Figures shown are past results and are not predictive of results in future periods. Current and future results may be lower or higher than those shown. Share price and return will vary, so you may lose money. Investing for short periods makes losses more likely. Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value. An investment in the money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the FDIC or any other government agency. Although the fund seeks to preserve the value of your investment at $1.00 per share, it is possible to lose money by investing in the fund.

Class A share results are calculated with and without the effect of the maximum sales charge: 5.75% for growth, growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced, target date funds and most portfolio series funds; 3.75% for bond funds (2.50% for intermediate and short-term funds and American Funds Preservation Portfolio). There is no sales charge for cash-equivalent fund Class A shares. Results shown with the sales charge are lower than results without the sales charge.

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Growth
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
AMCAP Fund® — A Ticker: AMCPX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$25.55	-0.02	17.80%	Without sales charge	15.08%	6.62%	7.90%	13.19%	7.09%	8.56%	0.74%
			With sales charge	8.44%	5.37%	7.26%	6.66%	5.82%	7.91%
American Funds Global Growth PortfolioSM — A Ticker: PGGAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$13.04	0.03	13.29%	Without sales charge	27.37% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	23.73% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	1.04% / 1.14%
			With sales charge	20.05% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	16.61% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
American Funds Growth PortfolioSM — A Ticker: GWPAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$13.04	0.02	15.09%	Without sales charge	26.11% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	23.18% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	0.90% / 1.00%
			With sales charge	18.86% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	16.10% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
EuroPacific Growth Fund® — A Ticker: AEPGX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$45.29	0.31	9.87%	Without sales charge	13.43%	0.64%	10.83%	9.19%	0.81%	11.48%	0.84%
			With sales charge	6.91%	-0.54%	10.18%	2.90%	-0.38%	10.82%
The Growth Fund of America® — A Ticker: AGTHX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$39.82	-0.02	15.92%	Without sales charge	16.38%	3.76%	8.73%	14.20%	4.45%	9.40%	0.71%
			With sales charge	9.70%	2.54%	8.09%	7.63%	3.22%	8.76%
The New Economy Fund® — A Ticker: ANEFX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$33.91	0.11	19.28%	Without sales charge	21.61%	6.66%	10.38%	17.75%	7.35%	11.25%	0.87%
			With sales charge	14.59%	5.40%	9.72%	10.99%	6.09%	10.59%
New Perspective Fund® — A Ticker: ANWPX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$35.52	0.07	13.63%	Without sales charge	15.97%	4.05%	10.90%	12.78%	4.26%	11.64%	0.80%
			With sales charge	9.31%	2.82%	10.24%	6.32%	3.03%	10.98%
New World Fund® — A Ticker: NEWFX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$58.16	0.20	6.74%	Without sales charge	10.61%	1.14%	13.97%	8.09%	1.66%	14.55%	1.07%
			With sales charge	4.26%	-0.05%	13.30%	1.88%	0.46%	13.88%
SMALLCAP World Fund® — A Ticker: SMCWX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$46.28	0.05	15.96%	Without sales charge	15.71%	4.16%	12.42%	13.76%	4.49%	13.22%	1.14%
			With sales charge	9.05%	2.93%	11.76%	7.21%	3.26%	12.55%
Growth-and-income
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Funds Growth and Income PortfolioSM — A Ticker: GAIOX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$12.22	0.01	11.55%	Without sales charge	22.22% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	18.64% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	0.82% / 0.92%
			With sales charge	15.20% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	11.82% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
American Mutual Fund® — A Ticker: AMRMX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$32.88	-0.09	16.56%	Without sales charge	18.12%	6.49%	8.24%	15.67%	6.68%	8.64%	0.63%
