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The Investment Company of America®
Investment portfolio
September 30, 2022
unaudited
Common stocks 90.69%
Energy 5.07%
  Shares Value
(000)
Baker Hughes Co., Class A1 55,156,569 $1,156,082
Canadian Natural Resources, Ltd. (CAD denominated) 15,360,291 715,001
Chevron Corp. 4,637,903 666,327
ConocoPhillips 4,326,751 442,800
Enviva, Inc. 1,110,276 66,683
EOG Resources, Inc. 7,885,283 881,023
Exxon Mobil Corp. 3,098,699 270,547
Halliburton Company 6,477,100 159,466
Pioneer Natural Resources Company 1,630,800 353,117
TC Energy Corp.2 559,362 22,537
Woodside Energy Group, Ltd. (CDI) 1,887,412 38,744
      4,772,327
Materials 3.40%      
Albemarle Corp. 634,250 167,721
BHP Group, Ltd. (CDI) 10,444,942 262,326
Corteva, Inc. 2,000,751 114,343
Ecolab, Inc. 537,000 77,554
Freeport-McMoRan, Inc. 13,693,600 374,246
Linde PLC 5,380,860 1,450,626
LyondellBasell Industries NV 677,061 50,969
Rio Tinto PLC 9,126,173 494,306
Sherwin-Williams Company 223,166 45,693
Vale SA (ADR), ordinary nominative shares 12,334,480 164,295
      3,202,079
Industrials 11.64%      
Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. 232,924 28,969
Airbus SE, non-registered shares 1,432,322 123,741
BAE Systems PLC 15,000,000 131,787
Boeing Company3 49,953 6,048
Carrier Global Corp. 34,487,754 1,226,384
CoStar Group, Inc.3 1,508,774 105,086
CSX Corp. 8,491,303 226,208
Cummins, Inc. 448,940 91,364
Equifax, Inc. 195,000 33,429
General Dynamics Corp. 5,555,204 1,178,648
General Electric Co. 35,401,692 2,191,719
Honeywell International, Inc. 3,002,262 501,288
Illinois Tool Works, Inc. 2,470,042 446,213
L3Harris Technologies, Inc. 915,677 190,305
Lockheed Martin Corp. 378,605 146,251
Norfolk Southern Corp. 594,311 124,597
Northrop Grumman Corp. 1,523,090 716,340
Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc. 300,000 74,631
Otis Worldwide Corp. 3,056,170 194,984
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Common stocks (continued)
Industrials (continued)
  Shares Value
(000)
Raytheon Technologies Corp. 24,538,236 $2,008,700
Safran SA2 670,509 60,966
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc. 3,128,900 235,324
TFI International, Inc.1 5,528,566 500,225
United Airlines Holdings, Inc.3 845,674 27,510
United Parcel Service, Inc., Class B 159,849 25,822
United Rentals, Inc.3 846,885 228,761
Waste Connections, Inc. 358,030 48,381
Waste Management, Inc. 491,816 78,794
      10,952,475
Consumer discretionary 8.91%      
Amazon.com, Inc.3 30,131,020 3,404,805
Aptiv PLC3 2,274,526 177,891
Caesars Entertainment, Inc.3 2,211,000 71,327
Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.3 73,868 111,006
D.R. Horton, Inc. 6,701,391 451,339
Darden Restaurants, Inc. 966,691 122,112
Dollar General Corp. 680,626 163,255
DoorDash, Inc., Class A3 1,163,800 57,550
General Motors Company 13,082,570 419,820
Hilton Worldwide Holdings, Inc. 1,291,072 155,729
Home Depot, Inc. 4,143,005 1,143,221
Kering SA 221,956 98,153
Lear Corp. 274,963 32,910
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. 237,382 44,583
McDonald’s Corp. 1,242,549 286,706
NIKE, Inc., Class B 1,330,771 110,614
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.2,3 770,713 8,755
Restaurant Brands International, Inc. 3,226,613 171,591
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.3 12,267,367 464,933
Starbucks Corp. 5,530,559 466,005
Tesla, Inc.3 1,000,872 265,481
TJX Companies, Inc. 633,130 39,330
VF Corp. 2,478,320 74,127
YUM! Brands, Inc. 453,764 48,253
