TAFAX — American Funds College 2027 Fund
Data updated: 2026-06-26
TAFAX — American Funds College 2027 Fund data: holdings, portfolio allocation, expenses, performance, cashflows, risk and SEC filings. Target Date / Glide Path Allocation · $4.00B AUM · 0.68% expense ratio · 7.3% 1-yr return. From SEC regulatory filings.
TAFAX Fund Overview
TAFAX — American Funds College 2027 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: $4.00B
- 1-year return: 7.3%
- Ticker: TAFAX
- SEC CIK: 0001547011
- SEC series ID: S000037535
- Share class ID: C000189501
TAFAX Holdings
Top 10 holdings of American Funds College 2027 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Holding | % of net assets |
|---|---|
| Short Term Bond Fund Of America | 31.00% |
| Intermediate Bond Fund Of America | 29.72% |
| American Funds Mortgage (afmf) | 11.03% |
| American Mutual Fund (amf) | 9.34% |
| American Funds Strategic Bond Fund (sbf) | 6.05% |
| American Balanced Fund (ambal) | 5.55% |
| Bond Fund Of America (the) (bfa) | 2.41% |
| Income Fund Of America (the) (ifa) | 1.11% |
| American High-Income Trust | 1.10% |
| American Funds Multi-Sector Income Fund (msi) | 1.10% |
TAFAX Portfolio Allocation
Asset-class allocation of American Funds College 2027 Fund by percentage of net assets, from the latest SEC N-PORT filing.
| Asset class | Allocation |
|---|---|
| Equity | 99.8% |
TAFAX Performance
Total returns for TAFAX (as of 2026-08-01), from SEC filings.
| Period | Total return |
|---|---|
| YTD | 1.1% |
| 1 year | 7.3% |
| 3 years (annualised) | 6.5% |
| 5 years (annualised) | 3.2% |
TAFAX Risk Information
Risk metrics for TAFAX, derived from monthly returns in SEC filings.
- 1-year volatility (annualised): 3.4%
TAFAX Costs and Fees
TAFAX costs about $68 per $10,000 invested per year in fund expenses.
- Net expense ratio: 0.68%
- Gross expense ratio: 0.68%
- Portfolio turnover: 21%
- Brokerage commissions: 0.00 bps of average net assets (SEC N-CEN)
TAFAX Cashflows
Over the 12 months to 2026-04, American Funds College 2027 Fund had net inflows of $244.25M, from monthly SEC N-PORT filings.
| Month | Net flow |
|---|---|
| 2026-04 | $13.16M |
| 2026-03 | $15.88M |
| 2026-02 | $11.08M |
| 2026-01 | −$23.00M |
| 2025-12 | $191.09M |
| 2025-11 | $19.49M |
TAFAX Debt Constituents
No individual debt constituents are reported in American Funds College 2027 Fund's latest SEC N-PORT filing.
TAFAX Prospectus and SEC Filings
Official American Funds College 2027 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.