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American Funds American Balanced R1 (RLBAX)On Dec 8: 16.08  Down 0.10 (0.62%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:14.33%
5-Year Average Return:1.13%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):10.91%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-26.30%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):6.99%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-4.74%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnRLBAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date14.3318.16-3.83N/AN/A
1-Month-0.52-1.240.72N/AN/A
3-Month4.524.71-0.19N/AN/A
1-Year10.8815.73-4.85N/AN/A
3-Year-3.08-2.66-0.42N/AN/A
5-Year1.132.10-0.97N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)31.5933.32-1.73N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.80-8.51-1.29N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearRLBAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-26.30-28.001.70
2007
 
5.745.99-0.25
2006
 
10.9111.29-0.38
2005
 
2.245.13-2.89
2004
 
8.018.86-0.85
2003
 
21.7720.351.42
2002N/A-12.02N/A
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR RLBAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-7.0811.5110.91N/A
2008-6.11-2.88-5.31-14.65
20070.564.782.58-2.17
20062.61-0.804.304.48
2005-1.571.470.711.64
20042.300.37-0.545.76
2003-2.6112.502.158.79
2002N/AN/A-11.668.14
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 Date944121177.95
1-Month8812587.00
3-Month690125654.94
6-Month902122073.93
1-Year734120460.96
3-Year43395045.58
5-Year45879657.54

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