      8,389,496
Consumer staples 8.10%      
Altria Group, Inc. 7,414,233 299,387
Anheuser-Busch InBev SA/NV 372,669 16,859
Archer Daniels Midland Company 1,203,000 96,781
British American Tobacco PLC 63,483,898 2,270,146
Bunge, Ltd. 1,172,130 96,783
Constellation Brands, Inc., Class A 130,191 29,902
Danone SA 2,499,797 117,783
General Mills, Inc. 10,492,735 803,848
Keurig Dr Pepper, Inc. 12,239,514 438,419
Kraft Heinz Company 733,368 24,458
Mondelez International, Inc. 1,873,879 102,745
PepsiCo, Inc. 3,580,313 584,522
Philip Morris International, Inc. 32,542,336 2,701,339
Procter & Gamble Company 289,030 36,490
      7,619,462
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Common stocks (continued)
Health care 12.45%
  Shares Value
(000)
Abbott Laboratories 22,455,408 $2,172,785
AbbVie, Inc. 6,211,751 833,679
AmerisourceBergen Corp. 899,706 121,757
Amgen, Inc. 2,122,061 478,313
AstraZeneca PLC 1,394,668 153,372
AstraZeneca PLC (ADR) 777,359 42,630
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 2,207,989 156,966
Centene Corp.3 130,480 10,153
CVS Health Corp. 1,215,353 115,908
Daiichi Sankyo Company, Ltd. 8,079,700 224,752
Danaher Corp. 1,410,339 364,276
DexCom, Inc.3 2,865,814 230,813
Edwards Lifesciences Corp.3 1,366,528 112,916
Elevance Health, Inc. 683,238 310,354
Eli Lilly and Company 1,393,590 450,617
Gilead Sciences, Inc. 6,433,513 396,883
GSK PLC 4,178,195 60,943
Humana, Inc. 617,178 299,449
Medtronic PLC 5,107,670 412,444
Novo Nordisk A/S, Class B 1,946,155 193,981
Pfizer, Inc. 4,848,968 212,191
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.3 86,530 59,608
Roche Holding AG, nonvoting non-registered shares 581,183 189,500
Stryker Corp. 1,641,127 332,394
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (ADR)1,3 56,796,491 458,348
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. 1,833,888 930,130
UnitedHealth Group, Inc. 4,504,707 2,275,057
Zoetis, Inc., Class A 811,764 120,377
      11,720,596
Financials 8.35%      
AIA Group, Ltd. 28,489,800 236,538
American International Group, Inc. 16,173,021 767,895
Aon PLC, Class A 406,299 108,835
Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. 2,542,765 435,372
Bank of America Corp. 1,858,306 56,121
Berkshire Hathaway, Inc., Class B3 1,873,150 500,168
BlackRock, Inc. 316,176 173,985
Blackstone, Inc., nonvoting shares 1,131,885 94,739
Charles Schwab Corp. 510,000 36,654
Chubb, Ltd. 3,428,706 623,613
Citizens Financial Group, Inc. 975,961 33,534
CME Group, Inc., Class A 1,579,937 279,854
Discover Financial Services 697,744 63,439
First Republic Bank 1,957,144 255,505
Great-West Lifeco, Inc. 8,500,000 183,494
JPMorgan Chase & Co. 5,437,105 568,177
KeyCorp 1,851,412 29,660
KKR & Co., Inc. 3,332,418 143,294
Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. 1,345,801 200,915
Morgan Stanley 15,452,627 1,220,912
MSCI, Inc. 454,000 191,493
Nasdaq, Inc. 3,586,200 203,266
PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. 5,179,226 773,880
S&P Global, Inc. 1,673,237 510,923
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Common stocks (continued)
Financials (continued)
  Shares Value
(000)
Signature Bank 344,732 $52,055
Toronto-Dominion Bank (CAD denominated) 1,933,314 118,573
      7,862,894
Information technology 18.62%      
Accenture PLC, Class A 1,284,292 330,448
Adobe, Inc.3 664,130 182,769
Amphenol Corp., Class A 5,349,717 358,217
Apple, Inc. 16,153,546 2,232,420
Applied Materials, Inc. 3,426,101 280,700
ASML Holding NV 923,124 382,904
ASML Holding NV (New York registered) (ADR) 43,754 18,173
