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

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
39.39
+0.33 (0.84%)
Jun 26, 2025, 4:00 PM EDT
4.87%
Fund Assets 17.28B
Expense Ratio 0.59%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.18
Dividend Yield 5.54%
Dividend Growth 188.47%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date n/a
Previous Close 39.06
YTD Return 8.92%
1-Year Return 11.17%
5-Year Return 43.10%
52-Week Low 34.82
52-Week High 39.97
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 1077
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
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol GBLFX
Share Class Class F-2
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

GBLFX had a total return of 11.17% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 6.23%.

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

20.56% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
CAPITAL GROUP CENTRAL CASH FUND CMQXX 6.10%
Microsoft Corporation MSFT 2.20%
Broadcom Inc. AVGO 2.00%
Meta Platforms, Inc. META 1.83%
RTX Corporation RTX 1.73%
TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING CO LTD 2330 1.43%
Banco Santander, S.A. SAN 1.37%
Eli Lilly and Company LLY 1.35%
Alphabet Inc. GOOGL 1.30%
CAPITAL GROUP CENTRAL CORPORATE BOND FUND CL M (CCBF CL M) CCBFX 1.26%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Jun 20, 2025 $0.3203 Jun 23, 2025
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
Full Dividend History