Investment Fund

Share Class
Purchase Restrictions: Class R-3 shares are available in certain employer-sponsored retirement plans. See the prospectus for details.

Summary

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A balanced approach to growth-and-income investing. With a diversified portfolio of quality stocks and bonds, this balanced strategy invests between 50% and 75% in equities, with flexible exposure to growth-oriented and dividend-paying stocks. The fixed income portion generally invests in investment-grade bonds, providing diversification from equities.
Price at NAV $38.44 as of 2/10/2026 (updated daily)
Fund Assets (millions) $274,832.3
Portfolio Managers
12
Expense Ratio
(Gross/Net %)
0.89 / 0.89%
Prospectus
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Returns at NAV

Returns with Sales Charge

Asset Mix

U.S. Equities55.9%
Non-U.S. Equities10.0%
U.S. Bonds28.4%
Non-U.S. Bonds2.3%
Cash & Equivalents
3.3%
As of 12/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Growth of 10K

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High & Low Prices

Market Capitalization

81.7%
Large
17.2%
Medium
1.1%
Small
$891,900.00 Million
Weighted Average


As of 12/31/2025 (updated quarterly). FactSet data as of 12/31/2025 (updated quarterly).

Morningstar Ownership ZoneTM

Moderate Allocation
Weighted average of holdings
75% of fund's stock holdings
Morningstar data as of 12/31/25 (updated quarterly)
INSIGHTS ON THE MORNINGSTAR OWNERSHIP ZONE

Fund Statistics

5.9 years
Effective Duration
4.5%
Average Yield
to Worst
4.1%
Average Coupon
% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Morningstar Style BoxTM— Fixed-Income

High Quality
Moderate Interest-Rate Sensitivity
Morningstar data as of 12/31/25 (updated quarterly)

Description

Fund Objective
The investment objectives of the fund are: (1) conservation of capital, (2) current income and (3) long-term growth of capital and income.
Distinguishing Characteristics
With a diversified portfolio of quality stocks and bonds, this balanced fund generally invests between 50% and 75% of its assets in equities, with flexible exposure to growth-oriented and dividend-paying stocks. The fixed income portion of the portfolio, which generally invests in investment-grade bonds, provides diversification from equities. This approach has the potential to provide consistent results, and to limit volatility.
Types of Investments
Common stocks and preferred stocks, bonds, convertibles and cash.
Holdings Outside the U.S.
The fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States.
Portfolio Restrictions
May not invest more than 75% of assets in common stocks. All of the fund's fixed-income investments must be investment-grade at the time of purchase.

Fund Facts

Fund Inception 7/26/1975
Fund Assets (millions)
As of 1/31/2026
 $274,832.3
Companies/Issuers
Holdings are as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly).
 1134+
Shareholder Accounts
Shareholder accounts are as of 12/31/2025
 25,022
Regular Dividends Paid
Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec
Minimum Initial Investment $0
Capital Gains Paid
Jun, Dec
Portfolio Turnover (2025) 106%
Fiscal Year-End Dec
Prospectus Date 03/01/2025
CUSIP 024071 85 4
Fund Number 2311

Returns

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Month-End Returns as of 1/31/26

Returns at NAV
| With Sales Charge
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RLBCX
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
ANNUAL RETURNS CHART

Quarter-End Returns as of 12/31/25

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Volatility & Return

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For Class R-3 Shares, this chart tracks the 10-year standard deviation
and 10-year annualized return of the equity funds
RLBCX
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Other AF Funds
Standard Deviation as of 01/31/2026 (updated monthly) . Annualized return as of 01/31/2026 (updated monthly) .
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Yield

12-month
Distribution Rates
30-day SEC Yield
Fund at NAV 1.62% 1.40%
Fund at MOP N/A N/A
As of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Valuation

Price/ Price/ Price/
Book
Cash Flow
Earnings
Fund 4.16 14.16 19.57
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
4.60 15.70 --
Fund as of 12/31/25. Index as of 12/31/25.