Bill.com Holdings, Inc.3 78,192 10,350
Broadcom, Inc. 7,217,706 3,204,734
Ceridian HCM Holding, Inc.3 569,483 31,823
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp., Class A 841,311 48,325
Datadog, Inc., Class A3 261,016 23,173
EPAM Systems, Inc.3 1,730,475 626,761
Fidelity National Information Services, Inc. 281,004 21,235
KLA Corp. 896,875 271,421
Mastercard, Inc., Class A 4,804,930 1,366,234
Micron Technology, Inc. 3,825,905 191,678
Microsoft Corp. 28,292,339 6,589,286
NetApp, Inc. 961,428 59,464
Paychex, Inc. 528,817 59,339
QUALCOMM, Inc. 2,731,276 308,580
ServiceNow, Inc.3 1,114,203 420,734
Shopify, Inc., Class A, subordinate voting shares3 242,531 6,534
Snowflake, Inc., Class A3 225,042 38,248
SS&C Technologies Holdings, Inc. 1,320,029 63,031
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. 14,507,000 190,684
Texas Instruments, Inc. 589,205 91,197
Visa, Inc., Class A 313,279 55,654
Zscaler, Inc.3 361,446 59,411
      17,523,527
Communication services 8.23%      
Alphabet, Inc., Class A3 16,463,805 1,574,763
Alphabet, Inc., Class C3 12,263,500 1,179,135
Charter Communications, Inc., Class A3 221,057 67,058
Comcast Corp., Class A 57,792,597 1,695,057
Meta Platforms, Inc., Class A3 16,574,677 2,248,852
Netflix, Inc.3 4,150,083 977,096
      7,741,961
Utilities 4.07%      
AES Corp. 8,349,671 188,703
CenterPoint Energy, Inc. 4,724,465 133,135
CMS Energy Corp. 1,697,648 98,871
Constellation Energy Corp. 2,729,985 227,107
Edison International 11,073,714 626,551
Entergy Corp. 3,519,449 354,162
Evergy, Inc. 1,419,429 84,314
Exelon Corp. 2,876,334 107,747
NextEra Energy, Inc. 7,036,650 551,744
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Common stocks (continued)
Utilities (continued)
  Shares Value
(000)
PG&E Corp.3 91,361,505 $1,142,019
Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. 2,705,350 152,122
Sempra Energy 1,119,882 167,915
      3,834,390
Real estate 1.85%      
American Tower Corp. REIT 882,790 189,535
Crown Castle, Inc. REIT 3,385,647 489,395
Equinix, Inc. REIT 387,052 220,171
Prologis, Inc. REIT 1,526,015 155,043
SBA Communications Corp. REIT, Class A 1,295,505 368,765
VICI Properties, Inc. REIT 10,498,250 313,373
      1,736,282
Total common stocks (cost: $61,189,263,000)     85,355,489
Preferred securities 0.08%
Financials 0.08%
     
Fannie Mae, Series O, 7.00% noncumulative preferred shares3 4,815,256 24,173
Fannie Mae, Series P, 4.50% noncumulative preferred shares3 565,000 1,469
Fannie Mae, Series R, 7.625% noncumulative preferred shares3 2,946,415 7,837
Fannie Mae, Series T, 8.25% noncumulative preferred shares3 9,922,867 31,555
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Series V, 5.57% preferred shares3 1,818,512 4,455
Total preferred securities (cost: $47,694,000)     69,489
Convertible stocks 0.31%
Consumer discretionary 0.11%
     
Aptiv PLC, Series A, convertible preferred shares, 5.50% 2023 1,147,279 109,221
Health care 0.07%      
Danaher Corp., Series B, cumulative convertible preferred shares, 5.00% 20232 48,693 65,613
Utilities 0.13%      
AES Corp., convertible preferred units, 6.875% 2024 507,735 44,869
NextEra Energy, Inc., noncumulative convertible preferred units, 6.926% 2025 1,682,700 77,404
      122,273
Total convertible stocks (cost: $341,857,000)     297,107
Convertible bonds & notes 0.13%
Consumer discretionary 0.13%
  Principal amount
(000)
 
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., convertible notes, 4.25% 2023 USD114,728 112,147
