New World Fund - 529-F-2 | American Funds

Purchase Restrictions: Class 529-F-2 share funds are available only for CollegeAmerica accounts sold through Registered Investment Advisors.

Summary

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A flexible approach to developing markets. Seeks broad exposure to emerging markets opportunities, principally by investing in emerging markets companies as well as multinational companies with material emerging markets exposure.

Price at NAV $70.68 as of 9/29/2023 (updated daily)

Fund Assets (millions) $51,671.6

Portfolio Managers

Expense Ratio

0.70%

Prospectus (PDF)

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Returns at NAV
Returns with Sales Charge

Returns at NAV

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12.23%

1-year return

5.87%

5-year return

6.05%

10-year return

1.41%

30-Day SEC Yield

Returns as of 8/31/23 (updated monthly). Yield as of 8/31/23 (updated monthly).

Returns with Sales Charge

Asset Mix

	U.S. Equities24.0%		Non-U.S. Equities67.9%
	U.S. Bonds0.0%		Non-U.S. Bonds3.8%
	Cash & Equivalents 4.3%

	U.S. Equities24.0%
	Non-U.S. Equities67.9%
	U.S. Bonds0.0%
	Non-U.S. Bonds3.8%
	Cash & Equivalents 4.3%

As of 8/31/2023 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K
High & Low Prices

Growth of 10K

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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

83.6%

Large

13.7%

Medium

2.8%

Small

$59,031.54 Million

Weighted Average

As of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly). Morningstar data as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership Zone^TM

Diversified Emerging Mkts

Weighted average of holdings

75% of fund's stock holdings

Morningstar data as of 6/30/23 (updated quarterly)

INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Description

Fund Objective

The fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation.

Distinguishing Characteristics

This fund seeks broad exposure to emerging markets opportunities, principally by investing in emerging markets companies as well as multinational companies with material emerging markets exposure. It also includes a relatively small opportunistic sleeve of emerging markets fixed income with attractive total return potential. Over the long term, this fund may have the potential to help provide emerging markets-like returns with developed markets-like volatility.

Types of Investments

The fund invests in common stocks and other equity-type securities, corporate and government bonds, and cash and cash equivalents.

Holdings Outside the U.S.

The fund will invest at least 35% of assets in securities of issuers based primarily in qualified developing countries.

Portfolio Restrictions

The fund may invest in debt securities, which may be rated below investment grade (BB/Ba and below, or unrated, but determined by the fund’s investment adviser to be of equivalent quality).

Fund Facts

Fund Inception	6/17/1999
Fund Assets (millions) As of 8/31/2023	$51,671.6
Companies/Issuers Holdings are as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly).	436+
Shareholder Accounts Shareholder accounts are as of 8/31/2023	16,470
Regular Dividends Paid	Dec

Minimum Initial Investment	$250
Capital Gains Paid	Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2022)	39%
Fiscal Year-End	Oct
Prospectus Date	01/01/2023
CUSIP	649280 740
Fund Number	1636

Returns LEARN ABOUT THE SYSTEM BEHIND OUR RESULTS

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Month-End Returns as of 8/31/23
Quarter-End Returns as of 6/30/23

ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Month-End Returns as of 8/31/23

Returns at NAV

| With Sales Charge

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FNFWX

MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)

ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 6/30/23

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Volatility & Return

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Equities

For Class 529-F-2 Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation

and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds

FNFWX

MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)

Other AF Funds

Standard Deviation as of 08/31/2023 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 08/31/2023 (updated monthly) .

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Yield

	12-month
	Distribution Rates	30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV	1.09%	1.41%
Fund at MOP	N/A	N/A

As of 8/31/2023 (updated monthly)

Valuation

	Price/	Price/	Price/
	Book	Cash Flow	Earnings
Fund	2.71	10.21	17.06
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)	2.50	10.00	16.80

Fund as of 6/30/23. Index as of 6/30/23.

