American Beacon Balanced Fund

Fund information as of Wednesday, March 31, 2010


Fund Overviewerview
Total Fund Assets:   $889.9 Million

Fund Classes: Institutional Y Investor Advisor
Inception Date: 7/17/1987 3/1/2010 8/1/1994 5/31/2005
Fund NAV: $12.64 $12.63 $11.69 $12.14
CUSIP: 02368A109 024524100 02368A828 02368A364
Trading Symbol: AADBX ACBYX AABPX ABLSX
 
Fund Classes
 
Institutional Class shares are for those who make the decisions about where your company's pension funds or corporate cash will be invested or for others with at least $250,000 to invest.
Investor Class shares are offered to individual investors, retirement accounts, plan sponsors, discount brokers or other organizations.
Advisor Class shares are offered to all investors who invest through intermediary organizations, such as broker-dealers or third party administrators.
Y Class shares of the American Beacon Funds are offered primarily to retirement plans and advisors that require revenue sharing from the Funds.  The minimum investment per plan or advisor for this fund class is $100,000.
 
Investment Advisors
Brandywine Global Investment Management, LLC 34.5%
Barrow, Hanley, Mewhinney & Strauss, LLC 34.5%
Hotchkis and Wiley Capital Management, LLC 19.6%
American Beacon Advisors, Inc. 11.4%
 
Expense Ratios
  Gross Net1
Institutional 0.61% 0.60%
Investor 0.90% 0.89%
Advisor 1.10% 1.09%
Y 0.71% 0.70%

1The net expense ratio is net of acquired fund fees and expenses that the Fund incurred indirectly as a result of investment in certain pooled investment vehicles.
 
Investment Objective

A multi-manager Fund seeking income and capital appreciation primarily through investments in U.S. stocks and bonds.

 
Investment Style

The Fund's sub-advisors have the flexibility to vary the proportion of stocks and bonds in the Fund, typically investing between 50% and 70% of its total assets in equity securities and between 30% and 50% of its total assets in debt securities.

For the Fund's stock portion, the sub-advisors pursue a value style of investing. They select stocks that, in their opinion, have above-average earnings growth potential and are also selling at a discount to the market. To determine a company's growth prospects, each of the Fund's sub-advisors uses proprietary methods based upon a combination of internal and external research, and analysis of changing economic trends.The value determination is based on each company's financial profile, including price-to-earnings ratio, price-to-book value ratio, assets carried below market value, financial strength, dividend yield and growth expectations.

The bond portion of the Fund is invested in investment grade debt securities, including obligations of the U.S. Government, its agencies and instrumentalities; corporate bonds, notes and debentures; mortgage-backed securities; domestic, Yankeedollar and Eurodollar bank deposit notes; and certificates of deposit.

 
Total Returns
  QTR YTD 1 YR 3 YR* 5 YR* 10 YR* Since
Inception*
Institutional 5.33 5.33 38.87 -1.21 3.38 6.09 8.20
Investor 5.22 5.22 38.32 -1.50 3.10 5.82 7.99
Advisor 5.20 5.20 38.14 -1.69 2.83 5.68 7.93
Y 5.25 5.25 38.76 -1.23 3.36 6.08 8.20
 
Benchmarks
  QTR YTD 1 YR 3 YR* 5 YR* 10 YR* Since
Inception*
Lipper Balanced Composite Index ** 4.84 4.84 33.71 -1.61 3.16 4.70 8.70
Lipper MATAG Funds Index *** 3.96 3.96 41.18 -0.90 3.65 3.96 N/A
                           

Performance shown is historical and may not be indicative of future returns. Investment returns and principal value will vary, and shares may be worth more or less at redemption than at original purchase. Performance shown is as of date indicated, and current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.To obtain performance as of the most recent month end, click here. Please note that the recent growth rate in the stock market has helped to produce short-term returns that are not typical and may not continue in the future.

 
Lipper Rankings
  1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR
Institutional 140 295 176 9
Investor 159 313 211 11
Advisor 174 337 N/A N/A
Y N/A N/A N/A N/A

# of Funds in the Category 537 457 347 183
 
Lipper Quartile
  1 YR 3 YR 5 YR 10 YR
Institutional 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st
Investor 2nd 3rd 3rd 1st
Advisor 2nd 3rd N/A N/A
Y N/A N/A N/A N/A
 
Lipper is an independent rating service that ranks mutual funds in various categories by making comparative calculations using total returns.
 
