0000925950-13-000008.txt : 20130122 0000925950-13-000008.hdr.sgml : 20130121 20130122162029 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000925950-13-000008 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 485BPOS PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 10 FILED AS OF DATE: 20130122 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20130122 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20130122 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO SERIES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001537151 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1933 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 333-178936 FILM NUMBER: 13540563 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 S HOPE STREET STREET 2: 55TH FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90071 BUSINESS PHONE: 213-486-9200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 S HOPE STREET STREET 2: 55TH FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90071 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO RESOURCES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111214 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO SERIES CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001537151 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 485BPOS SEC ACT: 1940 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-22656 FILM NUMBER: 13540564 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 S HOPE STREET STREET 2: 55TH FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90071 BUSINESS PHONE: 213-486-9200 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 333 S HOPE STREET STREET 2: 55TH FLOOR CITY: LOS ANGELES STATE: CA ZIP: 90071 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO RESOURCES DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20111214 0001537151 S000036462 American Funds Tax-Exempt Preservation Portfolio C000111631 Class A TEPAX C000111632 Class B TEPBX C000111633 Class C TEPCX C000111634 Class F-1 TEPFX C000111635 Class F-2 TXEFX 0001537151 S000036463 American Funds Preservation Portfolio C000111636 Class F-2 PPEFX C000111637 Class 529-A CPPAX C000111638 Class 529-B CPPBX C000111639 Class 529-C CPPCX C000111640 Class 529-E CPPEX C000111641 Class 529-F-1 CPPFX C000111642 Class R-1 RPPVX C000111643 Class R-2 RPPBX C000111644 Class R-3 RPPCX C000111645 Class R-4 RPPEX C000111646 Class R-5 RPPFX C000111647 Class R-6 RPPGX C000111648 Class A PPVAX C000111649 Class B PPVBX C000111650 Class C PPVCX C000111651 Class F-1 PPVFX 0001537151 S000036464 American Funds Tax-Advantaged Income Portfolio C000111652 Class A TAIAX C000111653 Class B TXABX C000111654 Class C TAICX C000111655 Class F-1 TAIFX C000111656 Class F-2 TXIFX 0001537151 S000036465 American Funds Income Portfolio C000111668 Class A INPAX C000111669 Class B INPBX C000111670 Class C INPCX C000111671 Class F-1 INPFX C000111672 Class F-2 INPEX C000111673 Class 529-A CIPAX C000111674 Class 529-B CIPBX C000111675 Class 529-C CIPCX C000111676 Class 529-E CIPEX C000111677 Class 529-F-1 CIPFX C000111678 Class R-1 RNCAX C000111679 Class R-2 RINBX C000111680 Class R-3 RNCCX C000111681 Class R-4 RINEX C000111682 Class R-5 RINFX C000111683 Class R-6 RINGX 0001537151 S000036466 American Funds Balanced Portfolio C000111684 Class A BLPAX C000111685 Class B BLPBX C000111686 Class C BLPCX C000111687 Class F-1 BLPFX C000111688 Class F-2 BLPEX C000111689 Class 529-A CBAAX C000111690 Class 529-B CBBBX C000111691 Class 529-C CBPCX C000111692 Class 529-E CBAEX C000111693 Class 529-F-1 CBAFX C000111694 Class R-1 RBAAX C000111695 Class R-2 RBABX C000111696 Class R-3 RBACX C000111697 Class R-4 RBAEX C000111698 Class R-5 RBAFX C000111699 Class R-6 RBAGX 0001537151 S000036467 American Funds Growth and Income Portfolio C000111700 Class A GAIOX C000111701 Class B GAIBX C000111702 Class C GAITX C000111703 Class F-1 GAIFX C000111704 Class F-2 GAIEX C000111705 Class 529-A CGNAX C000111706 Class 529-B CGNBX C000111707 Class 529-C CGNCX C000111708 Class 529-E CGNEX C000111709 Class 529-F-1 CGNFX C000111710 Class R-1 RGNAX C000111711 Class R-2 RGNBX C000111712 Class R-3 RAICX C000111713 Class R-4 RGNEX C000111714 Class R-5 RGNFX C000111715 Class R-6 RGNGX 0001537151 S000036468 American Funds Growth Portfolio C000111716 Class R-5 RGWFX C000111717 Class R-6 RGWGX C000111718 Class A GWPAX C000111719 Class B GWPBX C000111720 Class C GWPCX C000111721 Class F-1 GWPFX C000111722 Class F-2 GWPEX C000111723 Class 529-A CGPAX C000111724 Class 529-B CGPBX C000111725 Class 529-C CGPCX C000111726 Class 529-E CGPEX C000111727 Class 529-F-1 CGPFX C000111728 Class R-1 RGWAX C000111729 Class R-2 RGWBX C000111730 Class R-3 RGPCX C000111731 Class R-4 RGWEX 0001537151 S000036469 American Funds Global Growth Portfolio C000111732 Class A PGGAX C000111733 Class B PGGBX C000111734 Class C GGPCX C000111735 Class F-1 PGGFX C000111736 Class F-2 PGWFX C000111737 Class 529-A CPGAX C000111738 Class 529-B CGGBX C000111739 Class 529-C CPGCX C000111740 Class 529-E CGGEX C000111741 Class 529-F-1 CGGFX C000111742 Class R-1 RGGAX C000111743 Class R-2 RGGBX C000111744 Class R-3 RGLCX C000111745 Class R-4 RGGEX C000111746 Class R-5 RGGFX C000111747 Class R-6 RGGGX 485BPOS 1 afps485bxbrl.htm AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO SERIES

SEC. File Nos. 333-178936

811-22656

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-1A

Registration Statement

Under

the Securities Act of 1933

Post-Effective Amendment No. 3

and

Registration Statement

Under

the Investment Company Act of 1940

Amendment No. 5

 

 

 

AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO SERIES

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

6455 Irvine Center Drive
Irvine, CA 92618-4518

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

 

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:

(213) 486-9200

 

 

 

Steven I. Koszalka, Secretary

American Funds Portfolio Series

333 South Hope Street

Los Angeles, California 90071-1447

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

__________________

 

Copies to:

Michael Glazer

Bingham McCutchen LLP

355 South Grand Avenue, Suite 4400

Los Angeles, CA 90071-3106

(Counsel for the Registrant)

__________________

 

Approximate date of proposed public offering:

It is proposed that this filing become effective immediately pursuant to paragraph (b) of rule 485.

 

 

 
 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this registration statement under Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, and State of California, on the 22nd day of January, 2013.

 

AMERICAN FUNDS PORTFOLIO SERIES

 

By /s/ Bradley J. Vogt

(Bradley J. Vogt, Vice Chairman)

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Registration Statement has been signed below on January 22, 2013, by the following persons in the capacities indicated.

