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Summary

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A balanced approach to growth-and-income investing. With a diversified portfolio of quality stocks and bonds, this balanced strategy invests between 50% and 75% in equities, with flexible exposure to growth-oriented and dividend-paying stocks. The fixed income portion generally invests in investment-grade bonds, providing diversification from equities.
Price at NAV $32.00 as of 4/04/2025 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $241,482.9
Portfolio Managers
1
 12
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
2
 1.31 / 1.31%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with CDSC

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6.22%
1-year return
9.96%
5-year return
7.37%
10-year return
1.40%
30-Day SEC Yield
Returns as of 3/31/25 (updated monthly). Yield as of 2/28/25 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities56.0%
Non-U.S. Equities6.9%
U.S. Bonds29.5%
Non-U.S. Bonds3.2%
Cash & Equivalents
3,4
4.3%
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K
5

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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

80.6%
Large
18.3%
Medium
1.2%
Small
$683,918.00 Million
Weighted Average
6


As of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly). FactSet data as of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM
7

Moderate Allocation
Weighted average of holdings
75% of fund's stock holdings
Morningstar data as of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly)
INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Fund Statistics

6.2 years
Effective Duration
4.9%
Average Yield
to Worst
4.3%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income
8

High Quality
Moderate Interest-Rate Sensitivity
Morningstar data as of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly)

Description

Fund Objective
The investment objectives of the fund are: (1) conservation of capital, (2) current income and (3) long-term growth of capital and income.
Distinguishing Characteristics
With a diversified portfolio of quality stocks and bonds, this balanced fund generally invests between 50% and 75% of its assets in equities, with flexible exposure to growth-oriented and dividend-paying stocks. The fixed income portion of the portfolio, which generally invests in investment-grade bonds, provides diversification from equities. This approach has the potential to provide consistent results, and to limit volatility.
Types of Investments
Common stocks and preferred stocks, bonds, convertibles and cash.
Holdings Outside the U.S.
The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States.
Portfolio Restrictions
May not invest more than 75% of assets in common stocks. All of the fund's fixed-income investments must be investment-grade at the time of purchase.

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 7/26/1975
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 2/28/2025
 $241,482.9
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly).
 1119+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 2/28/2025
 292,889
Regular Dividends Paid
9
 Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
9
 Jun, Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 131%
Fiscal Year-End Dec
Prospectus Date 03/01/2025
CUSIP 024071 30 0
Fund Number 311

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 3/31/25

Returns at NAV
5,10
 | with CDSC
5,10
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BALCX
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 3/31/25

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Volatility & Return

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For Class C Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
11
and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds
BALCX
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Other AF Funds
Standard Deviation as of 03/31/2025 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 03/31/2025 (updated monthly) .
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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
12
 30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 1.26% 1.40%
Fund at MOP N/A N/A
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book
Cash Flow
Earnings
Fund 3.88 11.34 19.32
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
4.30 15.70 21.80
Fund as of 12/31/24. Index as of 12/31/24.

Portfolio Management
1

Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Hilda L. Applbaum 25 30 41
Pramod Atluri 7 9 21
Paul Benjamin 10 19
Alan N. Berro 19 34 39
Mark L. Casey 5 24
Mathews Cherian 3 21 28
Irfan M. Furniturewala 1 24
Jin Lee 6 28 29
Chitrang Purani 2 3 21
John R. Queen 8 23 35
Ritchie Tuazon 4 14 25
Alan J. Wilson 9 34
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
13


Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Funds rated(682)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(682 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(628 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(490 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Below Average
HIGH
LOW
Category
Moderate Allocation
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 3/31/2025 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
11
 9.75
Sharpe Ratio
11
 0.56
For the 10 Years ending 3/31/25 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
14
 Morningstar
Benchmark
11
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD
R-squared
96 94
Beta
0.94 0.94
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
98/93 93/101
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 3/31/25 (updated monthly).
U.S. Treasuries/Agencies
21.6%
AAA/Aaa
43.1%
AA/Aa
5.6%
A
15.4%
BBB/Baa
13.3%
BB/Ba
0.0%
Unrated
1.0%
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
13.1%
5-9.9 Years
13.7%
10-19.9 Years
2.5%
20-29.9 Years
1.7%
30+ Years
0.2%
% of net assets as of 12/31/2024 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries
Equity Fund Holdings
 Information technology 14.4%
Financials 9.3%
Health care 7.6%
Industrials 7.0%
Communication services 6.6%
Consumer staples 5.5%
Consumer discretionary 5.1%
Energy 2.7%
Materials 2.0%
Utilities 1.6%
Real estate 1.1%

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Bonds Breakdown

Top Equities
15

Broadcom
3.9%
Microsoft
3.0%
Alphabet
2.6%
Philip Morris International
2.3%
Meta Platforms
2.1%
TSMC
1.7%
Amazon.com
1.7%
Apple
1.4%
UnitedHealth Group
1.4%
JPMorgan Chase
1.3%

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Geographic Breakdown

Regions
United States
85.6%
Europe
4.3%
Asia & Pacific Basin
2.6%
Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
3.2%
Cash & equivalents
4
4.3%
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

The New Geography of Investing ®
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Equity Portion Breakdown by Domicile | Equity Portion Breakdown by Revenue
Regions Fund
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
United States 89.0% --
Canada 3.3% --
Europe 3.9% --
Emerging Markets 3.8% --

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Fund Breakdown by Domicile

Regions Fund
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
United States 56.0% --
Canada 2.1% --
Europe 2.4% --
Emerging Markets 2.4% --
Cash & Equivalents
4
 4.3% --
Fixed Income 32.8% --

% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End

2025

Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 04/04/25

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2025
Record
Date		 Calculated
Date		 Pay Date
Income Dividend Regular
Income Dividend Special
Cap. Gains Long-Term
Cap. Gains Short-Term
Reinvest NAV
03/10/25 03/10/25 03/11/25 $0.0457 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $33.83
2025 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.0457 Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.00
Total Distributions: $0.0457

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.21%
Other Expenses 0.10%
Service 12b-1 1.00%
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio
2

BALCX 1.31%
Lipper Balanced Funds Average
17
 --%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of -- (updated quarterly).
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