Investment Fund

Share Class
Purchase Restrictions: Class F-2 shares are available through certain registered investment advisor and fee-based programs, but are not available for purchase in most employer-sponsored retirement plans. See the prospectus for details.

Summary

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Balancing income and preservation. Limited-term bond strategy that seeks to reduce interest rate risk and diversify equity exposure by holding only investment-grade, dollar-denominated bonds in a portfolio with a dollar-weighted average effective maturity between three and five years.
Price at NAV $12.45 as of 11/01/2024 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $25,368.1
Portfolio Managers
5
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
0.38 / 0.37%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities0.0%
Non-U.S. Equities0.0%
U.S. Bonds91.3%
Non-U.S. Bonds4.1%
Cash & Equivalents
4.7%
As of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K

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IBAFX
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit (1-7 years, ex BBB) Index
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High & Low Prices

Fund Statistics

3.4 years
Effective Duration
4%
Average Yield
to Worst
4.3%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income

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

Description

Fund Objective
The fund's investment objective is to provide you with current income consistent with the maturity and quality standards described in this prospectus and preservation of capital.
Distinguishing Characteristics
Balancing income and preservation, this limited-term bond strategy seeks to reduce interest rate risk and diversify equity exposure by holding only investment-grade, dollar-denominated bonds in a portfolio with a dollar-weighted average effective maturity between three and five years.
Types of Investments
Primarily invests in corporate bonds, U.S. government bonds or notes, GNMA certificates and other mortgage-related securities, as well as cash.
Maturity
The fund's portfolio will have dollar-weighted average maturities of no less than three years and no greater than five years.
Portfolio Restrictions
The fund invests primarily in debt securities rated A or better and may invest up to 10% of its assets in debt securities rated BBB/Baa (or unrated, but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality).

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 2/19/1988
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 9/30/2024
 $25,368.1
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly).
 958+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 9/30/2024
 157,675
Regular Dividends Paid
Monthly
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 360%
Fiscal Year-End Aug
Prospectus Date 11/01/2023
CUSIP 458809 82 9
Fund Number 623

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 9/30/24

Returns at NAV
| With Sales Charge
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IBAFX
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit (1-7 years, ex BBB) Index
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Quarter-End Returns as of 9/30/24

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Volatility & Return

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Fixed-Income

For Class F-2 Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
and 10-year annualized return of the fixed income funds
IBAFX
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit (1-7 years, ex BBB) Index
Other AF Funds
Standard Deviation as of 09/30/2024 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 09/30/2024 (updated monthly) .
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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 4.11% 4.28%
Fund at MOP N/A N/A
As of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Portfolio Management

Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
David J. Betanzos 5 22 26
Karen Choi 4 16 28
Vincent J. Gonzales 3 12 16
Fergus N. MacDonald 10 20 31
John R. Queen 3 22 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


Overall Morningstar RatingTM
Funds rated(522)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(522 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(486 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(366 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Above Average
HIGH
LOW
Category
Short-Term Bond
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
3.09
Sharpe Ratio
0.06
For the 10 Years ending 9/30/24 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
Morningstar
Benchmark
Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit (1-7 years, ex BBB) Index
Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD
R-squared
94 89
Beta
1.12 0.59
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
111/110 48/62
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 9/30/24 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 9/30/24 (updated monthly).
U.S. Treasuries/Agencies
23.4%
AAA/Aaa
49.3%
AA/Aa
3.9%
A
10.5%
BBB/Baa
6.2%
Unrated
2.1%
Cash & equivalents
4.7%
% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
75.4%
5-9.9 Years
19.4%
10-19.9 Years
0.5%
20-29.9 Years
0.0%
30+ Years
--
% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Bonds Breakdown

Bond Details

Total bond holdings
U.S. Treasury bonds & notes 23.3%
Asset-backed obligations 14.7%
Non-U.S. government/agency securities 1.6%

% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (updated quarterly)

Top Fixed-Income Issuers

U.S. Treasury
23.1%
Fannie Mae
10.6%
Federal Home Loan Mortgage
10.1%
UMBS
6.7%
Ginnie Mae II
1.3%
New Economy Assets - Phase I Issuer LLC USRE_2 ...
0.5%
AbbVie
0.5%
JPMorgan Chase
0.4%
FirstEnergy
0.4%
Ford Motor
0.4%

% of net assets as of 9/30/2024 (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 11/01/24

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
Daily 01/31/24 02/01/24 $0.0419289 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.56
Daily 02/29/24 03/01/24 $0.0410457 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.36
Daily 03/28/24 04/01/24 $0.0434321 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.40
Daily 04/30/24 05/01/24 $0.0437564 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.17
Daily 05/31/24 06/03/24 $0.0443657 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.29
Daily 06/28/24 07/01/24 $0.0438561 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.34
Daily 07/31/24 08/01/24 $0.0469397 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.53
Daily 08/30/24 09/03/24 $0.0458786 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.66
Daily 09/30/24 10/01/24 $0.0450852 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.75
Daily 10/31/24 11/01/24 $0.0459554 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $12.48
2024 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.44224371 Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.00
Total Distributions: $0.44224371

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.22%
Other Expenses 0.16%
Service 12b-1 --
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio

Gross Net
IBAFX 0.38% 0.37%
Lipper Short-Intmdt Investment Grade Debt Funds Average
0.47%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 9/30/24 (updated quarterly).