American Funds Global Balanced Fund Class F-2 (GBLFX)

Fund Assets	17.28B
Expense Ratio	0.59%
Min. Investment	$250
Turnover	n/a
Dividend (ttm)	2.23
Dividend Yield	5.75%
Dividend Growth	223.79%
Payout Frequency	Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date	Mar 21, 2025

Previous Close	38.81
YTD Return	6.54%
1-Year Return	9.36%
5-Year Return	37.45%
52-Week Low	34.82
52-Week High	39.97
Beta (5Y)	n/a
Holdings	893
Inception Date	Feb 1, 2011

About GBLFX

GBLFX was founded on 2011-02-01. The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Flexible Portfolio with 0.59% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in American Funds Global Balanced Fund; Class F2 Shares is $250 on a standard taxable account. American Funds Global Balanced Fund; Class F2 Shares seeks the balanced accomplishment of three objectives: long-term growth of capital, conservation of principal and current income. It will maintain at least 45% of its assets in common stocks and other equity investments and will also invest at least 25% of its assets in bonds and other debt securities.

• Category: Flexible Portfolio
• Performance Rating: Above Average
• Risk Rating: Below Average
• Stock Exchange: NASDAQ
• Ticker Symbol: GBLFX
• Share Class: Class F-2
• Index: MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

GBLFX had a total return of 9.36% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.10%.

Other Share Classes

These are alternative share classes of the same fund, from the same provider.

Symbol	Share Class	Expense Ratio
RGBGX	Class R-6	0.48%
GFBLX	Class F-3	0.48%
RGBFX	Class R-5	0.53%
FFBGX	Class 529-f-3	0.54%

Top 10 Holdings

19.77% of assets

Name	Symbol	Weight
Capital Group Central Cash Fund	n/a	5.12%
Broadcom Inc.	AVGO	2.16%
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	2.11%
Meta Platforms, Inc.	META	1.94%
RTX Corporation	RTX	1.83%
Sanofi	SAN	1.39%
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited	2330	1.35%
Apple Inc.	AAPL	1.31%
Alphabet Inc.	GOOGL	1.28%
Cap Grp Cent Fd Ser Ii	CCBFX	1.28%

Dividend History

Ex-Dividend	Amount	Pay Date
Mar 21, 2025	$0.2014	Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024	$1.5232	Dec 23, 2024
Sep 23, 2024	$0.2086	Sep 24, 2024
Jun 21, 2024	$0.242	Jun 24, 2024
Jun 4, 2024	$0.0583	Jun 5, 2024
Mar 22, 2024	$0.1421	Mar 25, 2024