Ratings & Risk for American Funds Bond Fund of Amer B (BFABX)

Morningstar Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
Number of funds in Category: —

  • Morningstar Ratings

    Return Risk Rating # of Funds
    3-Year Low Above Average
    		294
    5-Year Low Above Average
    		271
    10-Year Low Above Average
    		217
    Overall Low Above Average
    		—
    Morningstar's Overall Rating is derived from a weighted average of the fund's 3, 5 and 10 year rating,
    which are based on risk-adjusted performance. Data as of 10/31/2009

  • Volatility Data

    Standard Deviation Mean Sharpe Ratio
    3-Year 6.60 0.09 -0.20
    5-Year 5.29 0.16 -0.20
    10-Year 4.90 0.35 0.27
    15-Year 4.53 0.43 0.32
    20-Year 4.57 0.49 0.40
    Trailing data as of 10/31/2009

  • Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

    R-Squared Beta Alpha
    1-Year 5.97 0.28 11.30
    3-Year 40.91 1.03 -5.28
    5-Year 41.12 0.92 -2.90
    10-Year 43.25 0.85 -1.48

    Barclays US Aggregate Bond TR USD

    Trailing data as of 10/31/2009