TAAWX — American Funds College 2042 Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
TAAWX — American Funds College 2042 Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Target Date / Glide Path Allocation · $806.96M AUM · 0.80% expense ratio · 29.7% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
TAAWX Fund Overview
TAAWX — American Funds College 2042 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: $806.96M
- 1-year return: 29.7%
- Ticker: TAAWX
- SEC CIK: 0001547011
- SEC series ID: S000083552
- Share class ID: C000247301
TAAWX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of American Funds College 2042 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Fundamental Investors | 10.56% |
| Smallcap World Fund, Inc. | 10.10% |
| Capital World Growth & Income Fund | 9.70% |
| Investment Company Of America | 9.53% |
| Growth Fund Of America (the) | 8.19% |
| New Perspective Fund (npf) | 7.64% |
| Washington Mutual Investors Fund (wmif) | 5.55% |
| Amcap Fund | 5.41% |
| American Funds U.s. Small And Mid Cap Equity Fund (smid) | 5.01% |
| Eupac Fund | 4.67% |
TAAWX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of American Funds College 2042 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 100.0% |
TAAWX Performance
Total returns for TAAWX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 5.9% |
| 1 year | 29.7% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 17.0% |
TAAWX Risk Information
Risk metrics for TAAWX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 13.6%
TAAWX Costs and Fees
TAAWX costs about $80 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.80%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.80%
- Portfolio turnover: 6%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
TAAWX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, American Funds College 2042 Fund had net inflows of $430.62M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $35.19M |
| 2026-03 | $40.36M |
| 2026-02 | $38.16M |
| 2026-01 | $47.33M |
| 2025-12 | $77.12M |
| 2025-11 | $31.04M |
TAAWX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in American Funds College 2042 Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
TAAWX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official American Funds College 2042 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.