Investment Fund

Share Class
Notice: Effective October 1, 2020, the fund’s primary benchmark is 65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index.

Summary

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A durable multi-asset approach to income. The focus on dividend-paying stocks and fixed income may lead to low volatility and attractive downside resilience. This flexible equity-income fund uses a mix of stocks and bonds, including high-yield debt.
Price at NAV $24.46 as of 12/23/2024 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $129,584.6
Portfolio Managers
11
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
0.58 / 0.58%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge

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13.32%
1-year return
6.51%
5-year return
6.32%
10-year return
3.16%
30-Day SEC Yield
Returns as of 11/30/24 (updated monthly). Yield as of 11/30/24 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities50.9%
Non-U.S. Equities21.8%
U.S. Bonds20.0%
Non-U.S. Bonds2.5%
Cash & Equivalents
4.8%
As of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K

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AMECX
65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

76.0%
Large
22.4%
Medium
1.7%
Small
$217,683.00 Million
Weighted Average


As of 9/30/2024 (updated quarterly). FactSet data as of 9/30/2024 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM

Moderately Aggressive Allocation
Weighted average of holdings
75% of fund's stock holdings
Morningstar data as of 9/30/24 (updated quarterly)
INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Fund Statistics

4.6 years
Effective Duration
6.1%
Average Yield
to Worst
5.4%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income

Medium Quality
Moderate Interest-Rate Sensitivity
Morningstar data as of 9/30/24 (updated quarterly)

Description

Fund Objective
The fund's investment objectives are to provide you with current income while secondarily striving for capital growth.
Distinguishing Characteristics
This income fund focuses on dividend-paying stocks and fixed income, which may lead to low volatility and attractive downside resilience. The fund uses a mix of stocks and bonds, including high-yield debt, and may invest in equities outside of the U.S.
Types of Investments
Invests primarily in common or preferred stocks, convertible securities, bonds, U.S. and other government securities, cash and cash equivalents.
Holdings Outside the U.S.
The fund may invest up to 30% of assets in equities of companies outside the U.S. and up to 10% of assets in fixed-income securities outside the U.S. that are denominated in U.S. dollars.
Portfolio Restrictions
The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in lower quality, higher yielding nonconvertible debt securities (rated Ba1 and BB+ or below, or unrated, but determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality).

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 12/01/1973
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 11/30/2024
 $129,584.6
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly).
 1129+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 11/30/2024
 1,794,676
Regular Dividends Paid
Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 92%
Fiscal Year-End Jul
Prospectus Date 10/01/2024
CUSIP 453320 10 3
Fund Number 6

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 11/30/24

Returns at NAV
| With Sales Charge
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AMECX
65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/24

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Volatility & Return

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For Class A Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds
AMECX
65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Other AF Funds
Standard Deviation as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly) .
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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 3.26% N/A
Fund at MOP 3.07% 3.16%
As of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book
Cash Flow
Earnings
Fund 2.48 10.13 14.85
65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
4.30 15.60 21.60
Fund as of 9/30/24. Index as of 9/30/24.

Portfolio Management

Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Hilda L. Applbaum 26 29 40
Pramod Atluri 6 8 20
David A. Daigle 17 29
M. Taylor Hinshaw 3 22
Dimitrije M. Mitrinovic 5 16 22
John R. Queen 3 22 34
Caroline Randall 3 18 26
Anirudh Samsi 8 19 23
Andrew B. Suzman 24 30
Justin Toner 5 22 31
Shannon Ward 6 7 31
A boldface number indicates that years of experience with Capital Group is equal to years of experience with investment industry.

Ratings & Risk

Morningstar Rating TM


Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Funds rated(298)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(298 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(272 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(224 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Low
HIGH
LOW
Category
Moderately Aggressive Allocation
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
10.17
Sharpe Ratio
0.54
For the 10 Years ending 11/30/24 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
Morningstar
Benchmark
65%/35% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD
R-squared
85 91
Beta
0.88 0.97
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
96/87 98/103
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 10/31/24 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 11/30/24 (updated monthly).
U.S. Treasuries/Agencies
7.0%
AAA/Aaa
19.1%
AA/Aa
2.3%
A
9.6%
BBB/Baa
14.7%
BB/Ba
27.0%
B
14.4%
CCC & Below
4.3%
Unrated
1.6%
% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
14.2%
5-9.9 Years
7.8%
10-19.9 Years
0.7%
20-29.9 Years
0.8%
30+ Years
0.1%
% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries
Equity Fund Holdings
 Financials 16.5%
Consumer staples 8.8%
Industrials 6.9%
Information technology 6.8%
Health care 6.7%
Energy 6.7%
Utilities 4.8%
Consumer discretionary 4.6%
Communication services 4.2%
Real estate 3.4%
Materials 3.3%

% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Bonds Breakdown

Top Equities

Philip Morris International
2.8%
Gilead Sciences
2.3%
JPMorgan Chase
2.1%
Broadcom
1.9%
EOG Resources
1.7%
TSMC
1.4%
Home Depot
1.4%
BAE Systems
1.3%
Microsoft
1.3%
Comcast
1.3%

% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Geographic Breakdown

Regions | Top Countries
United States
70.9%
Europe
13.0%
Asia & Pacific Basin
4.0%
Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
7.2%
Cash & equivalents
4.8%
% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End

2024

Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 12/23/24

FIND HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
2024
Record
Date		 Calculated
Date		 Pay Date
Income Dividend Regular
Income Dividend Special
Cap. Gains Long-Term
Cap. Gains Short-Term
Reinvest NAV
03/11/24 03/11/24 03/12/24 $0.17 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $23.89
06/10/24 06/10/24 06/11/24 $0.17 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $24.03
09/16/24 09/16/24 09/17/24 $0.17 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $25.67
12/16/24 12/16/24 12/17/24 $0.17 $0.32 $0.558 $0.00 $24.92
2024 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $1.00 Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.558
Total Distributions: $1.558

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.23%
Other Expenses 0.10%
Service 12b-1 0.25%
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio

AMECX 0.58%
Lipper Growth & Income Funds Average
1.07%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 9/30/24 (updated quarterly).