Portfolio Management

Years of Experience with Fund

Years of Experience with Capital Group

Years of Experience with Investment Industry

Bradford F. Freer 30 29 6

Dawid Justus 23 18 3

Carl M. Kawaja 36 32 24

Jonathan Knowles 31 31 7

Winnie Kwan 26 23 14

Robert W. Lovelace 38 38 24

Piyada Phanaphat 20 15 3

Akira Shiraishi 25 19 5

Kirstie Spence 27 27 3

Tomonori Tani 24 18 9

Lisa Thompson 35 28 4

Christopher Thomsen 25 25 14

Bradford F. Freer	6	29	30
Dawid Justus	3	18	23
Carl M. Kawaja	24	32	36
Jonathan Knowles	7	31
Winnie Kwan	14	23	26
Robert W. Lovelace	24	38
Piyada Phanaphat	3	15	20
Akira Shiraishi	5	19	25
Kirstie Spence	3	27
Tomonori Tani	9	18	24
Lisa Thompson	4	28	35
Christopher Thomsen	14	25

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 Rating^TM Funds rated(718)
3-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (718 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (644 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar Rating^TM (389 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk	Below Average HIGH LOW
Category	Diversified Emerging Mkts

ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS

Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 8/31/2023 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

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		Fund
Standard Deviation		14.84
Sharpe Ratio		0.38
For the 10 Years ending 8/31/23 (updated monthly).
American Funds Benchmark		Morningstar Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)		MSCI ACWI Ex USA NR USD
R-squared	88	92
Beta	0.96	0.96
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)	98/88	92/99
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 6/30/23 (updated quarterly). Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 8/31/23 (updated monthly).
American Funds Benchmark
MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)
Active Share	74.6%

As of 3/31/23 (updated quarterly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries

Equity Fund Holdings

	Financials 14.9%
	Information technology 13.3%
	Industrials 13.1%
	Health care 12.1%
	Consumer discretionary 11.1%
	Materials 7.7%
	Consumer staples 6.1%
	Communication services 6.0%
	Energy 3.9%
	Real estate 1.9%
	Utilities 1.2%

% of net assets as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

Microsoft

2.8%

Novo Nordisk

2.6%

TSMC

2.1%

LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton

1.7%

Airbus

1.6%

Eli Lilly

1.5%

Kotak Mahindra Bank

1.4%

MercadoLibre

1.3%

HDFC Bank

1.1%

ASML

1.1%

% of net assets as of 8/31/2023 (updated monthly)

QUARTERLY HOLDINGS

Geographic Breakdown

Regions | Top Countries

United States

23.2%

Europe

21.5%

Asia & Pacific Basin

36.1%

Other (Including Canada & Latin America)

14.2%

Cash & equivalents

5.0%

% of net assets as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

The New Geography of Investing ®

Equity Portion Breakdown by Domicile | Equity Portion Breakdown by Revenue

Regions	Fund	MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)
United States	25.4%	62.1%
Canada	1.6%	2.9%
Europe	21.9%	16.2%
Japan	2.5%	5.5%
Asia-Pacific ex. Japan	4.3%	2.8%
Emerging Markets	44.3%	10.5%

% of net assets as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

Regions	Fund	MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI)
United States	23.2%	62.1%
Canada	1.5%	2.9%
Europe	20.0%	16.2%
Japan	2.3%	5.5%
Asia-Pacific ex. Japan	3.9%	2.8%
Emerging Markets	40.4%	10.5%
Cash & Equivalents	5.0%	0.0%
Fixed Income	3.8%	0.0%

% of net assets as of 6/30/2023 (updated quarterly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End
Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Prices Month-End

2023

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Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 01/26/23

Historical Distributions as of 01/26/23

2022

Record Date	Calculated Date	Pay Date	Income Dividend Regular	Income Dividend Special	Cap. Gains Long-Term	Cap. Gains Short-Term	Reinvest NAV
12/15/22	12/15/22	12/16/22	$0.8028	$0.00	$0.00	$0.00	$66.53
		2022 Year-to-Date:	Dividends Subtotal: $0.8028		Cap Gains Subtotal: $0.00
			Total Distributions: $0.8028