 

  Signature Title
(1) Principal Executive Officer:
 

 

/s/ Walter R. Burkley

 

President

  (Walter R. Burkley)
 
(2) Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer:
 

 

/s/ Gregory F. Niland

 

Treasurer

  (Gregory F. Niland)
 
(3) Trustees:
  William H. Baribault* Trustee
  James G. Ellis* Trustee
  Leonard R. Fuller* Trustee
  W. Scott Hedrick* Trustee
  R. Clark Hooper* Chairman of the Board (Independent and Non-Executive)
  Merit E. Janow* Trustee
  Laurel B. Mitchell* Trustee
  Frank M. Sanchez* Trustee
  Margaret Spellings* Trustee
  Steadman Upham* Trustee
  /s/ Bradley J. Vogt Vice Chairman
  Bradley J. Vogt  
 

 

*By: /s/ Steven I. Koszalka

 
  (Steven I. Koszalka, pursuant to a power of attorney filed herewith)  
       

 

Counsel represents that this amendment does not contain disclosures that would make the amendment ineligible for effectiveness under the provisions of rule 485(b). 

 

/s/ Liliane Corzo

(Liliane Corzo)

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, William H. Baribault, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ William H. Baribault

William H. Baribault, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, James G. Ellis, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-AMCAP Fund (File No. 002-26516, File No. 811-01435)
-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-
-American Funds Global Balanced Fund (File No. 333-170605, File No. 811-22496)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-American Mutual Fund (File No. 002-10607, File No. 811-00572)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-The Investment Company of America (File No. 002-10811, File No. 811-00116)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Brian D. Bullard

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Ari M. Vinocor

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ James G. Ellis

James G. Ellis, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Leonard R. Fuller, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-AMCAP Fund (File No. 002-26516, File No. 811-01435)
-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-American Funds Global Balanced Fund (File No. 333-170605, File No. 811-22496)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-American Mutual Fund (File No. 002-10607, File No. 811-00572)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-The Investment Company of America (File No. 002-10811, File No. 811-00116)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Brian D. Bullard

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Ari M. Vinocor

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

/s/ Leonard R. Fuller

Leonard R. Fuller, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, W. Scott Hedrick, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Santa Barbara, CA, this 10th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ W. Scott Hedrick

W. Scott Hedrick, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, R. Clark Hooper, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital Income Builder (File No. 033-12967, File No. 811-05085)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (File No. 033-54444, File No. 811-07338)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-The New Economy Fund (File No. 002-83848, File No. 811-03735)
-The New Economy Fund
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Neal F. Wellons

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ R. Clark Hooper

R. Clark Hooper, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Merit E. Janow, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital Income Builder (File No. 033-12967, File No. 811-05085)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (File No. 033-54444, File No. 811-07338)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-The New Economy Fund (File No. 002-83848, File No. 811-03735)
-The New Economy Fund
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Neal F. Wellons

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Merit E. Janow

Merit E. Janow, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Laurel B. Mitchell, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Laurel B. Mitchell

Laurel B. Mitchell, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Frank M. Sanchez, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Frank M. Sanchez

Frank M. Sanchez, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Margaret Spellings, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Balanced Fund (File No. 002-10758, File No. 811-00066)
-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-The Income Fund of America (File No. 002-33371, File No. 811-01880)
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-International Growth and Income Fund (File No. 333-152323, File No. 811-22215)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Jeffrey P. Regal

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

 

EXECUTED at Los Angeles, CA, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State)

 

 

/s/ Margaret Spellings

Margaret Spellings, Board member

 
 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

I, Steadman Upham, the undersigned Board member of the following registered investment companies (collectively, the “Funds”):

 

-American Funds College Target Date Series (File No. 333-180729, File No. 811-22692)
-American Funds Corporate Bond Fund (File No. 333-183929, File No. 811-22744)
-American Funds Global High-Income Opportunities Fund (File No. 333-183930, File No. 811-22745)
-The American Funds Income Series – U.S. Government Securities Fund (File No. 002-98199, File No. 811-04318)
-American Funds Inflation Linked Bond Fund (File No. 333-183931, File No. 811-22746)
-American Funds Insurance Series (File No. 002-86838, File No. 811-03857)
-American Funds Money Market Fund (File No. 333-157162, File No. 811-22277)
-American Funds Mortgage Fund (File No. 333-168595, File No. 811-22449)
-American Funds Portfolio Series (File No. 333-178936, File No. 811-22656)
-American Funds Short-Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund (File No. 033-26431, File No. 811-05750)
-American Funds Target Date Retirement Series (File No. 333-138648, File No. 811-21981)
-American Funds Tax-Exempt Fund of New York (File No. 333-168594, File No. 811-22448)
-The American Funds Tax-Exempt Series II – The Tax-Exempt Fund of California (File No. 033-06180, File No. 811-04694)
-American High-Income Municipal Bond Fund (File No. 033-80630, File No. 811-08576)
-American High-Income Trust (File No. 033-17917, File No. 811-05364)
-The Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-50700, File No. 811-02444)
-Capital Income Builder (File No. 033-12967, File No. 811-05085)
-Capital World Bond Fund (File No. 033-12447, File No. 811-05104)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund, Inc. (File No. 033-54444, File No. 811-07338)
-Capital World Growth and Income Fund
-Intermediate Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-19514, File No. 811-05446)
-Limited Term Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 033-66214, File No. 811-07888)
-The New Economy Fund (File No. 002-83848, File No. 811-03735)
-The New Economy Fund
-Short-Term Bond Fund of America (File No. 333-135770, File No. 811-21928)
-The Tax-Exempt Bond Fund of America (File No. 002-49291, File No. 811-02421)

 

hereby revoke all previous powers of attorney I have signed and otherwise act in my name and behalf in matters involving the Funds and do hereby constitute and appoint

 

Vincent P. Corti

Steven I. Koszalka

Patrick F. Quan

Courtney R. Taylor

Julie E. Lawton

Tanya Schneider

Raymond F. Sullivan, Jr.

Karl C. Grauman

Brian C. Janssen

Dori Laskin

Gregory F. Niland

Neal F. Wellons

 

each of them singularly, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, with full power of substitution, and with full power to each of them, to sign for me and in my name in the appropriate capacities, all Registration Statements of the Funds on Form N-1A, any and all subsequent Amendments, or Post-Effective Amendments to said Registration Statement on Form N-1A or any successor thereto, and any supplements or other instruments in connection therewith, and generally to do all such things in my name and behalf in connection therewith as said attorneys-in-fact deem necessary or appropriate, to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940 as amended, and all related requirements of the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission. I hereby ratify and confirm all that said attorneys-in-fact or their substitutes may do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. 

 

EXECUTED at Tulsa, OK, this 5th day of December, 2012.

