CBALX — Columbia Balanced Fund
Data updated: 2026-07-29
CBALX — Columbia Balanced Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Total Return Allocation · $10.49B AUM · 0.66% expense ratio · 12.1% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
CBALX Fund Overview
CBALX — Columbia Balanced Fund is a US mutual fund managed by Columbia Funds Series Trust I, categorised as Total Return Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: Columbia Funds Series Trust I
- Category: Total Return Allocation
- Assets under management: $10.49B
- 1-year return: 12.1%
- Ticker: CBALX
- SEC CIK: 0000773757
- SEC series ID: S000012068
- Share class ID: C000032842
CBALX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of Columbia Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| NVIDIA Corp | 5.35% |
| Columbia Short Term Cash Fund | 4.16% |
| Apple Inc | 4.06% |
| Microsoft Corp | 3.89% |
| Amazon.com Inc | 3.27% |
| iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | 2.80% |
| Alphabet Inc | 2.18% |
| Broadcom Inc | 2.10% |
| Alphabet Inc | 1.77% |
| Eli Lilly & Co | 1.41% |
CBALX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of Columbia Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 64.2% |
| Securitized | 25.2% |
| Fixed Income | 8.5% |
| Cash & Equivalents | 4.2% |
| Real Estate | 0.1% |
CBALX Performance
Total returns for CBALX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 0.2% |
| 1 year | 12.1% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.7% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 8.5% |
CBALX Risk Information
Risk metrics for CBALX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 7.2%
CBALX Costs and Fees
CBALX costs about $66 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.66%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.66%
- Portfolio turnover: 160%
- Brokerage commissions: 1.44 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
CBALX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-02, Columbia Balanced Fund had net outflows of $191.91M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-02 | −$49.76M |
| 2026-01 | −$70.70M |
| 2025-12 | $332.91M |
| 2025-11 | −$51.87M |
| 2025-10 | −$43.01M |
| 2025-09 | −$15.91M |
CBALX Debt Constituents
Largest debt holdings of Columbia Balanced Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Debt holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| United States Treasury | 0.33% |
| Bank Of America Corp. | 0.31% |
| Abbvie, Inc. | 0.25% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.25% |
| JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 0.20% |
| L3harris Tech, Inc. | 0.19% |
| Bacardi Ltd. | 0.19% |
| Hca, Inc. | 0.18% |
| Rtx Corp. | 0.17% |
| Unitedhealth Group, Inc. | 0.15% |
CBALX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official Columbia Balanced Fund filings on SEC EDGAR — prospectus, portfolio holdings and annual reports.
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Data Sources
ABC INVEST compiles this page from public filings made to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) through EDGAR: portfolio holdings and monthly cashflows from Form N-PORT, expenses and returns from fund prospectuses (Form 485BPOS) and the SEC DERA Risk/Return Summary data sets, annual data from Form N-CEN, and shareholder reports from Form N-CSR.