			With sales charge	11.34%	5.23%	7.60%	9.00%	5.43%	8.00%
Capital World Growth and Income Fund® — A Ticker: CWGIX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$42.11	0.11	13.69%	Without sales charge	19.13%	2.05%	11.13%	14.00%	2.20%	11.58%	0.82%
			With sales charge	12.29%	0.85%	10.47%	7.45%	1.00%	10.92%
Fundamental InvestorsSM — A Ticker: ANCFX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$47.42	0.01	16.61%	Without sales charge	17.40%	4.03%	10.02%	14.12%	4.44%	10.71%	0.65%
			With sales charge	10.65%	2.80%	9.37%	7.56%	3.21%	10.06%
International Growth and Income FundSM — A Ticker: IGAAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$34.68	0.20	9.94%	Without sales charge	18.90%	10.74% †	N/A	12.32%	9.79% †	N/A	0.93%
			With sales charge	12.07%	9.31% †	N/A	5.86%	8.35% †	N/A
The Investment Company of America® — A Ticker: AIVSX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$35.13	-0.04	16.94%	Without sales charge	17.68%	4.50%	7.69%	13.70%	4.64%	8.08%	0.62%
			With sales charge	10.93%	3.27%	7.05%	7.16%	3.41%	7.44%
Washington Mutual Investors FundSM — A Ticker: AWSHX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$36.42	-0.04	17.30%	Without sales charge	17.28%	5.15%	7.71%	14.48%	5.29%	8.21%	0.62%
			With sales charge	10.53%	3.92%	7.08%	7.89%	4.05%	7.57%
Equity-income
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Funds Income PortfolioSM — A Ticker: INPAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.38	0.00	8.54%	Without sales charge	16.07% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	13.39% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	0.75% / 0.85%
			With sales charge	9.40% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	6.88% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
Capital Income Builder® — A Ticker: CAIBX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$57.97	0.10	10.83%	Without sales charge	15.71%	3.74%	8.54%	11.94%	3.59%	8.66%	0.63%
			With sales charge	9.05%	2.52%	7.90%	5.51%	2.37%	8.01%
The Income Fund of America® — A Ticker: AMECX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$19.99	0.01	11.65%	Without sales charge	16.32%	5.95%	8.45%	13.32%	6.01%	8.73%	0.59%
			With sales charge	9.62%	4.70%	7.82%	6.79%	4.76%	8.09%
Balanced
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Balanced Fund® — A Ticker: ABALX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$22.84	-0.01	12.45%	Without sales charge	14.54%	6.41%	7.65%	12.23%	6.47%	8.05%	0.63%
			With sales charge	7.97%	5.15%	7.02%	5.79%	5.22%	7.42%
American Funds Balanced PortfolioSM — A Ticker: BLPAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$12.04	0.00	10.30%	Without sales charge	19.54% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	16.80% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	0.79% / 0.89%
			With sales charge	12.67% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	10.08% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
American Funds Global Balanced FundSM — A Ticker: GBLAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$29.14	0.07	9.34%	Without sales charge	12.60%	7.97% ¶	N/A	9.54%	6.83% ¶	N/A	0.91%
			With sales charge	6.14%	5.14% ¶	N/A	3.25%	3.93% ¶	N/A
Bond
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Funds Mortgage Fund® — A Ticker: MFAAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.08	-0.01	-0.54%	Without sales charge	1.73%	3.07% ##	N/A	1.85%	3.02% ##	N/A	0.65%
			With sales charge	-2.11%	1.50% ##	N/A	-2.01%	1.40% ##	N/A
American Funds Preservation PortfolioSM — A Ticker: PPVAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.02	-0.01	-0.06%	Without sales charge	1.73% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	1.23% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	0.75% / 0.88%
			With sales charge	-0.85% ¶¶	N/A	N/A	-1.33% ¶¶	N/A	N/A
American High-Income Trust® — A Ticker: AHITX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.65	0.00	5.06%	Without sales charge	12.60%	8.44%	8.36%	10.92%	9.03%	8.68%	0.69%
			With sales charge	8.38%	7.62%	7.94%	6.77%	8.19%	8.26%
The Bond Fund of America® — A Ticker: ABNDX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$12.86	-0.01	0.12%	Without sales charge	4.40%	4.31%	4.47%	4.38%	4.34%	4.60%	0.60%
			With sales charge	0.45%	3.52%	4.07%	0.49%	3.54%	4.20%
