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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

Global Equity Balanced

FundGrade A Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade A

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

2024

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NAVPS
(04-21-2025)
$14.76
Change
-$0.18 (-1.18%)

As at March 31, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Fidelity American Balanced Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (May 06, 2015): 7.43%

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 -3.76% -1.45% 4.61% -1.45% 10.57% 13.73% 9.42% 7.65% 10.04% 7.59% 7.41% 7.26% 7.34% -
Benchmark -3.00% -0.32% 3.84% -0.32% 12.46% 14.72% 9.68% 7.79% 11.08% 8.80% 8.33% 8.49% 9.08% 8.19%
Category Average -2.62% 0.00% 1.97% 0.00% 8.87% 11.03% 6.40% 5.71% 9.87% 6.69% 6.12% 5.97% 6.49% 5.47%
Category Rank 1,141 / 1,329 1,103 / 1,328 130 / 1,315 1,103 / 1,328 449 / 1,305 210 / 1,226 107 / 1,209 232 / 1,087 535 / 1,029 355 / 998 248 / 875 224 / 778 289 / 723 -
Quartile Ranking 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 2 2 2 2 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
Fund -1.71% 2.25% 1.97% 2.24% -0.98% 1.88% 1.40% 4.49% 0.19% 4.13% -1.66% -3.76%
Benchmark -1.69% 2.36% 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

6.33% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-6.92% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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 - 646/ 682 714/ 776 30/ 849 878/ 941 669/ 1,026 580/ 1,075 181/ 1,172 741/ 1,221 114/ 1,304

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 47.73
Foreign Corporate Bonds 12.45
International Equity 11.78
Foreign Government Bonds 11.74
Cash and Equivalents 5.72
Other 10.58

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 29.27
Technology 20.90
Financial Services 9.20
Consumer Services 6.84
Cash and Cash Equivalent 5.72
Other 28.07

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 79.14
Europe 6.01
Asia 5.12
Multi-National 2.10
Latin America 1.69
Other 5.94

Top Holdings

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

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 8.63% 8.15% -
Beta 0.78% 0.78% -
Alpha 0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.87% 0.87% -
Sharpe 0.64% 0.93% -
Sortino 1.21% 1.42% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 80.10% 86.46% -
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 8.63% 8.63% 8.15% -
Beta 1.14% 0.78% 0.78% -
Alpha -0.03% 0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.92% 0.87% 0.87% -
Sharpe 0.76% 0.64% 0.93% -
Sortino 1.48% 1.21% 1.42% -
Treynor 0.06% 0.07% 0.10% -
Tax Efficiency 60.69% 80.10% 86.46% -

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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