(City, State) 

 

 

/s/ Steadman Upham

Steadman Upham, Board member 

 
 

Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit No. Description
   
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EX-101.SCH XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase

 

 

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These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036469Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds will primarily consist of growth funds. The fund may also invest<br />in growth-and-income funds. Through its investments in the underlying funds, the<br />fund will have significant exposure to growth-oriented common stocks.<br /> <br />The fund will typically have significant exposure to issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States. The fund will seek to invest at least 25% of its net assets<br />in underlying funds that invest significantly (under normal market conditions,<br />at least 40%) in issuers domiciled outside the United States. The fund will have<br />exposure to issuers domiciled in at least three different countries. The fund<br />may also have exposure to smaller capitalization issuers and issuers domiciled<br />in emerging markets. The investment adviser believes that exposure to issuers<br />domiciled outside the United States can help provide diversification when<br />seeking long-term growth of capital. The fund may also invest in underlying<br />funds that hold bonds rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below by Nationally<br />Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment<br />adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of<br />equivalent quality. Securities rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below are sometimes<br />referred to as "junk bonds."<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing long-term growth of capital. In making this determination, <br />the fund's investment adviser considers the historical volatility and returns of <br />the underlying funds and how various combinations would have behaved in past <br />market environments. Consideration is also given to, among other topics, <br />current market conditions and the investment positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure <br />of the fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Global Growth PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit of<br />the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in stocks -- Investing in stocks may involve larger price swings and<br />greater potential for loss than other types of investments. As a result, the<br />value of the underlying funds may be subject to sharp, short-term declines in<br />value. Income provided by an underlying fund may be reduced by changes in the<br />dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at, the companies in<br />which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing in small companies -- Investing in smaller companies may pose<br />additional risks. For example, it is often more difficult to value or dispose of<br />small company stocks and more difficult to obtain information about smaller<br />companies than about larger companies. In addition, the prices of these stocks<br />may be more volatile than stocks of larger, more established companies.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /> <br />Investing in emerging markets -- Investing in emerging markets may involve risks<br />in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in<br />developed countries. For instance, developing countries may have less developed<br />legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments<br />of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital<br />controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign<br />ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,<br />and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of<br />securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on<br />relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes.<br />Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have<br />substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these<br />countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to<br />value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or<br />markets. Additionally, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions<br />in local securities.<br /><br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036469Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036469Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036469Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> RGGGX 0.0000 83 280 -0.0010 1110 0.00 494 0.0030 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0081 0.0091 0.0051 0.0000 RGGFX 0.0000 72 245 -0.0010 980 0.00 434 0.0019 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0070 0.0080 0.0051 0.0000 RGGEX 0.0000 99 330 -0.0010 1297 0.00 580 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0097 0.0107 0.0051 0.0000 RGLCX 0.0000 129 424 -0.0010 1638 0.00 740 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0127 0.0137 0.0051 0.0000 RGGBX 0.0000 164 529 -0.0010 2011 0.00 919 0.0035 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0161 0.0171 0.0051 0.0000 RGGAX 0.0000 175 563 -0.0010 2129 0.00 976 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0172 0.0182 0.0051 0.0000 CGGFX 0.0000 108 335 -0.0010 1272 0.00 579 0.0035 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0086 0.0096 10 0.0051 0.0000 CGGEX 0.0000 153 475 -0.0010 1783 0.00 819 0.0030 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0131 0.0141 10 0.0051 0.0000 CPGCX 0.0000 309 209 644 -0.0010 2374 0.00 1104 0.0035 0.0010 2013-12-31 2374 644 1104 0.00 0.0100 0.0186 0.0196 10 0.0051 0.0100 CGGBX 0.0000 710 210 1047 -0.0010 2177 0.00 1310 0.0036 0.0010 2013-12-31 2177 647 1110 0.00 0.0100 0.0187 0.0197 10 0.0051 0.0500 CPGAX 0.0575 697 952 -0.0010 1997 0.00 1225 0.0035 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0020 0.0106 0.0116 10 0.0051 0.0100 PGWFX 0.0000 77 261 -0.0010 1040 0.00 462 0.0024 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0075 0.0085 0.0051 0.0000 PGGFX 0.0000 101 337 -0.0010 1320 0.00 591 0.0023 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0099 0.0109 0.0051 0.0000 GGPCX 0.0000 281 181 581 -0.0010 2193 0.00 1007 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 2193 581 1007 0.00 0.0100 0.0178 0.0188 0.0051 0.0100 PGGBX 0.0000 681 181 981 -0.0010 2000 0.00 1207 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 2000 581 1007 0.00 0.0100 0.0178 0.0188 0.0051 0.0500 PGGAX 0.0575 675 907 -0.0010 1873 0.00 1157 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0026 0.0104 0.0114 0.0051 0.0100 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares <br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036468Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the<br />fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds will primarily consist of growth funds. The fund may also invest<br />in growth-and-income funds.<br /> <br />Through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will have significant<br />exposure to growth-oriented common stocks. The fund will typically have<br />significant exposure to issuers domiciled outside the United States. The fund<br />may also have exposure to smaller capitalization issuers and issuers domiciled<br />in emerging markets. The investment adviser believes that exposure to issuers<br />domiciled outside the United States can help provide diversification when<br />seeking long-term growth of capital.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing long-term growth of capital. In making this determination, <br />the fund's investment adviser considers the historical volatility and returns <br />of the underlying funds and how various combinations would have behaved in past <br />market environments. Consideration is also given to, among other topics, current <br />market conditions and the investment positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure <br />of the fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Growth PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit <br />of the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in stocks -- Investing in stocks may involve larger price swings and<br />greater potential for loss than other types of investments. As a result, the<br />value of the underlying funds may be subject to sharp, short-term declines in<br />value. Income provided by an underlying fund may be reduced by changes in the<br />dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at, the companies in<br />which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in small companies -- Investing in smaller companies may pose<br />additional risks. For example, it is often more difficult to value or dispose of<br />small company stocks and more difficult to obtain information about smaller<br />companies than about larger companies. In addition, the prices of these stocks<br />may be more volatile than stocks of larger, more established companies.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /> <br />Investing in emerging markets -- Investing in emerging markets may involve risks<br />in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in<br />developed countries. For instance, developing countries may have less developed<br />legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments<br />of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital<br />controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign<br />ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,<br />and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of<br />securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on<br />relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes.<br />Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have<br />substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these<br />countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to<br />value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or<br />markets. Additionally, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions<br />in local securities.