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., convertible notes, 2.875% 2023 8,524 8,008
Total convertible bonds & notes (cost: $126,422,000)     120,155
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Bonds, notes & other debt instruments 0.07%
Corporate bonds, notes & loans 0.07%
Consumer discretionary 0.05%
  Principal amount
(000)
Value
(000)
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 11.50% 20254 USD9,490 $10,098
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 8.25% 20294 20,954 20,431
Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. 9.25% 20294 17,415 17,186
      47,715
Industrials 0.02%      
TransDigm, Inc. 4.875% 2029 21,920 17,755
Total corporate bonds, notes & loans     65,470
Total bonds, notes & other debt instruments (cost: $66,760,000)     65,470
Short-term securities 8.32%
Money market investments 8.27%
  Shares  
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.81%1,5 77,871,573 7,786,379
Money market investments purchased with collateral from securities on loan 0.05%      
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.81%1,5,6 163,875 16,386
State Street Institutional U.S. Government Money Market Fund, Premier Class 2.94%5,6 11,200,000 11,200
Goldman Sachs Financial Square Government Fund, Institutional Shares 2.93%5,6 9,300,000 9,300
Invesco Short-Term Investments Trust – Government & Agency Portfolio,
Institutional Class 2.88%5,6
4,008,263 4,008
Dreyfus Treasury Obligations Cash Management, Institutional Shares 2.85%5,6 3,200,000 3,200
Morgan Stanley Institutional Liquidity Funds – Government Portfolio,
Institutional Class 2.80%5,6
1,800,000 1,800
BlackRock Liquidity Funds – FedFund, Institutional Shares  2.76%5,6 900,000 900
      46,794
Total short-term securities (cost: $7,833,041,000)     7,833,173
Total investment securities 99.60% (cost: $69,605,037,000)     93,740,883
Other assets less liabilities 0.40%     373,034
Net assets 100.00%     $94,113,917
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Investments in affiliates1

  Value of
affiliates at
1/1/2022
(000)
Additions
(000)
Reductions
(000)
Net
realized
loss
(000)
  Net
unrealized
(depreciation)
appreciation
(000)
  Value of
affiliates at
9/30/2022
(000)
  Dividend
income
(000)
Common stocks 2.25%
Energy 1.23%                    
Baker Hughes Co., Class A $1,327,067 $$$  $(170,985)   $1,156,082   $29,785
Industrials 0.53%                    
TFI International, Inc. 497,417 131,310 14,984 (2,126)   (111,392)   500,225   4,336
Health care 0.49%                    
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd. (ADR)3 400,638 186,740 107,847 (154,741)   133,558   458,348  
Total common stocks               2,114,655    
Short-term securities 8.29%
Money market investments 8.27%                    
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.81%5 3,663,521 12,419,670 8,295,878 (643)   (291)   7,786,379   53,982
Money market investments purchased with collateral
from securities on loan 0.02%
                   
Capital Group Central Cash Fund 2.81%5,6 43,821   27,4357         16,386   8
Total short-term securities               7,802,765    
Total 10.54%       $(157,510)   $(149,110)   $9,917,420   $88,103
1 Affiliate of the fund or part of the same “group of investment companies“ as the fund, as defined under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
2 All or a portion of this security was on loan. The total value of all such securities was $52,058,000, which represented .06% of the net assets of the fund.
