Investment Fund

Purchase Restrictions: Tax-exempt funds should generally not serve as investments for tax-deferred retirement plans and accounts. 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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Balances high-quality investing with tax-exempt income. Seeks to combine the stability of shorter term bond funds with the generally higher yield of intermediate-term bonds. With a focus on quality, the strategy typically invests in a broad spectrum of investment-grade municipal bonds with maturities between one and 10 years.
Price at NAV $15.36 as of 3/21/2025 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $5,620.7
Portfolio Managers
2
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
0.37 / 0.37%
Quarterly Fund Fact Sheet (PDF)
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns at MOP

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities0.0%
Non-U.S. Equities0.0%
U.S. Bonds91.2%
Non-U.S. Bonds0.3%
Cash & Equivalents
8.6%
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)
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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
LTEFX
Bloomberg Municipal Short-Intermediate 1-10 Years Index
Other AF Funds
Standard Deviation as of 02/28/2025 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 02/28/2025 (updated monthly) .
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Fund Statistics

3.6 years
Effective Duration
3.5%
Average Yield
to Maturity
4.2%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income

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

Description

Objective
The fund's investment objective is to provide you with current income exempt from regular federal income tax, consistent with the maturity and quality standards described in the prospectus, and to preserve capital.
Distinguishing Characteristics
This tax-exempt strategy seeks to combine the stability of shorter term bond funds with the generally higher yield of intermediate-term bonds. With a focus on quality, the strategy typically invests in a broad spectrum of investment-grade municipal bonds with maturities between one and 10 years.
Types of Investments
Invests primarily in state, municipal and public authority bonds and notes rated in the top four categories. The fund will invest at least 65% of its assets in debt securities rated A- or better or A3 or better, or unrated, but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality.
Maturity
The dollar-weighted average maturity of the fund's portfolio is between one and 10 years.
Portfolio Restrictions
May invest up to 20% of assets in debt securities in the rating category of BBB/Baa (or unrated, but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality).

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 10/06/1993
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 2/28/2025
 $5,620.7
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly).
 699+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 2/28/2025
 10,626
Regular Dividends Paid
Monthly
Minimum Initial Investment $250
Capital Gains Paid
Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2024) 33%
Fiscal Year-End Jul
Prospectus Date 10/01/2024
CUSIP 532726 60 1
Fund Number 643

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 2/28/25

Returns at NAV
| at MOP
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LTEFX
Bloomberg Municipal Short-Intermediate 1-10 Years Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 12/31/24

Growth of 10K

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For Class F-2 Shares, this chart tracks a hypothetical investment with dividends reinvested, over the last 20 years, or since inception date if the fund has been in existence under 20 years, through 12/31/2024.
LTEFX
Bloomberg Municipal Short-Intermediate 1-10 Years Index
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High & Low Prices

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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 2.61% 2.97%
Fund at MOP N/A N/A
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)
Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Vikas Malhotra 4 8 13
Mark Marinella 6 12 38
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(208)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(208 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(197 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(146 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Above Average
HIGH
LOW
Category
Muni National Short
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly).
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Lipper Leader Scorecard

Over-all 3 yr. 5 yr. 10 yr.
Consistent Return Within Category
Funds Rated
(77)
(77)
(75)
(59)
Expense Within Category
Funds Rated
(33)
(33)
(32)
(19)
Preservation Within Category
Funds Rated
(6088)
(6088)
(5638)
(4193)
Tax Efficiency Within Category
Funds Rated
(77)
(77)
(75)
(59)
Total Return Within Category
Funds Rated
(77)
(77)
(75)
(59)
Category Short-Intmt Muni Dbt Fds
KEY
HIGHEST LOWEST
As of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
2.99
Sharpe Ratio
-0.05
For the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
Morningstar
Benchmark
Bloomberg Municipal Short-Intermediate 1-10 Years Index
Bloomberg Municipal TR USD
R-squared
96 96
Beta
0.57 0.57
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
55/61 55/61
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 2/28/25 (updated monthly).
AAA/Aaa
18.0%
AA/Aa
42.6%
A
23.6%
BBB/Baa
6.3%
Unrated
0.9%
Cash & equivalents
8.6%
% of net assets as of 2/28/2025 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
57.8%
5-9.9 Years
35.5%
10-19.9 Years
2.4%
20-29.9 Years
0.2%
30+ Years
--
% of net assets as of 12/31/2024 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Bonds Breakdown

Bond Details

Total bond holdings
General obligation bonds 5.0%

% of net assets as of 12/31/2024 (updated quarterly)

Top Fixed-Income Issuers

California Community Choice Financing Authorit ...
3.4%
Black Belt Energy Gas Dist
2.7%
Main Street Natural Gas Inc Ga
2.5%
Waste Management
2.3%
New York City Transitional Finance Authority F ...
1.6%
New York City Water & Sewer System
1.6%
New York City of
1.4%
New York State Housing Finance Agency
1.3%
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
1.2%
Texas Department of Housing & Community Affair ...
1.2%

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

Geographic Breakdown

Top States
Texas
13.1%
California
9.0%
New York
7.7%
Illinois
6.0%
Alabama
4.6%
Georgia
4.2%
Pennsylvania
3.9%
Colorado
2.9%
Michigan
2.7%
Florida
2.7%
% of net assets as of 12/31/2024

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End

2025

Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 03/21/25

FIND HISTORICAL DISTRIBUTIONS
2025
Record
Date		 Calculated
Date		 Pay Date
Income Dividend Regular
Income Dividend Special
Cap. Gains Long-Term
Cap. Gains Short-Term
Reinvest NAV
Daily 01/31/25 02/03/25 $0.0349132 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $15.36
Daily 02/28/25 03/03/25 $0.0328674 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $15.45
2025 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.06778064 Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.00
Total Distributions: $0.06778064

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.22%
Other Expenses 0.15%
Service 12b-1 --
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio

LTEFX 0.37%
Lipper Short-Intmdt Municipal Debt Funds Average
0.34%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of 12/31/24 (updated quarterly).