All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
FBALX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FBALX returned +1.21% over the past year and −1.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 31, 1987, FBALX is up +1,488.28% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.24%/yr, and is currently −9.84% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.
Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026
| Tue 1987-03-31💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FBALX × |
+1,488.28%
+7.24%/yr |
+7.23%/yr
R2=0.976 |
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| Fidelity Balanced Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Tue 1987-03-31💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| FBALX × |
$10,000.00
1987-03-31 |
$158,827.75
2026-10-15 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| FBALX × | −1.58% | +1.21% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| FBALX × |
−9.84%
on 2026-10-15 from 2026-08-13 peak |
−43.80%
on 2009-03-09 from 2007-10-12 peak |
| Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FBALX × | +1.21% |
+10.66% +5.19%/yr |
+36.67% +10.98%/yr |
+15.02% +2.84%/yr |
+100.46% +7.20%/yr |
| Year | FBALX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.58% |
| 2025 | +12.11% |
| 2024 | +12.84% |
| 2023 | +17.66% |
| 2022 | −23.25% |
| 2021 | +10.49% |
| 2020 | +20.81% |
| 2019 | +21.62% |
| 2018 | −5.77% |
| 2017 | +14.11% |
| 2016 | +4.85% |
| 2015 | +0.54% |
| 2014 | +10.95% |
| 2013 | +19.97% |
| 2012 | +10.98% |
| 2011 | −1.24% |
| 2010 | +12.74% |
| 2009 | +25.35% |
| 2008 | −30.88% |
| 2007 | +6.22% |
| 2006 | +9.90% |
| 2005 | +7.75% |
| 2004 | +7.51% |
| 2003 | +25.89% |
| 2002 | −10.13% |
| 2001 | +1.42% |
| 2000 | +3.65% |
| 1999 | +9.36% |
| 1998 | +20.90% |
| 1997 | +24.17% |
| 1996 | +5.85% |
| 1995 | +12.08% |
| 1994 | −7.76% |
| 1993 | +18.99% |
| 1992 | +8.18% |
| 1991 | +31.08% |
| 1990 | −7.14% |
| 1989 | +16.28% |
| 1988 | +11.02% |
| 1987 | −7.83% |