3 Security did not produce income during the last 12 months.
4 Acquired in a transaction exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. May be resold in the U.S. in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. The total value of all such securities was $47,715,000, which represented .05% of the net assets of the fund.
5 Rate represents the seven-day yield at 9/30/2022.
6 Security purchased with cash collateral from securities on loan.
7 Represents net activity.
8 Dividend income is included with securities lending income and is not shown in this table.
Valuation disclosures

Capital Research and Management Company (“CRMC”), the fund’s investment adviser, values the fund’s investments at fair value as defined by accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The net asset value per share is calculated once daily as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange, normally 4 p.m. New York time, each day the New York Stock Exchange is open. Security transactions are recorded by the fund as of the date the trades are executed with brokers. Assets and liabilities, including investment securities, denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates supplied by one or more pricing vendors on the valuation date.
Methods and inputs — The fund’s investment adviser uses the following methods and inputs to establish the fair value of the fund’s assets and liabilities. Use of particular methods and inputs may vary over time based on availability and relevance as market and economic conditions evolve.
Equity securities, including depositary receipts, are generally valued at the official closing price of, or the last reported sale price on, the exchange or market on which such securities are traded, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price. Prices for each security are taken from the principal exchange or market on which the security trades.
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Fixed-income securities, including short-term securities, are generally valued at evaluated prices obtained from third-party pricing vendors. Vendors value such securities based on one or more of the inputs described in the following table. The table provides examples of inputs that are commonly relevant for valuing particular classes of fixed-income securities in which the fund is authorized to invest. However, these classifications are not exclusive, and any of the inputs may be used to value any other class of fixed-income security.
Fixed-income class Examples of standard inputs
All Benchmark yields, transactions, bids, offers, quotations from dealers and trading systems, new issues, spreads and other relationships observed in the markets among comparable securities; and proprietary pricing models such as yield measures calculated using factors such as cash flows, financial or collateral performance and other reference data (collectively referred to as “standard inputs”)
Corporate bonds, notes & loans; convertible securities Standard inputs and underlying equity of the issuer
Bonds & notes of governments & government agencies Standard inputs and interest rate volatilities
Mortgage-backed; asset-backed obligations Standard inputs and cash flows, prepayment information, default rates, delinquency and loss assumptions, collateral characteristics, credit enhancements and specific deal information
Securities with both fixed-income and equity characteristics, or equity securities traded principally among fixed-income dealers, are generally valued in the manner described for either equity or fixed-income securities, depending on which method is deemed most appropriate by the fund’s investment adviser. The Capital Group Central Cash Fund (“CCF”), a fund within the Capital Group Central Fund Series (“Central Funds“), is valued based upon a floating net asset value, which fluctuates with changes in the value of CCF’s portfolio securities. The underlying securities are valued based on the policies and procedures in CCF’s statement of additional information.
Securities and other assets for which representative market quotations are not readily available or are considered unreliable by the fund’s investment adviser are fair valued as determined in good faith under fair valuation guidelines adopted by the fund’s investment adviser and approved by the board of trustees as further described. The investment adviser follows fair valuation guidelines, consistent with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission rules and guidance, to consider relevant principles and factors when making fair value determinations. The investment adviser considers relevant indications of value that are reasonably and timely available to it in determining the fair value to be assigned to a particular security, such as the type and cost of the security, contractual or legal restrictions on resale of the security, relevant financial or business developments of the issuer, actively traded similar or related securities, dealer or broker quotes, conversion or exchange rights on the security, related corporate actions, significant events occurring after the close of trading in the security, and changes in overall market conditions. In addition, the closing prices of equity securities that trade in markets outside U.S. time zones may be adjusted to reflect significant events that occur after the close of local trading but before the net asset value of each share class of the fund is determined. Fair valuations of investments that are not actively trading involve judgment and may differ materially from valuations that would have been used had greater market activity occurred.