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036468Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036468Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036468Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> RGWEX 0.0000 84 283 -0.0010 1122 0.00 500 0.0012 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0082 0.0092 0.0045 0.0000 RGPCX 0.0000 114 377 -0.0010 1468 0.00 661 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0112 0.0122 0.0045 0.0000 RGWBX 0.0000 149 483 -0.0010 1848 0.00 840 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0146 0.0156 0.0045 0.0000 RGWAX 0.0000 160 517 -0.0010 1968 0.00 898 0.0012 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0157 0.0167 0.0045 0.0000 CGPFX 0.0000 92 288 -0.0010 1097 0.00 498 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0071 0.0081 10 0.0045 0.0000 CGPEX 0.0000 138 429 -0.0010 1615 0.00 740 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0116 0.0126 10 0.0045 0.0000 CGPCX 0.0000 294 194 598 -0.0010 2216 0.00 1027 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 2216 598 1027 0.00 0.0100 0.0171 0.0181 10 0.0045 0.0100 CGPBX 0.0000 695 195 1001 -0.0010 2016 0.00 1233 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 2016 601 1033 0.00 0.0100 0.0172 0.0182 10 0.0045 0.0500 CGPAX 0.0575 682 908 -0.0010 1835 0.00 1150 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0020 0.0091 0.0101 10 0.0045 0.0100 GWPEX 0.0000 61 214 -0.0010 861 0.00 380 0.0015 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0060 0.0070 0.0045 0.0000 GWPFX 0.0000 86 290 -0.0010 1146 0.00 510 0.0014 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0084 0.0094 0.0045 0.0000 GWPCX 0.0000 266 166 535 -0.0010 2033 0.00 929 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 2033 535 929 0.00 0.0100 0.0163 0.0173 0.0045 0.0100 GWPBX 0.0000 666 166 935 -0.0010 1839 0.00 1129 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 1839 535 929 0.00 0.0100 0.0163 0.0173 0.0045 0.0500 GWPAX 0.0575 662 866 -0.0010 1721 0.00 1087 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0027 0.0090 0.0100 0.0045 0.0100 RGWGX 0.0000 66 230 -0.0010 921 0.00 407 0.0020 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0065 0.0075 0.0045 0.0000 RGWFX 0.0000 56 198 -0.0010 801 0.00 352 0.0010 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0055 0.0065 0.0045 0.0000 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares <br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036467Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide long-term growth of capital while<br />providing current income.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds will predominately consist of equity funds in the growth,<br />growth-and-income, equity-income and balanced categories. However, the fund may<br />also invest in bond funds.<br /> <br />Through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will have significant<br />exposure to growth-oriented common stocks. The fund will seek to generate some<br />of its income from exposure to dividend paying stocks. The fund will seek<br />exposure to issuers domiciled outside the United States, including those<br />domiciled in emerging markets. The investment adviser believes that exposure to<br />issuers domiciled outside the United States can help provide diversification<br />when seeking current income and long-term growth of capital.<br /> <br />With respect to its fixed-income investments, the underlying funds in which <br />the fund invests may hold debt securities with a wide range of quality and<br />maturities. The fund may invest in underlying funds with significant exposure to<br />bonds rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical<br />Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but<br />determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality.<br />Securities rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below are sometimes referred to as<br />"junk bonds." Exposure to lower rated securities may help the fund achieve its<br />objective of providing current income.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets. The underlying funds may also<br />invest in the debt securities of governments, agencies, corporations and other<br />entities domiciled outside the United States.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing long-term growth of capital while providing current<br />income. In making this determination, the fund's investment adviser considers<br />the historical volatility and returns of the underlying funds and how various<br />combinations would have behaved in past market environments. Consideration is<br />also given to, among other topics, current market conditions and the investment<br />positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure <br />of the fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Growth and Income PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br />The fund may invest in an underlying fixed-income fund that is a non-diversified<br />investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Poor performance by<br />a single large holding in a non-diversified fund would adversely effect the<br />fund's investment results more than if the underlying fund were invested in a<br />larger number of issuers.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit of<br />the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in stocks -- Investing in stocks may involve larger price swings and<br />greater potential for loss than other types of investments. As a result, the<br />value of the underlying funds may be subject to sharp, short-term declines in<br />value. Income provided by an underlying fund may be reduced by changes in the<br />dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at, the companies in<br />which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /><br />Investing in emerging markets -- Investing in emerging markets may involve risks<br />in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in<br />developed countries. For instance, developing countries may have less developed<br />legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments<br />of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital<br />controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign<br />ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,<br />and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of<br />securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on<br />relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes.<br />Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have<br />substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these<br />countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to<br />value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or<br />markets. Additionally, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions<br />in local securities.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036467Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036467Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036467Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> RGNGX 0.0000 62 217 -0.0010 873 0.00 385 0.0023 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0061 0.0071 0.0038 0.0000 RGNFX 0.0000 48 173 -0.0010 704 0.00 308 0.0009 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0047 0.0057 0.0038 0.0000 RGNEX 0.0000 76 258 -0.0010 1028 0.00 456 0.0011 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0074 0.0084 0.0038 0.0000 RAICX 0.0000 106 352 -0.0010 1377 0.00 618 0.0016 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0104 0.0114 0.0038 0.0000 RGNBX 0.0000 140 458 -0.0010 1760 0.00 798 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0138 0.0148 0.0038 0.0000 RGNAX 0.0000 152 492 -0.0010 1881 0.00 856 0.0011 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0149 0.0159 0.0038 0.0000 CGNFX 0.0000 84 263 -0.0010 1002 0.00 455 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0063 0.0073 10 0.0038 0.0000 CGNEX 0.0000 130 404 -0.0010 1525 0.00 697 0.0020 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0108 0.0118 10 0.0038 0.0000 CGNCX 0.0000 285 185 574 -0.0010 2131 0.00 986 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 2131 574 986 0.00 0.0100 0.0163 0.0173 10 0.0038 0.0100 CGNBX 0.0000 687 187 977 -0.0010 1942 0.00 1191 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 1942 577 991 0.00 0.0100 0.0164 0.0174 10 0.0038 0.0500 CGNAX 0.0575 680 899 -0.0010 1802 0.00 1135 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0088 0.0098 10 0.0038 0.0100 GAIEX 0.0000 53 188 -0.0010 765 0.00 336 0.0014 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0052 0.0062 0.0038 0.0000 GAIFX 0.0000 78 264 -0.0010 1052 0.00 467 0.0013 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0076 0.0086 0.0038 0.0000 GAITX 0.0000 258 158 511 -0.0010 1946 0.00 888 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 1946 511 888 0.00 0.0100 0.0155 0.0165 0.0038 0.0100 GAIBX 0.0000 658 158 911 -0.0010 1751 0.00 1088 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 1751 511 888 0.00 0.0100 0.0155 0.0165 0.0038 0.0500 GAIOX 0.0575 654 842 -0.0010 1633 0.00 1046 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0027 0.0082 0.0092 0.0038 0.0100 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares <br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036466Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objectives are to provide current income and long-term<br />growth of capital and income.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the<br />fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds may include growth, growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced<br />and bond funds.<br /> <br />Normally through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will maintain<br />at least 45% of the value of its net assets in common stocks and other equity<br />investments and at least 25% of the value of its net assets in bonds and other<br />debt securities (including money market instruments).