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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

Global Equity Balanced

FundGrade B Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade B

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024

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NAVPS
(05-29-2025)
$16.10
Change
$0.02 (0.11%)

As at April 30, 2025

As at March 31, 2025

Period
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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 06, 2015): 6.93%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund -4.04% -9.18% -1.00% -5.43% 7.95% 10.72% 9.14% 6.20% 7.81% 6.53% 6.83% 6.24% 7.28% -
Benchmark -2.54% -5.91% 0.78% -2.84% 11.49% 12.43% 10.67% 6.78% 9.16% 7.82% 7.95% 7.59% 8.99% 8.19%
Category Average -1.92% -5.08% 0.21% -1.93% 8.87% 9.22% 7.36% 4.70% 7.93% 5.91% 5.80% 5.41% 6.28% 5.36%
Category Rank 1,254 / 1,311 1,230 / 1,310 1,066 / 1,309 1,229 / 1,310 917 / 1,289 352 / 1,216 269 / 1,192 301 / 1,068 557 / 1,010 414 / 985 297 / 857 284 / 770 273 / 726 -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr
Fund 2.25% 1.97% 2.24% -0.98% 1.88% 1.40% 4.49% 0.19% 4.13% -1.66% -3.76% -4.04%
Benchmark 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.33% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.92% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 0.18% 6.42% 2.42% 10.92% 7.20% 12.31% -8.17% 10.80% 22.60%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking - 4 4 1 4 3 3 1 3 1
Category Rank - 635/ 671 698/ 757 30/ 830 859/ 922 664/ 1,007 563/ 1,056 181/ 1,153 725/ 1,202 115/ 1,285

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

22.60% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.17% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 44.07
International Equity 14.38
Foreign Government Bonds 12.33
Foreign Bonds - Funds 7.36
Foreign Corporate Bonds 6.26
Other 15.60

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 31.32
Technology 17.12
Financial Services 10.30
Consumer Services 7.53
Healthcare 5.55
Other 28.18

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 76.16
Europe 7.89
Asia 5.97
Multi-National 2.39
Latin America 1.78
Other 5.81

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Fidelity American High Yield Fund Series O -
Fidelity U.S. Money Market Investment Trust O -
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A -
United States Treasury 4.38% 15-May-2034 -
High Yield Investments Directly Held -
Investment Grade CMBS Securities Directly Held -
Microsoft Corp -
NVIDIA Corp -
Apple Inc -
iShares Gold Trust ETF (IAU) -

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Fixed income style data not available
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Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.76% 8.05% -
Beta 0.81% 0.78% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.86% 0.86% -
Sharpe 0.60% 0.68% -
Sortino 1.12% 0.93% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 79.35% 83.20% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 4 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 9.65% 8.76% 8.05% -
Beta 1.22% 0.81% 0.78% -
Alpha -0.06% 0.00% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.86% 0.86% -
Sharpe 0.45% 0.60% 0.68% -
Sortino 0.81% 1.12% 0.93% -
Treynor 0.04% 0.06% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 50.93% 79.35% 83.20% -

Fund Details

Start Date May 06, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) $10

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
FID2949
FID2950
FID2951

Investment Objectives

The Fund aims to achieve long term capital growth. It invests primarily in a mix of equity securities, fixed income securities and money market instruments of U.S. issuers and other issuers from around the world. The Fund can invest in these securities either directly or indirectly through investments in underlying funds.

Investment Strategy

To meet the Fund’s objectives, the portfolio management team: Follows a neutral mix guideline of approximately 65% equity securities, and 35% fixed income securities and money market instruments. Depending on market conditions, may vary the asset mix from the neutral mix if it believes this produces the best overall return. Generally keeps the Fund’s asset mix within the following ranges: 55%-75% equity securities, and 25%- 45% fixed income securities and money market instruments.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

  • Geoffrey D. Stein
  • David D. Wolf
Sub-Advisor

Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada

Registrar

Fidelity Investments Canada ULC

Distributor

-

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 25
PAC Subsequent 25
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 50

Fees

MER 2.51%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Front Fee Only
FE Max -
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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