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American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A (ABALX)
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- Total Assets: 109.9B
American Funds American Balanced A
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ABALX Overview
On this page you'll find an in-depth profile of American Funds American Balanced Fund® Class A. Learn about the key management, total assets, investment strategy and contact information of ABALX among other information.
Investment Strategy
The investment seeks conservation of capital, current income and long-term growth of capital and income. The fund uses a balanced approach to invest in a broad range of securities, including common stocks and investment-grade bonds. It also invests in securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S. government and by federal agencies and instrumentalities. In addition, the fund may invest a portion of its assets in common stocks, most of which have a history of paying dividends, bonds and other securities of issuers domiciled outside the United States.
Contact Information
Address
333 South Hope Street
Los Angeles,CA 90071-1406
United States
Los Angeles,CA 90071-1406
United States
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(800) 421-4225
Top Executives
| Name | Title | Since | Until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Irfan M. Furniturewala | Portfolio Manager, Investment Analyst | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Irfan M. Furniturewala is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 24 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 23 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. hardware and semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Capital, Irfan was a senior design engineer at Motorola, Inc., and he is a co-inventor of two patents approved by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a master’s degree in electrical engineering from Iowa State University, and a bachelor’s degree in electronics engineering from the University of Mumbai. Irfan is based in Los Angeles. | ||
| Jin Lee | Partner | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Jin Lee is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 28 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 27 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. telecommunication services, U.S. building products companies, paper & forest products and restaurants. Prior to joining Capital, he was a senior business planner for the Walt Disney Company and a consultant with L/E/K Partnership. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Pennsylvania graduating with honors. Jin is based in Los Angeles. | ||
| Chit Purani | - | 2023 | Now |
| Biography | Chitrang Purani is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 20 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for two years. Prior to joining Capital, Chit worked as a fixed income portfolio manager at PIMCO focused on a broad array of multi-sector fixed income strategies. Before that, he was a fixed income trader and analyst at PNC Capital Advisors. He holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a bachelor's degree in finance from Northern Illinois University. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Chit is based in New York. | ||
| Mathews Cherian | - | 2021 | Now |
| Biography | Mathews Cherian is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 27 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 20 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as an equity investment analyst, he covered U.S. and European semiconductor companies. Prior to joining Capital, Mathews was a senior equity analyst for Pangaea Capital in Boston. Before that, he was an equity analyst with David L. Babson and a strategy consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, and both a master’s degree in computer science and a bachelor’s degree in electrical science and engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Mathews is based in San Francisco. | ||
| Ritchie Tuazon | Senior Vice President | 2020 | Now |
| Biography | Ritchie Tuazon is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 23 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 13 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, as a fixed income investment analyst, he had analytical responsibilities for Treasuries and TIPS. Prior to joining Capital, Ritchie was a trader at Goldman Sachs with experience trading TIPS, Treasuries and interest rate swaps. He holds an MBA from MIT Sloan School of Management, a master's degree in public administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Ritchie is based in Los Angeles. | ||
| Mark L. Casey | Partner | 2019 | Now |
| Biography | Mark L. Casey is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 23 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, Mark was an equity investment analyst and covered U.S. media, entertainment, newspapers, infrastructure software, internet and document imaging. Prior to joining Capital, he was a director and product manager for Siebel Systems. He holds an MBA with distinction from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in history from Yale University graduating magna cum laude. Mark is based in San Francisco. | ||
| Pramod Atluri | Vice President | 2018 | Now |
| Biography | Pramod Atluri is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 25 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for eight years. Prior to joining Capital, Pramod was a fixed income portfolio manager at Fidelity Investments, where he also worked as a fixed income strategist and corporate bond analyst. Before that, he was a management consultant at McKinsey & Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in biological chemistry from the University of Chicago, where he also completed the requirements for bachelor's degrees in economics and chemistry. He holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. Pramod is based in Los Angeles. | ||
| John R. Queen | President | 2016 | Now |
| Biography | John R. Queen is a fixed income portfolio manager at Capital Group. He also serves on the Portfolio Solutions Committee. He has 34 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 22 years. Earlier in his career at Capital, John was a trader and dealer service representative. Previously in his career, he was chief operating officer and chief compliance officer, as well as managing director overseeing bond portfolios at Roxbury Capital Management, an affiliate of Wilmington Trust. Before that, he was managing director at Hotchkis and Wiley. John holds a bachelor's degree in industrial management from Purdue University and attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he majored in mechanical engineering. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation. John is based in Los Angeles. | ||
| Alan J. Wilson | Portfolio Manager | 2016 | Now |
| Biography | Alan J. Wilson is a portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 39 years of investment industry experience and has been with Capital Group for 33 years. Earlier in his career, as an equity investment analyst at Capital, he covered U.S. construction & housing, machinery & engineering, environmental services, energy equipment, trucks, personal care, household products and energy (oil & gas drilling) companies. Before joining Capital, Alan was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group and an engineer with Texas Eastern Corp. | ||
| Paul R. Benjamin | - | 2014 | Now |
| Biography | Paul Benjamin is an equity portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 18 years of investment industry experience, all with Capital Group. Earlier in his career at Capital, he was an equity investment analyst, covering U.S. large-cap software companies. Prior to joining Capital, he managed the European operations for Interelate, a technology start-up funded by Goldman Sachs. He holds an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business and a bachelor's degree in finance and religion from Northwestern College graduating magna cum laude. Paul is based in Los Angeles. | ||
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