<br /> <br />The fund will have exposure to growth-oriented common stocks. The fund will seek<br />to generate some of its income from exposure to dividend paying stocks. The fund<br />will seek exposure to issuers domiciled outside the United States, including<br />those domiciled in emerging markets. The investment adviser believes that<br />exposure to issuers domiciled outside the United States can help provide<br />diversification when seeking current income and long-term growth of capital.<br /> <br />With respect to its fixed-income investments, the underlying funds in which the<br />fund invests may hold debt securities with a wide range of maturities. The fund<br />may invest in underlying funds with significant exposure to bonds rated BB+ or<br />below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations<br />designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the<br />fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Securities rated BB+ or<br />below and Ba1 or below are sometimes referred to as "junk bonds." Exposure to<br />lower rated securities may help the fund achieve its objective of providing<br />current income.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets. The underlying funds may also<br />invest in the debt securities of governments, agencies, corporations and other<br />entities domiciled outside the United States.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing current income and long-term growth of capital and<br />income. In making this determination, the fund's investment adviser considers<br />the historical volatility and returns of the underlying funds and how various<br />combinations would have behaved in past market environments. Consideration is<br />also given to, among other topics, current market conditions and the investment<br />positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure <br />of the fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Balanced PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objectives You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit <br />of the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in stocks -- Investing in stocks may involve larger price swings and<br />greater potential for loss than other types of investments. As a result, the<br />value of the underlying funds may be subject to sharp, short-term declines in<br />value. Income provided by an underlying fund may be reduced by changes in the<br />dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at, the companies in<br />which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /> <br />Investing in emerging markets -- Investing in emerging markets may involve risks<br />in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in<br />developed countries. For instance, developing countries may have less developed<br />legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments<br />of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital<br />controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign<br />ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,<br />and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of<br />securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on<br />relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes.<br />Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have<br />substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these<br />countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to<br />value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or<br />markets. Additionally, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions<br />in local securities.<br /> <br />Investing in U.S. government securities -- Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury<br />or the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are guaranteed only as to<br />the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly,<br />the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in<br />interest rates. Securities issued by government-sponsored entities and federal<br />agencies and instrumentalities that are not backed by the full faith and credit<br />of the U.S. government are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government.<br /> <br />Investing in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities -- Many types of bonds<br />and other debt securities, including mortgage-backed securities, are subject to<br />prepayment risk as well as the risks associated with investing in debt<br />securities in general. If interest rates fall and the loans underlying these<br />securities are prepaid faster than expected, the underlying fund may have to<br />reinvest the prepaid principal in lower yielding securities, thus reducing the <br />fund's income. Conversely, if interest rates increase and the loans underlying <br />the securities are prepaid more slowly than expected, the expected duration of <br />the securities may be extended, reducing the cash flow for potential reinvestment <br />in higher yielding securities.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036466Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036466Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036466Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> RBAGX 0.0000 57 201 -0.0010 813 0.00 358 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0056 0.0066 0.0035 0.0000 RBAFX 0.0000 46 166 -0.0010 680 0.00 297 0.0010 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0045 0.0055 0.0035 0.0000 RBAEX 0.0000 74 252 -0.0010 1004 0.00 445 0.0012 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0072 0.0082 0.0035 0.0000 RBACX 0.0000 104 346 -0.0010 1354 0.00 607 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0102 0.0112 0.0035 0.0000 RBABX 0.0000 138 452 -0.0010 1738 0.00 788 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0136 0.0146 0.0035 0.0000 RBAAX 0.0000 150 486 -0.0010 1859 0.00 846 0.0012 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0147 0.0157 0.0035 0.0000 CBAFX 0.0000 82 256 -0.0010 978 0.00 444 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0061 0.0071 10 0.0035 0.0000 CBAEX 0.0000 128 398 -0.0010 1502 0.00 687 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0106 0.0116 10 0.0035 0.0000 CBPCX 0.0000 283 183 568 -0.0010 2110 0.00 976 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 2110 568 976 0.00 0.0100 0.0161 0.0171 10 0.0035 0.0100 CBBBX 0.0000 684 184 971 -0.0010 1921 0.00 1181 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 1921 571 981 0.00 0.0100 0.0162 0.0172 10 0.0035 0.0500 CBAAX 0.0575 678 893 -0.0010 1780 0.00 1124 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0086 0.0096 10 0.0035 0.0100 BLPEX 0.0000 51 182 -0.0010 740 0.00 325 0.0015 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0050 0.0060 0.0035 0.0000 BLPFX 0.0000 76 258 -0.0010 1028 0.00 456 0.0014 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0074 0.0084 0.0035 0.0000 BLPCX 0.0000 256 156 504 -0.0010 1924 0.00 877 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 1924 504 877 0.00 0.0100 0.0153 0.0163 0.0035 0.0100 BLPBX 0.0000 656 156 904 -0.0010 1726 0.00 1077 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 1726 504 877 0.00 0.0100 0.0153 0.0163 0.0035 0.0500 BLPAX 0.0575 651 833 -0.0010 1599 0.00 1030 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0026 0.0079 0.0089 0.0035 0.0100 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares<br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036465Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide current income and,</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds will typically seek to generate income from their investments <br />and may include growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced and bond funds.<br /> <br />Through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will have significant<br />exposure to dividend-paying stocks. The fund will seek exposure to issuers<br />domiciled outside the United States, including those domiciled in emerging<br />markets. The investment adviser believes that exposure to issuers domiciled<br />outside the United States can help provide diversification when seeking current<br />income and long-term growth of capital.<br /> <br />With respect to its fixed-income investments, the underlying funds in which <br />the fund invests may hold debt securities with a wide range of quality and<br />maturities. The fund may invest in underlying funds with significant exposure to<br />bonds rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below by Nationally Recognized Statistical<br />Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but<br />determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality.<br />Securities rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below are sometimes referred to as<br />"junk bonds." Exposure to lower rated securities may help the fund achieve its<br />objective of providing current income.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets. The underlying funds may also<br />invest in the debt securities of governments, agencies, corporations and other<br />entities domiciled outside the United States.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing current income and, secondarily, long-term growth of<br />capital. In making this determination, the fund's investment adviser considers<br />the historical volatility and returns of the underlying funds and how various<br />combinations would have behaved in past market environments. Consideration is<br />also given to, among other topics, current market conditions and the investment<br />positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the <br />exposure of the fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on <br />these considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying <br />fund holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within <br />the fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may <br />also determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Income PortfolioSM <tt>secondarily, long-term growth of capital.