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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A ABALX

Historical return decomposition and an investable replication portfolio, using data through 2026-10-09.

Fund and replication metrics

ABALX compared with its replication portfolio
MeasureABALXReplication
Annualized growth8.9%8.1%
Annualized volatility10.4%10.6%
Sharpe ratio0.870.79
Maximum drawdown18.6%19.6%
Replication fit (R²)0.96 · Tracking error 2.2%

Replication portfolio

The published portfolio below is the investable basket used to model ABALX’s historical return behavior.

ABALX replication basket weights
TickerBuilding blockWeight
VOOUS Large Cap37.7%
VCITFI · IG Credit24.1%
MBBFI · MBS15.4%
VTVStyle · Value12.7%
MTUMFactor · Momentum10.0%