Capital World Bond Fund® — A Ticker: CWBFX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$20.75	0.03	-1.65%	Without sales charge	3.39%	4.52%	6.23%	2.74%	4.00%	6.31%	0.89%
			With sales charge	-0.47%	3.72%	5.82%	-1.09%	3.21%	5.91%
Intermediate Bond Fund of America® — A Ticker: AIBAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$13.68	0.00	-0.05%	Without sales charge	1.94%	3.35%	3.04%	2.13%	3.19%	3.03%	0.61%
			With sales charge	-0.60%	2.83%	2.77%	-0.43%	2.67%	2.77%
Short-Term Bond Fund of America® — A Ticker: ASBAX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.05	0.00	0.04%	Without sales charge	0.58%	1.61%	2.25% ‡	0.61%	1.55%	2.25% ‡	0.60%
			With sales charge	-1.94%	1.09%	1.85% ‡	-1.92%	1.03%	1.85% ‡
U.S. Government Securities Fund® — A Ticker: AMUSX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$14.08	-0.01	-0.62%	Without sales charge	1.61%	4.79%	4.11%	1.98%	4.53%	4.10%	0.60%
			With sales charge	-2.18%	4.00%	3.72%	-1.85%	3.73%	3.70%
Cash-equivalent
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013 (except 7-day yield)				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Funds Money Market Fund® — A Ticker: AFAXX | Prospectus
Price	7-day yields	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$1.00	0.00% / -0.29%	0.00%	No sales charge	0.00%	0.00% ††	N/A	0.00%	0.00% ††	N/A	0.38%
Retirement target date
Share prices and year-to-date returns				Average annual total returns						Annual expense ratios
Daily as of May 20, 2013				Month-end as of April 30, 2013			Quarter-end as of March 31, 2013			As of the fund’s prospectus
American Funds 2055 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAMTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$13.90	0.01	14.03%	Without sales charge	15.95%	12.01% ‡‡	N/A	12.93%	11.40% ‡‡	N/A	0.79% / 0.97%
			With sales charge	9.31%	9.98% ‡‡	N/A	6.46%	9.33% ‡‡	N/A
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AALTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.36	0.01	14.06%	Without sales charge	16.00%	4.49%	4.30% §	12.93%	4.71%	3.91% §	0.79% / 0.89%
			With sales charge	9.35%	3.25%	3.32% §	6.46%	3.47%	2.91% §
American Funds 2045 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAHTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.57	0.01	14.10%	Without sales charge	15.97%	4.47%	4.30% §	12.96%	4.72%	3.91% §	0.79% / 0.89%
			With sales charge	9.33%	3.23%	3.31% §	6.50%	3.48%	2.92% §
American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAGTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.59	0.01	14.08%	Without sales charge	15.98%	4.49%	4.31% §	12.98%	4.72%	3.92% §	0.78% / 0.88%
			With sales charge	9.35%	3.26%	3.32% §	6.52%	3.48%	2.93% §
American Funds 2035 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAFTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.45	0.01	13.82%	Without sales charge	15.83%	4.47%	4.29% §	12.80%	4.70%	3.90% §	0.77% / 0.87%
			With sales charge	9.17%	3.24%	3.31% §	6.31%	3.46%	2.91% §
American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAETX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.48	0.01	13.66%	Without sales charge	15.71%	4.54%	4.32% §	12.69%	4.78%	3.93% §	0.77% / 0.87%
			With sales charge	9.10%	3.31%	3.33% §	6.25%	3.55%	2.94% §
American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AADTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$11.13	0.01	12.77%	Without sales charge	14.86%	4.24%	4.07% §	12.10%	4.50%	3.70% §	0.76% / 0.86%
			With sales charge	8.25%	3.01%	3.09% §	5.65%	3.28%	2.70% §
American Funds 2020 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AACTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.72	0.00	10.40%	Without sales charge	12.79%	3.87%	3.78% §	10.55%	4.12%	3.46% §	0.74% / 0.84%
			With sales charge	6.35%	2.64%	2.80% §	4.22%	2.89%	2.47% §
American Funds 2015 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AABTX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.52	0.01	8.90%	Without sales charge	11.49%	3.96%	3.89% §	9.45%	4.13%	3.58% §	0.73% / 0.83%
			With sales charge	5.04%	2.74%	2.90% §	3.11%	2.90%	2.59% §
American Funds 2010 Target Date Retirement Fund® — A Ticker: AAATX | Prospectus
Price	Price change	YTD return		1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	1 yr	5 yrs	10 yrs	Expenses
$10.24	0.00	7.56%	Without sales charge	10.68%	4.05%	3.88% §	8.84%	4.21%	3.59% §	0.72% / 0.82%
			With sales charge	4.31%	2.83%	2.90% §	2.55%	2.97%	2.60% §