</tt> You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit <br />of the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in stocks -- Investing in stocks may involve larger price swings and<br />greater potential for loss than other types of investments. As a result, the<br />value of the underlying funds may be subject to sharp, short-term declines in<br />value. Income provided by an underlying fund may be reduced by changes in the<br />dividend policies of, and the capital resources available at, the companies in<br />which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /> <br />Investing in U.S. government securities -- Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury<br />or the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are guaranteed only as to<br />the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly,<br />the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in<br />interest rates. Securities issued by government-sponsored entities and federal<br />agencies and instrumentalities that are not backed by the full faith and credit<br />of the U.S. government are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government.<br /> <br />Investing in mortgage-related securities -- Mortgage-related securities are<br />subject to prepayment risk as well as the risks associated with investing in<br />debt securities in general. If interest rates fall and the loans underlying<br />these securities are prepaid faster than expected, the underlying fund may have<br />to reinvest the prepaid principal in lower yielding securities, thus reducing<br />the fund's income. Conversely, if interest rates increase and the loans<br />underlying the securities are prepaid more slowly than expected, the expected<br />duration of the securities may be extended, reducing the cash flow for potential<br />reinvestment in higher yielding securities.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /><br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036465Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036465Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036465Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> RINGX 0.0000 54 192 -0.0010 777 0.00 341 0.0022 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0053 0.0063 0.0031 0.0000 RINFX 0.0000 41 150 -0.0010 619 0.00 270 0.0009 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0040 0.0050 0.0031 0.0000 RINEX 0.0000 68 236 -0.0010 945 0.00 418 0.0011 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0067 0.0077 0.0031 0.0000 RNCCX 0.0000 99 330 -0.0010 1297 0.00 580 0.0016 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0097 0.0107 0.0031 0.0000 RINBX 0.0000 133 436 -0.0010 1682 0.00 762 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0131 0.0141 0.0031 0.0000 RNCAX 0.0000 145 470 -0.0010 1804 0.00 819 0.0011 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0142 0.0152 0.0031 0.0000 CIPFX 0.0000 77 241 -0.0010 918 0.00 417 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0056 0.0066 10 0.0031 0.0000 CIPEX 0.0000 123 382 -0.0010 1445 0.00 660 0.0020 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0101 0.0111 10 0.0031 0.0000 CIPCX 0.0000 278 178 552 -0.0010 2056 0.00 950 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 2056 552 950 0.00 0.0100 0.0156 0.0166 10 0.0031 0.0100 CIPBX 0.0000 679 179 955 -0.0010 1866 0.00 1155 0.0026 0.0010 2013-12-31 1866 555 955 0.00 0.0100 0.0157 0.0167 10 0.0031 0.0500 CIPAX 0.0575 673 878 -0.0010 1725 0.00 1099 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0081 0.0091 10 0.0031 0.0100 INPEX 0.0000 46 166 -0.0010 680 0.00 297 0.0014 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0045 0.0055 0.0031 0.0000 INPFX 0.0000 70 242 -0.0010 969 0.00 429 0.0013 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0069 0.0079 0.0031 0.0000 INPCX 0.0000 251 151 489 -0.0010 1870 0.00 851 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 1870 489 851 0.00 0.0100 0.0148 0.0158 0.0031 0.0100 INPBX 0.0000 651 151 889 -0.0010 1674 0.00 1051 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 1674 489 851 0.00 0.0100 0.0148 0.0158 0.0031 0.0500 INPAX 0.0575 647 821 -0.0010 1555 0.00 1010 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0027 0.0075 0.0085 0.0031 0.0100 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and <br />sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover <br />rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when <br />fund shares are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected <br />in annual fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment <br />results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036464Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide current income, a portion of which<br />is exempt from regular federal income tax,</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that<br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying<br />American Funds will typically seek to generate income from their investments and<br />may include growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced and bond funds.<br /> <br />Through its investments in the underlying funds, the fund will have significant<br />exposure to dividend-paying stocks. The fund will seek exposure to issuers<br />domiciled outside the United States, including those domiciled in emerging<br />markets. The investment adviser believes that exposure to issuers domiciled<br />outside the United States can help provide diversification when seeking current<br />income and long-term growth of capital.<br /> <br />With respect to its fixed-income investments, the fund will seek to generate a<br />material portion of its current income from underlying funds that invest in<br />bonds that are exempt from regular income tax, such as municipal bonds. Some of<br />these bonds may have credit and liquidity support features, including guarantees<br />and letters of credit. In addition, an underlying bond fund may invest<br />significantly in municipal obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by<br />revenues of similar types of projects.<br /> <br />The underlying funds in which the fund invests may hold debt securities with a<br />wide range of maturities. The fund may invest in underlying funds with<br />significant exposure to bonds rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below by Nationally<br />Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by the fund's investment<br />adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment adviser to be of<br />equivalent quality. Securities rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below are sometimes<br />referred to as "junk bonds." Exposure to lower rated securities may help the<br />fund achieve its objective of providing current income.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets. The underlying funds may also<br />invest in the debt securities of governments, agencies, corporations and other<br />entities domiciled outside the United States.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing current income, a portion of which is exempt from regular<br />federal income tax, while secondarily striving for long-term growth of capital.<br />In making this determination, the fund's investment adviser considers the<br />historical volatility and returns of the underlying funds and how various<br />combinations would have behaved in past market environments. Consideration is<br />also given to, among other topics, current market conditions and the investment<br />positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies and<br />asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also consider<br />whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure of the<br />fund to various asset types or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Tax-Advantaged Income PortfolioSM <tt>while secondarily striving for long-term growth of capital.</tt> You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit of<br />the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing outside the United States -- Securities of issuers domiciled outside<br />the United States, or with significant operations outside the United States, may<br />lose value because of adverse political, social, economic or market developments<br />in the countries or regions in which the issuer operates. These securities may<br />also lose value due to changes in foreign currency exchange rates against the<br />U.S. dollar and/or currencies of other countries. Securities markets in certain<br />countries may be more volatile and/or less liquid than those in the United<br />States. Investments outside the United States may also be subject to different<br />settlement and accounting practices and different regulatory, legal and<br />reporting standards, and may be more difficult to value, than those in the<br />United States. The risks of investing outside the United States may be<br />heightened in connection with investments in emerging markets.<br /> <br />Investing in emerging markets -- Investing in emerging markets may involve risks<br />in addition to and greater than those generally associated with investing in<br />developed countries. For instance, developing countries may have less developed<br />legal and accounting systems than those in developed countries. The governments<br />of these countries may be less stable and more likely to impose capital<br />controls, nationalize a company or industry, place restrictions on foreign<br />ownership and on withdrawing sale proceeds of securities from the country,<br />and/or impose punitive taxes that could adversely affect the prices of<br />securities. In addition, the economies of these countries may be dependent on<br />relatively few industries that are more susceptible to local and global changes.<br />Securities markets in these countries can also be relatively small and have<br />substantially lower trading volumes. As a result, securities issued in these<br />countries may be more volatile and less liquid, and may be more difficult to<br />value, than securities issued in countries with more developed economies and/or<br />markets. Additionally, there may be increased settlement risks for transactions<br />in local securities.<br /> <br />Investing in growth-oriented stocks -- Growth-oriented stocks may involve larger<br />price swings and greater potential for loss than other types of investments.<br /> <br />Investing in income-oriented stocks -- Income provided by an underlying fund may<br />be reduced by changes in the dividend policies of, and the capital resources<br />available at, the companies in which the underlying fund invests.