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American Funds American Balanced 529A (CLBAX)On Dec 8: 16.17  Down 0.10 (0.61%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:15.01%
5-Year Average Return:1.88%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):11.76%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-25.76%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.84%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-4.05%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:-6.89%
3-Year:-3.43%
5-Year:0.98%
10-Year:4.54%
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnCLBAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date15.0118.16-3.15N/AN/A
1-Month-0.39-1.240.85N/AN/A
3-Month4.754.710.04N/AN/A
1-Year11.7515.73-3.98N/AN/A
3-Year-2.37-2.660.29N/AN/A
5-Year1.882.10-0.22N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)32.0933.32-1.23N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.19-8.51-0.68N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearCLBAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-25.76-28.002.24
2007
 
6.475.990.48
2006
 
11.7611.290.47
2005
 
3.065.13-2.07
2004
 
8.888.860.02
2003
 
22.8720.352.52
2002N/A-12.02N/A
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR CLBAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-6.9511.6511.14N/A
2008-5.92-2.77-5.14-14.44
20070.695.002.76-1.99
20062.80-0.624.484.70
2005-1.381.650.911.89
20042.490.51-0.296.00
2003-2.3512.782.339.03
2002N/A-5.59-11.568.37
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 Date896121173.99
1-Month6212584.93
3-Month615125648.96
6-Month817122066.97
1-Year689120457.23
3-Year33595035.26
5-Year34679643.47

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