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Monday, December 7, 2009, 10:31PM ET - U.S. Markets Closed. Dow Up 0.01% Nasdaq Down 0.22%
American Funds Bond Fund of Amer R1 (RBFAX)On Dec 7: 11.89  Up 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:13.85%
5-Year Average Return:1.76%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):5.05%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-12.92%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):3.69%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-2.11%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnRBFAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date13.8513.540.316.247.61
1-Month0.780.89-0.110.490.29
3-Month4.054.14-0.092.601.45
1-Year15.9317.86-1.9313.792.14
3-Year0.834.54-3.716.35-5.52
5-Year1.763.85-2.095.05-3.29
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)14.6213.810.817.067.56
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)0.276.49-6.227.94-7.67
* Index means [ BarCap US Agg Bond TR USD ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearRBFAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-12.92-4.70-8.22
2007
 
2.544.70-2.16
2006
 
5.054.150.90
2005
 
1.111.80-0.69
2004
 
4.983.911.07
2003
 
11.295.106.19
2002N/A8.04N/A
2001N/A7.64N/A
2000N/A9.44N/A
1999N/A-1.35N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR RBFAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-0.487.155.93N/A
2008-1.53-0.13-7.01-4.78
20071.38-0.471.530.09
20060.020.103.231.64
2005-1.102.02-0.140.35
20042.48-2.543.061.99
20032.945.190.921.84
2002N/AN/A0.954.38
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 Date493112243.94
1-Month558116447.94
3-Month553115447.92
6-Month453113339.98
1-Year509111345.73
3-Year70695773.77
5-Year63084574.56

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