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Credit and liquidity support -- Changes in the credit quality of banks and<br />financial institutions providing credit and liquidity support features with<br />respect to securities held by the underlying fund could cause the values of<br />these securities to decline.<br /> <br />Investing in similar municipal bonds -- Investing significantly in municipal<br />obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar types<br />of projects or industries may make an underlying fund more susceptible to<br />certain economic, political or regulatory occurrences. As a result, the<br />potential for fluctuations in the underlying fund's share price may increase.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the<br /> desired results. This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its<br />investment results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar<br />objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036464Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036464Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036464Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> TXIFX 0.0000 62 217 -0.0010 873 0.00 385 0.0025 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0061 0.0071 0.0036 0.0000 TAIFX 0.0000 87 293 -0.0010 1157 0.00 516 0.0024 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0085 0.0095 0.0036 0.0000 TAICX 0.0000 267 167 538 -0.0010 2043 0.00 934 0.0028 0.0010 2013-12-31 2043 538 934 0.00 0.0100 0.0164 0.0174 0.0036 0.0100 TXABX 0.0000 667 167 938 -0.0010 1856 0.00 1134 0.0028 0.0010 2013-12-31 1856 538 934 0.00 0.0100 0.0164 0.0174 0.0036 0.0500 TAIAX 0.0375 466 681 -0.0010 1578 0.00 913 0.0028 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0029 0.0093 0.0103 0.0036 0.0100 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares <br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual fund <br />operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036463Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide current income, consistent with<br />preservation of capital.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that the<br />fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds bond funds. The fund will principally invest in funds that<br />seek current income through bond investments.<br /> <br />When determining in which bond funds to invest, the investment adviser will<br />predominately seek exposure to higher quality bonds (rated A- or better or A3 or<br />better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by<br />the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment <br />adviser to be of equivalent quality) with intermediate to short-term durations. <br />The fund may, however, invest in underlying funds with exposure to lower quality, <br />higher yielding securities rated BBB+ or below and Baa1 or below (including those <br />rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below) or unrated but determined by the fund's <br />investment adviser to be of equivalent quality, and to bonds with longer durations.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets. The investment adviser<br />anticipates that exposure to mortgage-backed securities and asset-backed<br />securities may help the fund generate current income. The underlying funds may<br />also invest in the debt securities of governments, agencies, corporations and<br />other entities domiciled outside the United States.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing current income, consistent with preservation of capital.<br />In making this determination, the fund's investment adviser considers the<br />historical volatility and returns of the underlying funds and how various<br />combinations would have behaved in past market environments. Consideration is<br />also given to, among other topics, current market conditions and the investment<br />positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies <br />and asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also <br />consider whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure <br />of the fund to various types of bonds or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Preservation PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit of<br />the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may be<br />subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. In<br />addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Investing in mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities -- Many types of bonds<br />and other debt securities, including mortgage-backed securities, are subject to<br />prepayment risk as well as the risks associated with investing in debt<br />securities in general. If interest rates fall and the loans underlying these<br />securities are prepaid faster than expected, the underlying fund may have to<br />reinvest the prepaid principal in lower yielding securities, thus reducing the<br />fund's income. Conversely, if interest rates increase and the loans underlying<br />the securities are prepaid more slowly than expected, the expected duration of<br />the securities may be extended, reducing the cash flow for potential<br />reinvestment in higher yielding securities.<br /> <br />Investing in U.S. government securities -- Securities backed by the U.S. Treasury<br />or the full faith and credit of the U.S. government are guaranteed only as to<br />the timely payment of interest and principal when held to maturity. Accordingly,<br />the current market values for these securities will fluctuate with changes in<br />interest rates. Securities issued by government-sponsored entities and federal<br />agencies and instrumentalities that are not backed by the full faith and credit<br />of the U.S. government are neither issued nor guaranteed by the U.S. government.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Investing in similar municipal bonds -- Investing significantly in municipal<br />obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar types<br />of projects or industries may make an underlying fund more susceptible to<br />certain economic, political or regulatory occurrences. As a result, the<br />potential for fluctuations in the underlying fund's share price may increase.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. More information about these and other discounts is available<br />from your financial professional and in the "Sales charge reductions and<br />waivers" section on page 50 of the prospectus and on page 83 of the fund's<br />statement of additional information.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/OperatingExpensesData_S000036463Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> For the share classes listed below, you would pay the following if you did not redeem your shares: Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other governmental agency, entity or person. <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExampleNoRedemption_S000036463Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ShareholderFeesData_S000036463Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> PPVFX 0.0000 72 252 -0.0013 1013 0.00 448 0.0017 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0070 0.0083 0.0031 0.0000 PPVCX 0.0000 252 152 498 -0.0013 1911 0.00 869 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 1911 498 869 0.00 0.0100 0.0149 0.0162 0.0031 0.0100 PPVBX 0.0000 652 152 898 -0.0013 1713 0.00 1069 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 1713 498 869 0.00 0.0100 0.0149 0.0162 0.0031 0.0500 PPVAX 0.0250 325 511 -0.0013 1296 0.00 713 0.0021 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0026 0.0075 0.0088 0.0031 0.0100 RPPGX 0.0000 56 204 -0.0013 834 0.00 366 0.0027 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0055 0.0068 0.0031 0.0000 RPPFX 0.0000 42 160 -0.0013 665 0.00 289 0.0013 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0041 0.0054 0.0031 0.0000 RPPEX 0.0000 69 246 -0.0013 990 0.00 437 0.0015 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0068 0.0081 0.0031 0.0000 RPPCX 0.0000 100 340 -0.0013 1340 0.00 599 0.0020 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0098 0.0111 0.0031 0.0000 RPPBX 0.0000 134 446 -0.0013 1724 0.00 780 0.0029 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0075 0.0132 0.0145 0.0031 0.0000 RPPVX 0.0000 146 480 -0.0013 1845 0.00 838 0.0015 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0100 0.0143 0.0156 0.0031 0.0000 CPPFX 0.0000 78 250 -0.0013 963 0.00 435 0.0029 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0057 0.0070 10 0.0031 0.0000 CPPEX 0.0000 124 392 -0.0013 1488 0.00 678 0.0024 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0050 0.0102 0.0115 10 0.0031 0.0000 CPPCX 0.0000 279 179 562 -0.0013 2096 0.00 968 0.0029 0.0010 2013-12-31 2096 562 968 0.00 0.0100 0.0157 0.0170 10 0.0031 0.0100 CPPBX 0.0000 680 180 965 -0.0013 1907 0.00 1173 0.0030 0.0010 2013-12-31 1907 565 973 0.00 0.0100 0.0158 0.0171 10 0.0031 0.0500 CPPAX 0.0250 351 572 -0.0013 1479 0.00 808 0.0029 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0025 0.0082 0.0095 10 0.0031 0.0100 PPEFX 0.0000 47 176 -0.0013 725 0.00 316 0.0018 0.0010 2013-12-31 0.00 0.0000 0.0046 0.0059 0.0031 0.0000 <tt>The fund may pay transaction costs, such as commissions, when it buys and sells <br />securities (or "turns over" its portfolio). A higher portfolio turnover rate may <br />indicate higher transaction costs and may result in higher taxes when fund shares <br />are held in a taxable account. These costs, which are not reflected in annual <br />fund operating expenses or in the example, affect the fund's investment results.</tt> <div style="display:none">~ http://www.americanfunds.com/role/ExpenseExample_S000036462Member column dei_LegalEntityAxis compact * column rr_ProspectusShareClassAxis compact * row primary compact * ~</div> <tt>The fund's investment objective is to provide current income that is exempt from<br />regular federal income tax, consistent with preservation of capital.</tt> <tt>This example is intended to help you compare the cost of investing in<br />the fund with the cost of investing in other mutual funds.