
This fund's core mission is to achieve a balanced pursuit of three main financial objectives: generating consistent income, promoting capital growth, and preserving the initial investment principal. Its investment approach centers predominantly on common stocks and other equity-based securities, such as preferred shares. Furthermore, the fund has the flexibility to allocate up to 20% of its total assets to investments located outside the United States, specifically those not included in the S&P 500 Index. When engaging in such international investments, its primary geographic focus will be Canada.
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Capital Group Conservative Equity ETF is actively managed, with its goals being "current income, growth of capital and conservation of principal." The CGCV portfolio has a tilt towards low-beta defensive names and the value factor, while growth and GARP characteristics are quite weak. Quality is adequate but not exemplary. Historical performance data (i.e., the upside capture ratio) and CGCV's current factor mix support a hypothesis that it will lag IVV this year.


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