Equity Sector Weightings 
Financials 24.4%
Industrials 15.2%
Information Technology 12.3%
Energy 12.1%
Health Care 11.0%
Consumer Staples 7.9%
Consumer Discretionary 7.6%
Utilities 4.6%
Telecommunication Services 2.8%
Materials 2.1%
 
Bond Sector Weightings
Corporate 50.0%
Mortgage-Backed 20.2%
Agency 14.7%
U.S. Treasury 11.5%
Asset-Backed 2.9%
Municipal Obligations 0.7%
 
Asset Allocation
Equity 60.5%
Fixed Income 35.0%
Cash Equivalent 4.5%
 
Portfolio Statistics
Price-to-Earnings Ratio (P/E) 12.30
Price-to-Book Ratio (P/B) 2.90
Weighted Average Market Cap ($ bil) $81.3
5 Year Earnings Growth 5.70
            
3 Year Risk Summary:
  R2 0.97
  Alpha 0.53
  Beta 1.03
  Sharpe Ratio (0.22)
  Standard Deviation 14.84
    
Fixed Income:
  Weighted Average Maturity 8.59
  Weighted Average Duration 5.46
  Weighted Average Coupon 5.35
  Yield to Maturity 3.95
 
Top Ten Equity Holdings (%)
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ConocoPhillips 2.3%
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 2.2%
Bank of America Corp. 1.9%
Wells Fargo & Co. 1.8%
International Business Machines Corp. 1.6%
Hewlett-Packard Co. 1.5%
Raytheon Co. 1.3%
Honeywell International, Inc. 1.3%
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 1.2%
Pfizer, Inc. 1.2%

Total Fund Holdings:   475
 

You should consider the investment objectives, risks, fees and expenses of any mutual fund carefully before investing. This and other information is available in the Fund's prospectus and summary prospectus. Please read the prospectus and summary prospectus carefully before investing.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
There is no guarantee that the investment objectives will be met. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in an index. Investing in debt securities entails interest rate risk which is the risk that debt securities will decrease in value with increases in market interest rates. Investing in the securities of foreign companies carries potential risks not associated with domestic investments. Performance shown prior to the 5/31/05 inception of the Advisor Class is that of the Investor Class. The returns have not been adjusted for any difference between the fees and expenses of the Advisor Class and the historical fees and expenses of the Investor Class. Because the Investor Class had lower expenses, its performance was better than the Advisor Class would have realized during the same period. A portion of the fees charged to the Advisor Class of the Fund was waived in 2005. Performance prior to waiving fees was lower than the actual returns shown for 2005. Performance shown prior to the 3/1/10 inception of the Y Class is that of the Institutional Class. The returns have not been adjusted for any difference between the fees and expenses of the Y Class and the historical fees and expenses of the Institutional Class. Because the Institutional Class had lower expenses, its performance was better than the Y Class would have realized during the same period. * Annualized. **60% Russell 1000® Value Index, 40% Barclays Capital Aggregate Index. To reflect the Balanced Fund’s allocation of its assets between equity securities and investment grade fixed-income securities, American Beacon has combined the returns of the Russell 1000 Value Index and the Barclays Capital Aggregate Index in a 60%/40% proportion. Russell 1000® Value Index is a registered trademark of Frank Russell Company. Russell 1000 Value Index is an unmanaged index of those stocks in the Russell 1000 Index with lower price-to-book ratios and lower forecasted growth values. The Barclays Capital Aggregate Index is a market value index of government, corporate, mortgage-backed and asset-backed fixed-rate debt securities of all maturities. *** The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds Index tracks the results of the 30 largest mutual funds in the Lipper Mixed- Asset Target Allocation Growth Funds category. Lipper is an independent mutual fund research and ranking service. The P/E Ratio of a stock is calculated by dividing the current price by forecasted twelve-month earnings per share. The P/B Ratio of a stock is calculated by dividing the current price by book value per share. R-squared (R2) is the percentage of the Fund’s three-year return that is explained by movements in its benchmark index. Alpha is a measure of the Fund’s expected performance versus the benchmark, adjusted for relative risk. Beta is a measure of the Fund’s volatility versus the benchmark. Sharpe Ratio is a measure of the Fund’s return per unit of total risk. Standard Deviation is a measure of the historical volatility of the Fund’s returns.

 

Distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC. American Beacon Funds and American Beacon Global Real Estate Fund are service marks of American Beacon Advisors, Inc.