American Funds selected for Morningstar's '28 Terrific Funds' list

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight American Funds have been included in the Morningstar^® FundInvestor? "28 Terrific Funds" list. Morningstar's review of more than 8,000 mutual funds identified 28 funds screened for criteria that includes expenses, manager ownership, returns, stewardship and risk ratings.

"We are honored to once again have so many of our funds on Morningstar's Terrific Funds list," said Matt O'Connor, president of American Funds Distributors, a division of Capital Group. "Our aim is simple: to offer investors mutual funds and other investment products that deliver superior results with low fees."

The 8 American Funds that made Morningstar's "28 Terrific Funds" list are:

American Balanced Fund^® 
American Funds Global Balanced Fund^SM 
Capital Income Builder^® 
Capital World Growth and Income Fund^® 
The Income Fund of America^®  
The Investment Company of America^®  
New Perspective Fund^®  
Washington Mutual Investors Fund^SM

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