Investment Fund

Share Class
Purchase Restrictions: For 457(b) and certain 403(b) plans, Class C share funds are not available. See the prospectus for details.

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 $34.29 as of 12/23/2024 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $241,103.1
Portfolio Managers
14
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
1.32 / 1.32%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with CDSC

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20.09%
1-year return
8.06%
5-year return
7.59%
10-year return
1.40%
30-Day SEC Yield
Returns as of 11/30/24 (updated monthly). Yield as of 11/30/24 (updated monthly).

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities57.0%
Non-U.S. Equities7.2%
U.S. Bonds28.0%
Non-U.S. Bonds2.9%
Cash & Equivalents
4.9%
As of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K

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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

82.4%
Large
16.3%
Medium
1.3%
Small
$622,648.00 Million
Weighted Average


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

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM

Moderate 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

6.6 years
Effective Duration
4.9%
Average Yield
to Worst
4.1%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income

High Quality
Moderate Interest-Rate Sensitivity
Morningstar data as of 9/30/24 (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 11/30/2024
 $241,103.1
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly).
 1100+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 11/30/2024
 300,229
Regular Dividends Paid
Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
Jun, Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2023) 171%
Fiscal Year-End Dec
Prospectus Date 03/01/2024
CUSIP 024071 30 0
Fund Number 311

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 11/30/24

Returns at NAV
| with CDSC
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BALCX
60%/40% 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 C Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
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 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 1.47% 1.40%
Fund at MOP N/A N/A
As of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book
Cash Flow
Earnings
Fund 3.68 12.90 18.57
60%/40% 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 25 29 40
Pramod Atluri 6 8 20
Paul Benjamin 10 18
Alan N. Berro 18 33 38
Mark L. Casey 4 23
Mathews Cherian 2 20 27
Irfan M. Furniturewala 0 23
Jeffrey T. Lager 13 27
Jin Lee 6 27 28
Anne-Marie Peterson 8 19 29
Chitrang Purani 1 2 20
John R. Queen 8 22 34
Ritchie Tuazon 4 13 24
Alan J. Wilson 8 33
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(677)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(677 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(636 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(484 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 11/30/2024 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
9.72
Sharpe Ratio
0.60
For the 10 Years ending 11/30/24 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
Morningstar
Benchmark
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD
R-squared
96 95
Beta
0.95 0.94
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
100/94 94/102
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
19.2%
AAA/Aaa
45.4%
AA/Aa
5.3%
A
16.1%
BBB/Baa
12.8%
BB/Ba
0.1%
Unrated
1.1%
% of net assets as of 11/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
16.1%
5-9.9 Years
12.3%
10-19.9 Years
1.3%
20-29.9 Years
1.9%
30+ Years
0.1%
% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries
Equity Fund Holdings
 Information technology 14.6%
Financials 9.5%
Health care 7.9%
Industrials 7.3%
Communication services 6.4%
Consumer staples 5.2%
Consumer discretionary 5.1%
Energy 3.2%
Materials 2.1%
Utilities 1.6%
Real estate 1.3%

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

Bonds Breakdown

Top Equities

Broadcom
4.1%
Microsoft
3.2%
Alphabet
2.4%
Philip Morris International
2.0%
UnitedHealth Group
2.0%
TSMC
1.9%
Meta Platforms
1.8%
Apple
1.4%
Amazon.com
1.4%
JPMorgan Chase
1.3%

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

Geographic Breakdown

Regions
United States
85.0%
Europe
3.8%
Asia & Pacific Basin
2.9%
Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
3.4%
Cash & equivalents
4.9%
% 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 $0.0489 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $33.07
06/10/24 06/10/24 06/11/24 $0.0475 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $33.78
09/16/24 09/16/24 09/17/24 $0.044 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $35.59
12/16/24 12/16/24 12/17/24 $0.0401 $0.28 $1.7485 $0.00 $35.00
2024 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.4605 Cap Gains Subtotal: $1.7485
Total Distributions: $2.209

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.21%
Other Expenses 0.11%
Service 12b-1 1.00%
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio

BALCX 1.32%
Lipper Balanced Funds Average
1.72%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 9/30/24 (updated quarterly).