Return:2.53%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):5.85%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-12.36%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):4.49%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-1.38%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:4.29%
3-Year:0.30%
5-Year:1.77%
10-Year:4.51%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnCFAAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date14.5613.541.026.248.32
1-Month0.840.89-0.050.490.35
3-Month4.244.140.12.601.64
1-Year16.7817.86-1.0813.792.99
3-Year1.594.54-2.956.35-4.76
5-Year2.533.85-1.325.05-2.52
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)15.1113.811.37.068.05
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)1.016.49-5.487.94-6.93
* Index means [ BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearCFAAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-12.36-4.70-7.66
2007
 
3.414.70-1.29
2006
 
5.854.151.70
2005
 
1.881.800.08
2004
 
5.803.911.89
2003
 
12.125.107.02
2002N/A8.04N/A
2001N/A7.64N/A
2000N/A9.44N/A
1999N/A-1.35N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR CFAAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-0.297.356.13N/A
2008-1.430.05-6.83-4.61
20071.56-0.291.730.37
20060.200.293.431.84
2005-0.932.220.060.55
20042.67-2.353.272.19
20033.085.401.092.09
2002N/A-0.131.034.68
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 Date437112238.95
1-Month465116439.95
3-Month507115443.93
6-Month407113335.92
1-Year456111340.97
3-Year68195771.16
5-Year58184568.76

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