CTAFX — American Funds College 2036 Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
CTAFX — American Funds College 2036 Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Target Date / Glide Path Allocation · $3.79B AUM · 0.77% expense ratio · 20.9% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
CTAFX Fund Overview
CTAFX — American Funds College 2036 Fund is a US mutual fund managed by American Funds College Target Date Series, categorised as Target Date / Glide Path Allocation. ABC INVEST provides holdings, performance, costs, cashflows, risk data, prospectus documents and SEC filings, sourced from SEC filings.
- Type: US mutual fund
- Manager: American Funds College Target Date Series
- Category: Target Date / Glide Path Allocation
- Assets under management: $3.79B
- 1-year return: 20.9%
- Ticker: CTAFX
- SEC CIK: 0001547011
- SEC series ID: S000061332
- Share class ID: C000198566
CTAFX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of American Funds College 2036 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Bond Fund Of America (the) (bfa) | 13.36% |
| Capital World Growth & Income Fund | 8.52% |
| Investment Company Of America | 7.47% |
| Washington Mutual Investors Fund (wmif) | 7.43% |
| American High-Income Trust | 6.75% |
| American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund (msi) | 6.72% |
| American Balanced Fund (ambal) | 6.48% |
| American Mutual Fund (amf) | 6.44% |
| Fundamental Investors | 5.46% |
| American Funds Mortgage (afmf) | 3.43% |
CTAFX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of American Funds College 2036 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.9% |
CTAFX Performance
Total returns for CTAFX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 3.9% |
| 1 year | 20.9% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 15.4% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 7.4% |
CTAFX Risk Information
Risk metrics for CTAFX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 9.1%
CTAFX Costs and Fees
CTAFX costs about $77 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.77%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.77%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
CTAFX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, American Funds College 2036 Fund had net inflows of $567.83M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $24.04M |
| 2026-03 | $30.30M |
| 2026-02 | $30.30M |
| 2026-01 | $34.76M |
| 2025-12 | $284.24M |
| 2025-11 | $25.44M |
CTAFX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in American Funds College 2036 Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
CTAFX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official American Funds College 2036 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.