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American Funds ST Bd Fd of Amer A (ASBAX)

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At close: April 4 at 8:03:44 PM EDT

Fund Summary

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in bonds (bonds include any debt instrument and cash equivalents). It maintains a portfolio of bonds, other debt securities and money market instruments having a dollar-weighted average effective maturity no greater than three years and consisting primarily of debt securities rated AA- or Aa3 or better. The fund primarily invests in debt securities denominated in U.S. dollars. It may invest up to 10% of its assets in debt securities in the A rating category.

Risk Overview

Morningstar Risk Rating
Best 1Y Total Return 4.30%
Worst 1Y Total Return --
Number of Years Up 15
Number of Years Down 3

Performance & Risk

YTD Return 1.99%
5y Average Return 1.36%
Rank in Category (ytd) 59
% Rank in Category (ytd) --
Beta (5Y Monthly) 0.25
Morningstar Risk Rating

Risk Statistics

3 Years 5 Years 10 Years
ASBAXCategory AverageASBAXCategory AverageASBAXCategory Average
Alpha -0.93 0.01 -0.71 0.01 -0.45 0
BETA 0.25 0 0.25 0 0.25 0
Mean Annual Return 0.22 0 0.11 0 0.12 0
R-squared 75.6 0.32 72.26 0.35 69.19 0.35
Standard Deviation 2.3 0.03 1.98 0.02 1.56 0.02
Sharpe Ratio -0.85 0.01 -0.78 0.01 -0.36 0.01
Treynor Ratio -7.77 0.06 -5.97 0.04 -2.27 0.06

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