American Funds Online Investing 101

If you’re preparing to contribute more money to your American Funds Investment accounts—or needing to make a withdrawal—consider using your shareholder website, americanfunds.com.

Investing online requires only a few simple steps to to get started. You begin by linking one or more of your bank accounts to your American Funds account(s).

Once you’ve linked your accounts, you can:

  • Buy more shares at any time (up to $100,000 a day)
  • Sell shares without delay (up to a value of $75,000 per shareholder per day)
  • Set up an automatic purchase or withdrawal plan

We urge you to consult your financial adviser before making any changes to your account.

To buy shares online
Before you get started, make sure you have a check or your bank’s information on hand.

  1. Log in to your account and click “Update your information”
  2. Click “Add bank information for online investing (Fundslink)”
  3. Complete the two-step process

Once you’ve submitted your information, you can purchase share immediately using your inked account(s). Please not that some accounts, including most employer-sponsored retirement plans, are not eligible for online purchases.

To sell shares online

  1. Go to americanfunds.com/forms.
  2. Download the Mutual Fund Account Options/Fundslink Form
  3. Complete and mail the form to the nearest service center listed

After we receive and process the form, we’ll mail a paper confirmation to the address on the account. Please note: For your security purposes, a 10-calendar-day waiting period goes into effect at this time. This gives you the opportunity to review the confirmation—and to contact us in the unlikely event you did not authorize the request. At the end of the waiting period, you’ll see your bank accounts listed when selling shares online.