Portfolio Management

Years of Experience with Fund
Years of Experience with Capital Group
Years of Experience with Investment Industry
Hilda Applbaum 26 31 42
Pramod Atluri 8 10 22
Paul Benjamin 11 20
Alan Berro 20 35 40
Mathews Cherian 4 22 29
Irfan Furniturewala 0 25
Jin Lee 7 29 30
Chit Purani 3 4 22
John Queen 9 24 36
Anirudh Samsi 6 21 25
Ritchie Tuazon 5 15 26
Alan Wilson 10 35
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(464)
3-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(464 funds rated)
5-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(444 funds rated)
10-yr. Morningstar RatingTM
(371 funds rated)
Overall Morningstar Risk Below Average
HIGH
LOW
Category
Moderate Allocation
ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF MORNINGSTAR RATINGS
Ratings are based on risk-adjusted returns as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly).

Risk Measures

Fund
Standard Deviation
9.53
Sharpe Ratio
0.81
For the 10 Years ending 1/31/26 (updated monthly).
American Funds
Benchmark
Morningstar
Benchmark
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD
R-squared
93 94
Beta
0.61 0.94
Capture Ratio (Downside/Upside)
64/64 92/104
American Funds Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 1/31/26 (updated monthly).
Morningstar Benchmark for the 10 Years ending 1/31/26 (updated monthly).
U.S. Treasuries/Agencies
32.5%
AAA/Aaa
10.2%
AA/Aa
26.2%
A
15.9%
BBB/Baa
14.0%
BB/Ba
0.0%
Unrated
1.1%
% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Average Life Breakdown

0-4.9 Years
16.1%
5-9.9 Years
10.3%
10-19.9 Years
1.8%
20-29.9 Years
2.3%
30+ Years
0.2%
% of net assets as of 12/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Holdings

Equities Breakdown

Sectors | Top Industries
Equity Fund Holdings
 Information technology 18.6%
Industrials 7.7%
Financials 7.3%
Health care 7.2%
Communication services 5.8%
Consumer discretionary 5.5%
Consumer staples 4.5%
Materials 3.1%
Energy 2.3%
Utilities 0.8%
Real estate 0.7%

% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Bonds Breakdown

Top Equities

Broadcom
5.0%
Alphabet
3.8%
Microsoft
3.2%
TSMC
2.7%
Philip Morris International
2.2%
Apple
1.7%
Meta Platforms
1.7%
Micron Technology
1.6%
NVIDIA
1.5%
SK hynix
1.2%

% of net assets as of 12/31/2025 (updated monthly)

Geographic Breakdown

Regions
United States
81.5%
Europe
4.2%
Asia & Pacific Basin
4.5%
Other (Including Canada & Latin America)
4.1%
Cash & equivalents
5.8%
% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

The New Geography of Investing ®

Equity Portion Breakdown by Domicile | Equity Portion Breakdown by Revenue
Regions Fund
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
United States 83.9% --
Canada 4.2% --
Europe & Middle East 4.4% --
Emerging markets ex. China 7.5% --

% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Fund Breakdown by Domicile

Regions Fund
60%/40% S&P 500 Index/Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Index
United States 53.4% --
Canada 2.7% --
Europe & Middle East 2.8% --
Emerging markets ex. China 4.8% --
Cash & equivalents
5.5% --
Fixed Income 30.8% --

% of net assets as of 1/31/2026 (updated monthly)

Prices & Distributions

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Historical Prices Month-End

2026

Historical Prices Year-End

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Historical Distributions as of 01/26/26

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
03/10/25 03/10/25 03/11/25 $0.0807 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $33.88
06/09/25 06/09/25 06/10/25 $0.0816 $0.00 $0.195 $0.00 $35.33
09/15/25 09/15/25 09/16/25 $0.0779 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 $38.39
12/15/25 12/15/25 12/16/25 $0.0753 $0.34 $2.125 $0.00 $36.82
2025 Year-to-Date: Dividends Subtotal: $0.6555 Cap Gains Subtotal: $2.32
Total Distributions: $2.9755

Fees & Expenses

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Fees

Annual Management Fees 0.21%
Other Expenses 0.18%
Service 12b-1 0.50%
As of each fund's most recent prospectus.
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Expense Ratio

RLBCX 0.89%
Lipper Balanced Funds Average
--%
Fund as of most recent prospectus. Lipper Category as of -- (updated quarterly).