Definitions and other information

Price: the amount you would pay for each share of the fund that day, or the amount you would receive if you sold shares that day, disregarding applicable sales charges.

Price change: the difference in share price between the most recent closing price on the New York Stock Exchange and the previous day’s closing price.

Year-to-date return: the net change in percentage in the value of the fund’s shares from January 1 of the current year to the date indicated. Short-term market volatility affects year-to-date returns more than longer term results. Average annual total returns cover longer periods of time.

7-day yield: calculated by annualizing dividends paid over the past seven days. Compared with returns, the 7-day yield more accurately reflects the fund’s current earnings. The investment adviser to American Funds has reimbursed certain expenses for American Funds Money Market Fund. These reimbursements may be adjusted or discontinued by the investment adviser at any time. The 7-day yield shown first (net) reflects reimbursements; the second yield (gross) does not. Yields shown are as of 4/30/13 and updated monthly.

Expenses: annual fund investment expenses, which are deducted from fund assets. The investment adviser is currently waiving a 0.10% management fee for the target date and portfolio series funds. After December 31, 2013, the adviser may modify or terminate the waiver, but only with fund board approval. In addition, the investment adviser is reimbursing certain expenses in all share classes of American Funds 2055 Target Date Retirement Fund and reimbursing a portion of other expenses for American Funds Preservation Portfolio. The adviser has committed to retain any reimbursements only through December 31, 2013. For target date and portfolio series funds, net expense ratios reflect the waiver and/or any current reimbursements, without which they would be higher. The expense ratios for all the funds in the target date retirement series and portfolio fund series are as of each fund’s prospectus and include the weighted average expenses of the underlying funds. The expense ratios for funds in the American Funds Portfolio Series^SM are estimated. Please see each fund’s most recent shareholder report or prospectus for details. To estimate the investment expenses you might pay annually, multiply your balance in the fund by the expense ratio. Click on the name of a fund to see the fund details page, which includes investment expenses expressed as a dollar amount.

Investment results assume all distributions are reinvested and reflect applicable fees and expenses. Although American Funds Money Market Fund has 12b-1 plans for some share classes, the fund is currently suspending certain 12b-1 payments in this low interest rate environment. Should payments commence, the fund’s investment results will be lower. When applicable, investment results reflect fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, without which results would have been lower. See results without waivers and/or reimbursements. Read details about how waivers and/or reimbursements affect the results for each fund.

For the target date funds, the investment adviser is currently waiving its management fee of 0.10% and reimbursing certain expenses in all share classes of American Funds 2055 Target Date Retirement Fund. After December 31, 2013, the adviser may modify or terminate the waiver, but only with fund board approval. In addition, the investment adviser has in the past reimbursed certain expenses for all share classes of the other target date funds. Investment results shown reflect the waiver and reimbursements, without which the results would have been lower. The adviser has committed to retain any reimbursements only through December 31, 2013.

For funds in the Portfolio Fund Series, the investment adviser is currently waiving its management fee of 0.10% and reimbursing a portion of other expenses. Investment results reflect the waiver and reimbursements, without which the results would have been lower. After December 31, 2013, the adviser may modify or terminate the waiver, but only with fund board approval. The adviser has committed to retain any reimbursements only through December 31, 2013.

Investment allocations may not achieve fund objectives. There are expenses associated with the underlying funds in addition to fund of funds expenses. The funds’ risks are directly related to the risks of the underlying funds as described below.

Investing outside the United States involves risks such as currency fluctuations, periods of illiquidity and price volatility, as more fully described in the prospectus. These risks may be heightened in connection with investments in developing countries. Investing in smaller companies also involves risks, and small-company stocks can fluctuate in price more than larger company stocks. Lower rated bonds are subject to greater fluctuations in value and risk of loss of income and principal than higher rated bonds.

The return of principal for bond funds and for funds with significant underlying bond holdings is not guaranteed. Shares of funds with bond holdings are subject to the same interest rate, inflation and credit risks that are associated with the underlying bonds held by the funds. Investments in mortgage-related securities involve risks, such as prepayment risk, as more fully described in the prospectus. Unlike mutual fund shares, investments in U.S Treasuries are guaranteed by the U.S. government as to the payment of principal and interest. In addition, certificates of deposit (CDs) are FDIC-insured and, if held to maturity, offer a guaranteed return of principal.

For more information about the risks associated with each fund, read the prospectus. You can also click on the fund name for a fact sheet.

For more information about the tax-exempt funds offered by American Funds, please talk to your financial professional.

The maximum sales charge for Intermediate Bond Fund of America Class A shares was 3.75% prior to November 1, 2006.

Daily figures are subject to revision.

^¶¶ Cumulative total return since the fund’s inception on 05/18/2012.

^† Since the investment option’s inception on 10/01/2008.

^¶ Since the investment option’s inception on 02/01/2011.

^## Since the investment option’s inception on 11/01/2010.

^‡ Since the investment option’s inception on 10/02/2006.

^†† Since the investment option’s inception on 05/01/2009.

^‡‡ Since the investment option’s inception on 02/01/2010.

^§ Since the investment option’s inception on 02/01/2007.

Class A share average annual total returns without sales charge do not reflect deduction of the fund’s maximum up-front sales charge: 5.75% for growth, growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced, target date funds and most portfolio series funds; 3.75% for bond funds (2.50% for intermediate, short-term and limited term funds and American Funds Preservation Portfolio).

Class A share average annual total returns with sales charge reflect deduction of the fund’s maximum up-front sales charge (5.75% for growth, growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced, target date funds and most portfolio series funds; 3.75% for bond funds (2.50% for intermediate, short-term and limited term funds and American Funds Preservation Portfolio).