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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

Global Equity Balanced

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NAVPS
(10-04-2024)
$17.81
Change
$0.10 (0.59%)

As at August 31, 2024

As at June 30, 2024

As at July 31, 2024

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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 06, 2015): 7.18%

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 -0.98% 3.23% 6.08% 13.36% 17.19% 14.09% 5.07% 7.70% 7.45% 6.71% 7.49% 6.97% 6.60% -
Benchmark -0.02% 5.11% 8.22% 13.99% 18.36% 16.04% 5.28% 8.25% 8.90% 8.00% 8.67% 8.58% 8.46% 9.04%
Category Average 0.40% 7.08% 7.08% 11.53% 15.71% 12.29% 3.53% 7.00% 6.87% 5.93% 6.16% 6.10% 5.96% 5.77%
Category Rank 1,355 / 1,381 1,183 / 1,378 1,083 / 1,372 294 / 1,371 407 / 1,330 307 / 1,286 290 / 1,167 407 / 1,086 425 / 1,064 363 / 934 236 / 867 289 / 806 304 / 701 -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Fund -2.11% 0.22% 3.66% 1.66% 2.63% 4.13% 2.25% -1.71% 2.25% 1.97% 2.24% -0.98%
Benchmark -3.90% -0.20% 5.87% 2.26% 1.06% 4.23% 2.30% -1.69% 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.33% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.92% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Fund - - 0.18% 6.42% 2.42% 10.92% 7.20% 12.31% -8.17% 10.80%
Benchmark 13.13% 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07%
Category Average 7.89% 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42%
Quartile Ranking - - 4 4 1 4 3 3 1 3
Category Rank - - 681/ 713 735/ 808 30/ 887 912/ 976 673/ 1,070 587/ 1,119 194/ 1,237 756/ 1,288

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

12.31% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-8.17% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 51.05
Foreign Corporate Bonds 13.15
International Equity 11.28
Foreign Government Bonds 9.85
Cash and Equivalents 5.51
Other 9.16

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 27.91
Technology 22.87
Financial Services 8.07
Healthcare 7.34
Consumer Services 6.27
Other 27.54

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 83.72
Europe 6.00
Asia 5.11
Multi-National 2.15
Latin America 1.74
Other 1.28

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Fidelity American High Yield Fund Series O -
NVIDIA Corp -
Fidelity U.S. Money Market Investment Trust O -
Apple Inc -
Meta Platforms Inc Cl A -
Amazon.com Inc -
Microsoft Corp -
High Yield Investments Directly Held -
Investment Grade CMBS Securities Directly Held -
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)

Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 8.34% 8.50% -
Beta 0.75% 0.78% -
Alpha 0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.91% 0.88% -
Sharpe 0.25% 0.63% -
Sortino 0.41% 0.80% -
Treynor 0.03% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 88.09% 94.45% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 4 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 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 7.05% 8.34% 8.50% -
Beta 0.72% 0.75% 0.78% -
Alpha 0.04% 0.01% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.86% 0.91% 0.88% -
Sharpe 1.62% 0.25% 0.63% -
Sortino 3.99% 0.41% 0.80% -
Treynor 0.16% 0.03% 0.07% -
Tax Efficiency 96.09% 88.09% 94.45% -

Fundata ESG Metrics

Fundata ESG Score

The E, S, and G scores are averaged for each security in the portfolio, to arrive at an ESG score for each security. We take the portfolio weighted average of the ESG scores for each fund and rank them against their peers to arrive at the Fundata ESG Score from 0-100.

Fundata E Score

Three scores under the Environment bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Environment Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Pollution Prevention, (2) Environmental Transparency, (3) Resource Efficiency.

Fundata S Score

Six scores under the Social bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Social Score for each fund from 0-100. (1) Compensation and Satisfaction, (2) Diversity and Rights, (3) Education and Work Conditions, (4) Community and Charity, (5) Human Rights, (6) Sustainability Integration.

Fundata G Score

Three scores under the governance bucket are averaged to yield the Fundata Governance Score for each fund from 0-100: (1) Board Effectiveness, (2) Management Ethics, (3) Disclosure and Accountability.

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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) $13

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 Manager(s)

Name Start Date
Geoffrey D. Stein 05-06-2015
David D. Wolf 05-06-2015
Fidelity Management & Research Company LLC 02-06-2023

Management and Organization

Fund Manager Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
Advisor Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
Custodian State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar Fidelity Investments Canada ULC
Distributor -
Auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers LLP

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 2.52%
Management Fee 2.00%
Load Front Fee Only
FE Max -
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) -
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 0.50%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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