American Funds Global Balanced Fund Class F-3 (GFBLX)

NASDAQ · Mutual Fund · Delayed Price · Currency is USD
35.87
-0.35 (-0.97%)
At close: Apr 21, 2025
-1.46%
Fund Assets 17.28B
Expense Ratio 0.48%
Min. Investment $250
Turnover n/a
Dividend (ttm) 2.22
Dividend Yield 6.11%
Dividend Growth 204.91%
Payout Frequency Quarterly
Ex-Dividend Date Mar 21, 2025
Previous Close 36.22
YTD Return -1.55%
1-Year Return 4.39%
5-Year Return 39.99%
52-Week Low n/a
52-Week High n/a
Beta (5Y) n/a
Holdings 893
Inception Date Jan 27, 2017

About GFBLX

GFBLX was founded on 2017-01-27. The Fund's investment strategy focuses on Flexible Portfolio with 0.49% total expense ratio. The minimum amount to invest in American Funds Global Balanced Fund; Class F3 Shares is $250 on a standard taxable account. American Funds Global Balanced Fund; Class F3 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 World Allocation
Performance Rating Above Average
Risk Rating Below Average
Stock Exchange NASDAQ
Ticker Symbol GFBLX
Share Class Class F-3
Index MSCI AC World NR USD

Performance

GFBLX had a total return of 4.39% in the past year, including dividends. Since the fund's inception, the average annual return has been 5.36%.

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%
RGBFX Class R-5 0.53%
FFBGX Class 529-f-3 0.54%
GBLFX Class F-2 0.59%

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%
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Dividend History

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Mar 21, 2025 $0.2118 Mar 24, 2025
Dec 20, 2024 $1.5334 Dec 23, 2024
Sep 23, 2024 $0.2194 Sep 24, 2024
Jun 21, 2024 $0.2512 Jun 24, 2024
Mar 22, 2024 $0.1515 Mar 25, 2024
Dec 19, 2023 $0.1764 Dec 20, 2023
Full Dividend History