The ICA Guide
The ICA Guide
The ICA Guide
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$100,000,000<br />
70,000,000<br />
50,000,000<br />
40,000,000<br />
30,000,000<br />
20,000,000<br />
10,000,000<br />
8,000,000<br />
6,000,000<br />
4,000,000<br />
2,000,000<br />
1,000,000<br />
800,000<br />
600,000<br />
400,000<br />
200,000<br />
100,000<br />
80,000<br />
60,000<br />
40,000<br />
20,000<br />
10,000<br />
8,000<br />
Year ended<br />
Dec. 31<br />
Depression<br />
Capital value ($ in 000)<br />
Dividends<br />
excluded: —<br />
Value at<br />
year-end: $11.8<br />
Total value ($ in 000)<br />
Dividends<br />
reinvested: —<br />
Value at<br />
year-end: $11.8<br />
Total<br />
return<br />
Civil war in Spain<br />
—<br />
21.6<br />
—<br />
21.6<br />
Economy still struggling<br />
$.4<br />
31.0<br />
$.4<br />
31.6<br />
Recession<br />
1.0<br />
18.3<br />
1.0<br />
19.4<br />
War clouds gather<br />
.2<br />
23.2<br />
.2<br />
24.8<br />
War in Europe<br />
.5<br />
22.9<br />
.5<br />
25.0<br />
France falls<br />
.8<br />
21.5<br />
.9<br />
24.4<br />
Pearl Harbor<br />
1.1<br />
18.8<br />
1.3<br />
22.6<br />
Wartime price controls<br />
1.0<br />
20.9<br />
1.2<br />
26.4<br />
Industry mobilizes<br />
1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952<br />
+18.2%<br />
e Investment Company of America<br />
Growth of a hypothetical $10,000 investment from 1934 through 2011<br />
ere have always<br />
been reasons not to<br />
invest. <strong>ICA</strong> has given<br />
its investors good<br />
reason to look beyond<br />
the headlines.<br />
.9<br />
26.9<br />
1.1<br />
35.0<br />
+83.1 +45.8 –38.5 +27.6 +0.8 –2.4 –7.4 +16.8 +32.8 +23.3 +36.8 –2.4 +0.9 +0.4 +9.4 +19.8 +17.8 +12.2<br />
Results reflect payment of the maximum 5.75% sales charge for Class A shares on a hypothetical $10,000 investment. Thus the net amount invested<br />
was $9,425. <strong>The</strong> maximum initial sales charge was 8.5% prior to July 1, 1988. As outlined in the prospectus, the sales charge is reduced for larger investments.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re is no sales charge on dividends or capital gain distributions that are reinvested in additional shares. <strong>The</strong> results shown are before taxes on<br />
fund distributions and sale of fund shares. Past results are not predictive of results in future periods. Results for other share classes may differ.<br />
Consumer goods shortages<br />
.9<br />
32.1<br />
1.2<br />
43.2<br />
Post-war recession<br />
predicted<br />
.9<br />
42.9<br />
1.2<br />
59.1<br />
Dow tops 200 —<br />
market “too high”<br />
1.3<br />
40.7<br />
1.8<br />
57.7<br />
Cold War begins<br />
1.7<br />
39.3<br />
2.4<br />
58.2<br />
Berlin blockade<br />
1.8<br />
37.7<br />
2.7<br />
58.4<br />
Soviets detonate A-bomb<br />
1.7<br />
39.4<br />
2.7<br />
63.9<br />
Korean War<br />
1.9<br />
45.2<br />
3.2<br />
76.6<br />
Excess profits tax<br />
2.0<br />
51.2<br />
3.4<br />
90.3<br />
U.S. seizes steel mills<br />
2.0<br />
55.3<br />
3.5<br />
101.3<br />
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