American Funds Global Balanced Fund Class A
GBLAX
NASDAQ
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| Reward Index | Fair | |||
| Reward Grade | C | |||
| Risk Index | Fair | |||
| Risk Grade | C+ | |||
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| Provider | Capital Group | |||
| Manager/Tenure (Years) | Alfonso Barroso (13), Winnie Kwan (13), Andrew A. Cormack (7), 2 others | |||
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| Fund Name | American Funds Global Balanced Fund Class A | |||
| Category | Global Moderate Allocation | |||
| Sub-Category | Moderate Allocation | |||
| Prospectus Objective | Balanced | |||
| Inception Date | Feb 01, 2011 | |||
| Open/Closed To New Investors | Open | |||
| Minimum Initial Investment | 250.00 | |||
| Minimum Subsequent Investment | 50.00 | |||
| Front End Fee | 0.06 | |||
| Back End Fee | -- | |||
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| Dividend Yield | 2.22% | |||
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| Dividend Yield (Forward) | 2.48% | |||
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| Cash | 6.35% | |||
| Stock | 62.79% | |||
| U.S. Stock | 36.10% | |||
| Non-U.S. Stock | 26.69% | |||
| Bond | 29.20% | |||
| U.S. Bond | 15.88% | |||
| Non-U.S. Bond | 13.32% | |||
| Preferred | 0.26% | |||
| Convertible | 0.00% | |||
| Other Net | 1.40% | |||
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| 7-Day Total Return | -0.23% | |||
| 30-Day Total Return | 3.41% | |||
| 60-Day Total Return | 1.47% | |||
| 90-Day Total Return | 1.42% | |||
| Year to Date Total Return | 4.04% | |||
| 1-Year Total Return | 17.72% | |||
| 2-Year Total Return | 27.11% | |||
| 3-Year Total Return | 39.64% | |||
| 5-Year Total Return | 32.56% | |||
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| 52-Week Low Price (Date) | -- | |||
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| Nav | $41.74 | |||
| 1-Month Low NAV | $40.40 | |||
| 1-Month High NAV | $42.13 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV | $37.63 | |||
| 52-Week Low NAV (Date) | May 08, 2025 | |||
| 52-Week High NAV | $42.35 | |||
| 52-Week High Price (Date) | Feb 25, 2026 | |||
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| Beta | 0.66 | |||
| Standard Deviation | 9.00 | |||
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| Total Assets | 32.41B | |||
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| Expense Ratio | 0.80% | |||
| Turnover Ratio | 50.00% | |||
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| Last Bull Market Total Return | 19.90% | |||
| Last Bear Market Total Return | -11.42% | |||