American Funds American Hi Inc Tr B
American High-Income Trust) 333 South Hope Street
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Phone: 800-421-0180
| Category: | High Yield Bond | | Fund Family: | American Funds | | Net Assets: | 549.83M | | Year-to-Date Return: | 41.61% | | Yield: | 7.80% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 15-Mar-00 |
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David C. Barclay
Lead Manager since
01-Dec-89 | | | David C. Barclay is a portfolio manager investing in emerging markets and U.S. high-yield securities. He is a senior vice president of Capital Research and management Company. Prior to joining our organisation in 1988, he was at E.F. Hutton & Company, Inc. and The Bank of New York. Mr. Barclay holds an MBA from Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration and a BA in economics from Brown University. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $250 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $250 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | $50 |
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| The investment seeks to provide you with a high level of current income and capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve these objectives by investing primarily in a broad range of higher yielding and generally lower quality debt securities, including corporate loans, that also provide an opportunity to increase in value. |
| Last Dividend
(28-Oct-09):
| 0.06 | | Last Cap Gain
(28-Dec-07):
| 0.02 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 35.00% | | Average for Category:
| 90.12% |
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| Expense | AHTBX | Category
Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | 1.44%
| 1.20% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | 1.00%
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | %
| 4.47% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 5.00%
| 2.73% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 865 | $637 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 1,003 | $994 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ 1,548 | $2,006 |
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