John Smet - American Balanced Fund Manager
| RLBFX Fund | USD 32.73 0.10 0.30% |
John H. Smet is a fixedincome portfolio manager at Capital Group. He has 34 years of investment experience and 32 years at Capital. Earlier in his career, as a fixedincome investment analyst at Capital, John covered mortgagebacked securities and railroads. He holds an MBA in finance and a bachelors degree in economics from the University of WisconsinMadison. He also holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the Los Angeles Society of Financial Analysts. John is based in Los Angeles.
| Phone | 800-421-4225 |
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American Balanced Leadership Team
Elected by the shareholders, the American Balanced's board of directors comprises two types of representatives: American Balanced inside directors who are chosen from within the company, and outside directors, selected externally and held independent of American. The board's role is to monitor American Balanced's management team and ensure that shareholders' interests are well served. American Balanced's inside directors are responsible for reviewing and approving budgets prepared by upper management to implement core corporate initiatives and projects. On the other hand, American Balanced's outside directors are responsible for providing unbiased perspectives on the board's policies.
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American Fund Performance Indicators
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| Price To Earning | 19.97 X | ||||
| Price To Book | 2.67 X | ||||
| Price To Sales | 1.91 X | ||||
| Total Asset | 214.94 B | ||||
| Annual Yield | 0.03 % | ||||
| Year To Date Return | 4.00 % | ||||
| One Year Return | 14.90 % | ||||
| Three Year Return | 4.71 % | ||||
| Five Year Return | 8.11 % | ||||
| Ten Year Return | 10.24 % |
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