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American Funds American Balanced R5 (RLBFX)On Dec 2: 16.37  Up 0.01 (0.06%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Average
Year to Date Return:15.37%
5-Year Average Return:2.22%
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2006):12.08%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-25.52%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (2004-6):8.16%
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (2006-8):-3.73%
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:No load
3-Year:No load
5-Year:No load
10-Year:No load
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnRLBFXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date15.3718.16-2.79N/AN/A
1-Month-0.39-1.240.85N/AN/A
3-Month4.844.710.13N/AN/A
1-Year12.1215.73-3.61N/AN/A
3-Year-2.04-2.660.62N/AN/A
5-Year2.222.100.12N/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)32.4733.32-0.85N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-8.86-8.51-0.35N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearRLBFXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-25.52-28.002.48
2007
 
6.865.990.87
2006
 
12.0811.290.79
2005
 
3.385.13-1.75
2004
 
9.218.860.35
2003
 
23.1620.352.81
2002N/A-12.02N/A
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR RLBFX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-6.8611.8111.22N/A
2008-5.84-2.68-5.11-14.35
20070.825.082.84-1.91
20062.87-0.544.614.72
2005-1.301.730.991.95
20042.560.65-0.266.08
2003-2.3612.842.449.11
2002N/AN/A-11.468.51
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 Date847121169.94
1-Month6212584.93
3-Month577125645.94
6-Month805122065.98
1-Year672120455.81
3-Year29095030.53
5-Year29279636.68

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