<br /> <br />The example assumes that you invest $10,000 in the fund for the time periods<br />indicated and then redeem all of your shares at the end of those periods. The<br />example also assumes that your investment has a 5% return each year and that <br />the fund's operating expenses remain the same.</tt> <tt>The fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective by investing in a mix<br />of American Funds bond funds. The fund will principally invest in funds that<br />seek current income through bond investments.<br /> <br />Under normal circumstances, the fund will derive at least 80% of its income from<br />securities that are exempt from regular federal income tax and will invest at<br />least 80% of its assets in funds that predominately invest in securities that<br />are exempt from regular federal income tax.<br /> <br />The fund will seek to generate a material portion of its current income from<br />underlying funds that invest in bonds that are exempt from regular income tax,<br />such as municipal bonds. Some of these bonds may have credit and liquidity<br />support features, including guarantees and letters of credit. In addition, an<br />underlying bond fund may invest significantly in municipal obligations of<br />issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar types of projects.<br /> <br />When determining in which bond funds to invest, the investment adviser will<br />predominately seek exposure to higher quality bonds (rated A- or better or A3 or<br />better by Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations designated by<br />the fund's investment adviser, or unrated but determined by the fund's investment <br />adviser to be of equivalent quality) with intermediate to short-term durations. <br />The fund may, however, invest in underlying funds with exposure to lower quality, <br />higher yielding securities rated BBB+ or below and Baa1 or below (including those <br />rated BB+ or below and Ba1 or below) or unrated but determined by the fund's <br />investment adviser to be of equivalent quality, and to bonds with longer <br />durations.<br /> <br />The underlying funds may hold securities issued and guaranteed by the U.S.<br />government, securities issued by federal agencies and instrumentalities and<br />securities backed by mortgages or other assets.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser seeks to create combinations of underlying funds<br />that complement each other with a goal of achieving the fund's investment<br />objective of providing current income that is exempt from regular federal income<br />tax, consistent with preservation of capital. In making this determination, the<br />fund's investment adviser considers the historical volatility and returns of the<br />underlying funds and how various combinations would have behaved in past market<br />environments. Consideration is also given to, among other topics, current market<br />conditions and the investment positions of the underlying funds.<br /> <br />The fund's investment adviser periodically reviews the investment strategies and<br />asset mix of the underlying funds. The investment adviser will also consider<br />whether overall market conditions would favor a change in the exposure of the<br />fund to various types of bonds or geographic regions. Based on these<br />considerations, the investment adviser may make adjustments to underlying fund<br />holdings by adjusting the percentage of individual underlying funds within the<br />fund, or adding or removing underlying funds. The investment adviser may also<br />determine not to change the underlying fund allocations, particularly in<br />response to short-term market movements, if in its opinion the combination of<br />underlying funds is appropriate to meet the fund's investment objective.</tt> American Funds Tax-Exempt Preservation PortfolioSM You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in American Funds. Example Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus. Investment objective You may lose money by investing in the fund. Principal risks Shareholder fees (fees paid directly from your investment) Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on these assumptions your costs would be: Investment results 25000 Annual fund operating expenses (expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your investment) Portfolio turnover <tt>This section describes the principal risks associated with the fund's principal<br />investment strategies. You may lose money by investing in the fund. The<br />likelihood of loss may be greater if you invest for a shorter period of time.<br />Investors in the fund should have a long-term perspective and be able to<br />tolerate potentially sharp declines in value.<br /> <br />Allocation risk -- Investments in the fund are subject to risks related to the<br />investment adviser's allocation choices. The selection of the underlying funds<br />and the allocation of the fund's assets could cause the fund to lose value or<br />its results to lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Fund structure -- The fund invests in underlying funds and incurs expenses<br />related to the underlying funds. In addition, investors in the fund will incur<br />fees to pay for certain expenses related to the operations of the fund. An<br />investor holding the underlying funds directly and in the same proportions as<br />the fund would incur lower overall expenses but would not receive the benefit <br />of the portfolio management and other services provided by the fund.<br /> <br />Because the fund's investments consist of underlying funds, the fund's risks are<br />directly related to the risks of the underlying funds. For this reason, it is<br />important to understand the risks associated with investing in the underlying<br />funds.<br /> <br />Market conditions -- The prices of, and the income generated by, the common<br />stocks, bonds and other securities held by the underlying funds may decline due<br />to market conditions and other factors, including those directly involving the<br />issuers of securities held by the underlying funds.<br /> <br />Investing in bonds -- Rising interest rates will generally cause the prices of<br />bonds and other debt securities to fall. Longer maturity debt securities may <br />be subject to greater price fluctuations than shorter maturity debt securities. <br />In addition, falling interest rates may cause an issuer to redeem, call or<br />refinance a security before its stated maturity, which may result in the<br />underlying fund having to reinvest the proceeds in lower yielding securities.<br /> <br />Bonds and other debt securities are subject to credit risk, which is the<br />possibility that the credit strength of an issuer will weaken and/or an issuer<br />of a debt security will fail to make timely payments of principal or interest<br />and the security will go into default. Credit risk is gauged, in part, by the<br />credit ratings of the securities in which the underlying fund invests. However,<br />ratings are only the opinions of the rating agencies issuing them and are not<br />guarantees as to credit quality or an evaluation of market risk.<br /> <br />Investing in lower rated bonds -- Lower rated bonds and other lower rated debt<br />securities generally have higher rates of interest and involve greater risk of<br />default or price declines due to changes in the issuer's creditworthiness than<br />those of higher quality debt securities. The market prices of these securities<br />may fluctuate more than the prices of higher quality debt securities and may<br />decline significantly in periods of general economic difficulty. These risks may<br />be increased with respect to investments in bonds rated Ba1 or BB+ or below by<br />Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organizations or unrated but determined<br />by the underlying fund's investment adviser to be of equivalent quality. Such<br />securities are considered speculative and are sometimes referred to as "junk<br />bonds." The value of the underlying funds may be similarly affected.<br /> <br />Thinly traded securities -- There may be little trading in the secondary market<br />for particular bonds or other debt securities, which may make them more<br />difficult to value, acquire or sell.<br /> <br />Credit and liquidity support -- Changes in the credit quality of banks and<br />financial institutions providing credit and liquidity support features with<br />respect to securities held by the underlying fund could cause the values of<br />these securities to decline.<br /> <br />Investing in similar municipal bonds -- Investing significantly in municipal<br />obligations of issuers in the same state or backed by revenues of similar types<br />of projects or industries may make an underlying fund more susceptible to<br />certain economic, political or regulatory occurrences. As a result, the<br />potential for fluctuations in the underlying fund's share price may increase.<br /> <br />Management -- The investment adviser to the fund and to the underlying funds<br />actively manages each underlying fund's investments. Consequently, the<br />underlying funds are subject to the risk that the methods and analyses employed<br />by the investment adviser in this process may not produce the desired results.<br />This could cause an underlying fund to lose value or its investment results to<br />lag relevant benchmarks or other funds with similar objectives.<br /> <br />Your investment in the fund is not a bank deposit and is not insured or<br />guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other<br />governmental agency, entity or person. You should consider how this fund fits<br />into your overall investment program.</tt> Fees and expenses of the fund Principal investment strategies <tt>Because the fund began investment operations on May 18, 2012, information<br />regarding investment results is not available as of the date of this prospectus.</tt> <tt>This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold<br />shares of the fund. You may qualify for a Class A sales charge discount if you<br />and your family invest, or agree to invest in the future, at least $25,000 in<br />American Funds. 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