Rate	As of Date
0.00000000	12/16/2022
0.00000000	12/19/2022
0.00000000	12/20/2022
0.00000000	12/21/2022
0.00000000	12/22/2022
0.00000000	12/23/2022
0.00000000	12/27/2022
0.00000000	12/28/2022
0.00000000	12/29/2022
0.00000000	12/30/2022
0.00000000	01/03/2023
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0.00000000	01/06/2023
0.00000000	01/09/2023
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0.00000000	01/13/2023
0.00000000	01/17/2023
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0.00000000	01/23/2023
0.00000000	01/24/2023
0.00000000	01/25/2023
0.00000000	01/26/2023
0.00000000	01/27/2023
0.00000000	01/30/2023
0.00000000	01/31/2023
0.00000000	02/01/2023
0.00000000	02/02/2023
0.00000000	02/03/2023
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Rate		As of-Date
0.00000000		12/16/2022
0.00000000		12/19/2022
0.00000000		12/20/2022
0.00000000		12/21/2022
0.00000000		12/22/2022
0.00000000		12/23/2022
0.00000000		12/27/2022
0.00000000		12/28/2022
0.00000000		12/29/2022
0.00000000		12/30/2022
0.00000000		01/03/2023
0.00000000		01/04/2023
0.00000000		01/05/2023
0.00000000		01/06/2023
0.00000000		01/09/2023
0.00000000		01/10/2023
0.00000000		01/11/2023
0.00000000		01/12/2023
0.00000000		01/13/2023
0.00000000		01/17/2023
0.00000000		01/18/2023
0.00000000		01/19/2023
0.00000000		01/20/2023
0.00000000		01/23/2023
0.00000000		01/24/2023
0.00000000		01/25/2023
0.00000000		01/26/2023
0.00000000		01/27/2023
0.00000000		01/30/2023
0.00000000		01/31/2023
0.00000000		02/01/2023
0.00000000		02/02/2023
0.00000000		02/03/2023
0.00000000		02/06/2023
0.00000000		02/07/2023
0.00000000		02/08/2023
0.00000000		02/09/2023
0.00000000		02/10/2023
0.00000000		02/13/2023
0.00000000		02/14/2023
0.00000000		02/15/2023
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0.00000000		02/17/2023
0.00000000		02/21/2023
0.00000000		02/22/2023
0.00000000		02/23/2023
0.00000000		02/24/2023
0.00000000		02/27/2023
0.00000000		02/28/2023
0.00000000		03/01/2023
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0.00000000		03/06/2023
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0.00000000		03/17/2023
0.00000000		03/20/2023
0.00000000		03/21/2023
0.00000000		03/22/2023
0.00000000		03/23/2023
0.00000000		03/24/2023
0.00000000		03/27/2023
0.00000000		03/28/2023
0.00000000		03/29/2023
0.00000000		03/30/2023
0.00000000		03/31/2023
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0.00000000		04/28/2023
0.00000000		05/01/2023
0.00000000		05/02/2023
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0.00000000		05/04/2023
0.00000000		05/05/2023
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0.00000000		06/29/2023
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0.00000000		07/21/2023
0.00000000		07/24/2023
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0.00000000		07/31/2023
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0.00000000		09/22/2023
0.00000000		09/25/2023
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0.00000000		09/27/2023
0.00000000		09/28/2023
0.00000000		09/29/2023

Fees & Expenses

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Fees


Annual Management Fees	0.51%
Other Expenses	0.19%
Service 12b-1	--

As of each fund's most recent prospectus.

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Expense Ratio

FNFWX	0.70%
Lipper Emerging Markets Funds Average	--%

Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of -- (updated quarterly).

Resources

Prospectuses & Reports for FNFWX

Quarterly Fund Fact Sheet (PDF) 07/23
Summary Prospectus (PDF) 01/23
Prospectus (PDF) 01/23
Statement of additional information (PDF) 01/23
Semi-Annual Report (PDF) 06/23
Annual Report (PDF) 12/22

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Investment Fund

New World Fund ® (FNFWX)

Summary

Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge

Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge

Asset Mix

Growth of 10K

High & Low Prices

Growth of 10K

High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM

Description

Fund Facts

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Month-End Returns as of 8/31/23

Quarter-End Returns as of 6/30/23

Month-End Returns as of 8/31/23

Quarter-End Returns as of 6/30/23

Volatility & Return

Yield

Valuation

Portfolio Management

Ratings & Risk

Morningstar Rating TM

Risk Measures

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Top Equities

Geographic Breakdown

The New Geography of Investing ®

Fund Breakdown by Domicile

Prices & Distributions

Historical Prices Month-End

Historical Prices Year-End

Historical Prices Month-End

Historical Prices Year-End

Historical Distributions as of 01/26/23

Historical Distributions as of 01/26/23

Fees & Expenses

Fees

Expense Ratio

Resources

Prospectuses & Reports for FNFWX

About Our Funds

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