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American Funds American Balanced R4 (RLBEX)On Dec 4: 16.25  Up 0.02 (0.12%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:15.06%
5-Year Average Return:1.89%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):11.78%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-25.75%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):7.84%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-4.03%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnRLBEXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date15.0618.16-3.1N/AN/A
1-Month-0.45-1.240.79N/AN/A
3-Month4.764.710.05N/AN/A
1-Year11.7215.73-4.01N/AN/A
3-Year-2.34-2.660.32N/AN/A
5-Year1.892.10-0.21N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)32.2433.32-1.08N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-9.10-8.51-0.59N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearRLBEXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-25.75-28.002.25
2007
 
6.505.990.51
2006
 
11.7811.290.49
2005
 
3.035.13-2.10
2004
 
8.898.860.03
2003
 
22.8120.352.46
2002N/A-12.02N/A
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR RLBEX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-6.8811.6711.14N/A
2008-5.92-2.70-5.19-14.44
20070.695.012.82-2.04
20062.81-0.624.484.71
2005-1.431.660.921.88
20042.480.51-0.286.01
2003-2.4412.762.379.05
2002N/AN/A-11.578.40
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 Date871121171.92
1-Month6212584.93
3-Month577125645.94
6-Month841122068.93
1-Year684120456.81
3-Year33195034.84
5-Year34479643.22

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