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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)

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35.25 +0.33 +0.94%

28/02 - Delayed Data. Currency in USD

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Total Assets: 112.12B

Type: Fund

Market: United States

Issuer: American Funds

Underlying: S&P 500 TR

Asset Class: Equity

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Find basic information about the American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A mutual fund such as total assets, risk rating, Min. investment, market cap and category. Learn about the fund's agencies rating and risk rating, transparent information about the fund's management personal, policies of invested allocation and diversification, past performance. In addition we provide you related news, analysis tools, interactive charts and analysis articles. You may add ABALX MF to your portfolio and watchlist to keep track with the fund's performance and users commentary.

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1-Year Change5.6%

Prev. Close34.92

Risk Rating

TTM Yield1.94%

ROE26.40%

IssuerAmerican Funds

Turnover24%

ROA10.53%

Inception DateJul 25, 1975

Total Assets112.12B

Expenses0.56%

Min. Investment250

Market Cap251.36B

CategoryAllocation - - 50% to 70% Equity

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European shares up as defence stocks boom; bitcoin surges on Trump plans By Reuters - 26 minutes ago

By Amanda Cooper and Wayne Cole LONDON/SYDNEY (Reuters) - European shares and the euro rallied on Monday, after European leaders agreed to draw up a Ukraine peace plan, while...

U.S. stock futures edge higher as Trump tariff decisions approach By Investing.com - 38 minutes ago

Investing.com-- U.S. stock index futures traded marginally higher Monday following sharp monthly declines on Wall Street, as investor sentiment remained cautious amid...

Dow Jones, Nasdaq, S&P 500 weekly preview: February jobs data, Broadcom earnings By Investing.com - 1 hour ago

Investing.com -- Stocks ended higher on Friday, capping off a turbulent week and a losing month for major indexes. Markets briefly pulled back during the session following a tense...

American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A Analysis

S&P 500, Nasdaq Struggle as Markets Rethink Trump’s Economic Policies By Ed Yardeni - 6 hours ago

In recent weeks, many news headlines have suggested that the US economy is tanking and that so is the Old World Order. So, investors are jittery, and a risk-off investment style...

Nasdaq Tests 200-Day MA, S&P 500 Holds Firm as Russell 2000 Breaks Weekly Trend By Declan Fallon - 6 hours ago

Friday's Oval Office meltdown points to a future of nuclear proliferation. How markets react to this and the long-term prospects for the U.S. remain to be seen, but it's not good...

Why Investors Sell Too Soon, Hold Too Long, and Regret It Later By Michael Lebowitz - Mar 02, 2025

The combination of extremely rich equity valuations, high interest rates, and a new President taking bold actions will likely continue to whip stocks around for the foreseeable...

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	YTD	3M	1Y	3Y	5Y	10Y
Growth of 1000	1029	1044	1174	1226	1523	2281
Fund Return	2.88%	4.38%	17.42%	7.03%	8.78%	8.59%
Place in category	165	60	63	74	108	53
% in Category	20	11	11	14	20	13

Top Equity Funds by American Funds

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
American Funds Growth Fund Amer A	151.71B	5.17	12.56	14.38
American Funds Invmt Co of Amer A	94.65B	4.65	14.26	12.56
American Funds Washington Mutual A	90.13B	3.95	11.37	12.16
American Funds Fundamental Invs A	75.8B	4.29	12.58	12.76
American Funds Income Fund of Amer	79.12B	3.19	5.30	7.14

Top Funds for Allocation--50% to 70% Equity Category

Name	Total Assets	YTD%	3Y%	10Y%
Vanguard Wellington Admiral	100.34B	2.27	6.17	8.84
American Funds American Balanced R6	56.39B	2.94	7.37	8.93
Vanguard Balanced Index Adm	47.01B	2.10	6.18	8.47
Fidelity Balanced K	8.85B	1.89	7.33	10.01
Fidelity Balanced	39.11B	1.89	7.25	9.92

Top Holdings

Name	ISIN	Weight %	Last	Change %
Broadcom	US11135F1012	6.01	199.43	+0.82%
Microsoft	US5949181045	3.30	396.99	+1.14%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	-	2.73	-	-
Taiwan Semiconductor	US8740391003	2.07	180.53	-0.31%
Meta Platforms	US30303M1027	1.92	668.20	+1.51%

Technical Summary

Type	Daily	Weekly	Monthly
Moving Averages	Sell	Buy	Buy
Technical Indicators	Strong Sell	Sell	Strong Buy
Summary	Strong Sell	Neutral	Strong Buy

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