Processes and structure — The fund’s board of trustees has designated the fund’s investment adviser to make fair value determinations, subject to board oversight. The investment adviser has established a Joint Fair Valuation Committee (the “Fair Valuation Committee”) to administer, implement and oversee the fair valuation process, and to make fair value decisions. The Fair Valuation Committee regularly reviews its own fair value decisions, as well as decisions made under its standing instructions to the investment adviser’s valuation team. The Fair Valuation Committee reviews changes in fair value measurements from period to period and may, as deemed appropriate, update the fair valuation guidelines to better reflect the results of back testing and address new or evolving issues. The Fair Valuation Committee reports any changes to the fair valuation guidelines to the board of trustees. The fund’s board and audit committee also regularly review reports that describe fair value determinations and methods.
The fund’s investment adviser has also established a Fixed-Income Pricing Review Group to administer and oversee the fixed-income valuation process, including the use of fixed-income pricing vendors. This group regularly reviews pricing vendor information and market data. Pricing decisions, processes and controls over security valuation are also subject to additional internal reviews facilitated by the investment adviser’s global risk management group.
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Classifications — The fund’s investment adviser classifies the fund’s assets and liabilities into three levels based on the inputs used to value the assets or liabilities. Level 1 values are based on quoted prices in active markets for identical securities. Level 2 values are based on significant observable market inputs, such as quoted prices for similar securities and quoted prices in inactive markets. Certain securities trading outside the U.S. may transfer between Level 1 and Level 2 due to valuation adjustments resulting from significant market movements following the close of local trading. Level 3 values are based on significant unobservable inputs that reflect the investment adviser’s determination of assumptions that market participants might reasonably use in valuing the securities. The valuation levels are not necessarily an indication of the risk or liquidity associated with the underlying investment. For example, U.S. government securities are reflected as Level 2 because the inputs used to determine fair value may not always be quoted prices in an active market. The following table presents the fund’s valuation levels as of September 30, 2022 (dollars in thousands):
  Investment securities
  Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total
Assets:              
Common stocks:              
Energy $4,733,583   $38,744   $—   $4,772,327
Materials 2,445,447   756,632     3,202,079
Industrials 10,635,981   316,494     10,952,475
Consumer discretionary 8,291,343   98,153     8,389,496
Consumer staples 5,214,674   2,404,788     7,619,462
Health care 10,898,048   822,548     11,720,596
Financials 7,626,356   236,538     7,862,894
Information technology 16,949,939   573,588     17,523,527
Communication services 7,741,961       7,741,961
Utilities 3,834,390       3,834,390
Real estate 1,736,282       1,736,282
Preferred securities 69,489       69,489
Convertible stocks 297,107       297,107
Convertible bonds & notes   120,155     120,155
Bonds, notes & other debt instruments   65,470     65,470
Short-term securities 7,833,173       7,833,173
Total $88,307,773   $5,433,110   $—   $93,740,883
Key to abbreviations
ADR = American Depositary Receipts
CAD = Canadian dollars
CDI = CREST Depository Interest
REIT = Real Estate Investment Trust
USD = U.S. dollars
Investments are not FDIC-insured, nor are they deposits of or guaranteed by a bank or any other entity, so they may lose value.
Investors should carefully consider investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained from your financial professional and should be read carefully before investing. You may also call American Funds Service Company (AFS) at (800) 421-4225 or visit the Capital Group website at capitalgroup.com.
All Capital Group trademarks mentioned are owned by The Capital Group Companies, Inc., an affiliated company or fund. All other company and product names mentioned are the property of their respective companies.
American Funds Distributors, Inc., member FINRA.
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