American Funds 2045 Target Date Retirement Fund
American Funds Target Date Retirement Series · 14 share classes
Fund classification
Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2
American Funds 2045 Target Date Retirement Fund is a target-date 2045 fund.
- Asset class
- Target-date
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Target year
- 2045
- Features
- Fund of funds
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2025 Q4
Depending on the proximity to its target date, which we define as the year that corresponds roughly to the year in which the investor expects to retire, the fund will seek to achieve the following objectives to varying degrees: growth, income and conservation of capital. The fund will increasingly emphasize income and conservation of capital by investing a greater portion of its assets in fixed income, equity-income and balanced funds as it approaches and passes its target date. In this way, the fund seeks to balance total return and stability over time.
The fund invests in a mix of American Funds across growth, growth-and-income, equity-income, balanced, and fixed income categories, rather than holding securities directly. Its asset allocation shifts progressively toward fixed income and away from equities as the target retirement date approaches and passes, then continues to evolve for approximately 30 years after that date. The investment adviser periodically rebalances the underlying fund mix and may modify allocations, though it may choose not to change them in response to short-term market movements. Because the fund's returns depend on the performance and allocation decisions of the underlying funds it holds, results will diverge from any fixed benchmark.
| Share class | Expense ratio |
|---|---|
| AAHTX | 0.69% |
| RAHTX | 1.46% |
| RBHTX | 1.46% |
| RCHTX | 1.01% |
| RDHTX | 0.72% |
| REHTX | 0.42% |
| RFHTX | 0.37% |
| CCHTX | 1.45% |
| FATTX | 0.73% |
| FBHTX | 0.45% |
| RBHHX | 1.16% |
| RHHTX | 0.51% |
| FCHTX | 0.37% |
| TDFUX | 0.70% |
Portfolio turnover 9.00% · as of 2025 Q4
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2
| Stocks | 99.99% |
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +27.01% | +62.24% | +53.28% | 12.61% | -8.55% | |
| +26.03% | +58.54% | +47.51% | 12.60% | -8.70% | |
| +26.02% | +58.50% | +47.46% | 12.60% | -8.73% | |
| +26.61% | +60.68% | +50.84% | 12.61% | -8.63% | |
| +26.95% | +62.09% | +53.06% | 12.60% | -8.57% | |
| +27.33% | +63.56% | +55.36% | 12.57% | -8.50% | |
| +27.44% | +63.82% | +55.80% | 12.58% | -8.43% | |
| +26.12% | +58.69% | +47.71% | 12.61% | -8.73% | |
| +26.95% | +62.07% | +52.95% | 12.57% | -8.57% | |
| +27.34% | +63.45% | +55.08% | 12.63% | -8.48% | |
| +26.40% | +60.02% | +49.68% | 12.59% | -8.63% | |
| +27.25% | +63.09% | +54.64% | 12.63% | -8.47% | |
| +27.39% | +63.79% | +55.74% | 12.60% | -8.47% | |
| +27.33% | +63.45% | +55.19% | 12.61% | -8.53% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 8.35pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.67pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Reported price | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RFNGX | FUNDAMENTAL INVESTORSRFNGX | 7.71% | $99.44 | $3.60B | 36.2M |
| RLBGX | AMERICAN BALANCED FUND (AMBAL)RLBGX | 7.36% | $39.60 | $3.43B | 86.6M |
| RWIGX | CAPITAL WORLD GROWTH & INCOME FUNDRWIGX | 7.20% | $77.70 | $3.36B | 43.2M |
| — | GROWTH FUND OF AMERICA (THE) | 7.17% | $82.59 | $3.34B | 40.5M |
| RMFGX | AMERICAN MUTUAL FUND (AMF)RMFGX | 7.03% | $61.84 | $3.28B | 53.0M |
| RNPGX | NEW PERSPECTIVE FUND (NPF)RNPGX | 6.97% | $72.36 | $3.25B | 44.9M |
| — | AMCAP FUND | 6.95% | $48.65 | $3.24B | 66.6M |
| RWMGX | WASHINGTON MUTUAL INVESTORS FUND (WMIF)RWMGX | 6.72% | $67.51 | $3.13B | 46.4M |
| RLLGX | SMALLCAP WORLD FUND INCRLLGX | 6.71% | $84.04 | $3.13B | 37.2M |
| — | NEW WORLD FUND INC | 5.53% | $101.69 | $2.58B | 25.3M |
Reported price is the fund's own reported value divided by its own reported shares at 2026-04-30 — not a live quote, and not what the fund paid.
Top 10 positions are 69.35% of net assets, top 25 99.99%, across 25 issuers.
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