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American Funds American Balanced B (BALBX)On Dec 2: 16.27   0.00 (0.00%)  
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Risk  As of 31-Oct-09Get Risk for:
RISK OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Risk Rating:Below average
Number of Years Up:4
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1 Yr Total Return (2006):10.95%
Worst 1 Yr Total Return (2008):-26.33%
RISK (MODERN PORTFOLIO THEORY) STATISTICS 
3 Years
StatisticBALBXCategory
Alpha (against Standard Index)-3.53-2.88
Beta (against Standard Index)1.011.08
Mean Annual Return-3.06-0.13
R-squared (against Standard Index)9593.44
Standard Deviation13.5914.69
Sharpe Ratio-0.34N/A
Treynor Ratio-5.45N/A
5 Years
StatisticBALBXCategory
Alpha (against Standard Index)-3.34-2.47
Beta (against Standard Index)0.981.06
Mean Annual Return1.180.23
R-squared (against Standard Index)9392.52
Standard Deviation10.9411.89
Sharpe Ratio-0.11N/A
Treynor Ratio-1.88N/A
10 Years
StatisticBALBXCategory
Alpha (against Standard Index)-0.19-2.17
Beta (against Standard Index)0.951.05
Mean Annual Return4.380.26
R-squared (against Standard Index)8086.72
Standard Deviation10.5411.31
Sharpe Ratio0.18N/A
Treynor Ratio1.49N/A

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