Mutual fund
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
TickerRFITX
Fund manager
American Funds
Prison industrial complex grade: One or more holdings were flagged as higher risk by our prison industrial complex screen, making up over 2% of the portfolio. Assigned a grade of F.
F
$2.32 BILLION
Prison industrial complex
48
flagged holdings
11%
of assets flagged
Data as of 12/31/22
Flagged investments:
$2.32 BILLION, 11% of assets
Higher risk:
$538.27 MILLION, 2.67% of assets
 Private prison operators:
$0, 0% of assets
For each prison industrial complex category, click to see the breakdown of flagged holdings.
Prison industry
Prison industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring
29
holdings
$1.38B
invested
6.81%
of portfolio
Border industry
Border industry
Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border
38
holdings
$2.14B
invested
11%
of portfolio
All flagged holdings
48 holdings
48 holdings
  • 1.  Microsoft Corp
    Prison industryBorder industry
    $658.01M
    3.26%
  • 2.  Raytheon Technologies Corp 
    Border industry
    $159.81M
    0.79%
  • 3.  Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
    Border industry
    $149.99M
    0.74%
  • 4.  JPMorgan Chase & Co
    Prison industryBorder industry
    $142.27M
    0.7%
  • 5.  Alphabet Inc Class C
    Border industry
    $140.17M
    0.69%
Higher risk
Private prison operator
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American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund® $RFITX has $2.32 BILLION invested in 48 companies involved in the prison industrial complex, amounting to 11% of fund assets
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Financial performance
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Current fund
RFITX
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
Family
American Funds
Category
Target-Date 2050
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: Not available
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 10-yr returns 
-3.05% less in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.23% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.02% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies 
1.09% more invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
8.53% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
8.45% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
11.1% less invested
Current fund
RFITX
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
Family
American Funds
Category
Target-Date 2050
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: Not available
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 10-yr returns 
-3.05% less in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.23% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.02% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies 
1.09% more invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
8.53% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
8.45% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
11.1% less invested
Current fund
RFITX
American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
Family
American Funds
Category
Target-Date 2050
vs.
Benchmark
IVV
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Family
iShares from BlackRock
Category
Large Blend
Fund comparison settings
Investment timeline
Performance as of: 2/28/23
1 year
3 years
5 years
10 years
Benchmark
Suggested: Not available
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
Fund comparison results
Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:
Lower 10-yr returns 
-3.05% less in annualized returns
Same in private prison operators 
Both 0% invested
More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry 
0.23% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies, border industry 
1.02% more invested
More invested in higher risk companies 
1.09% more invested
Less invested in all screened prison industry companies 
8.53% less invested
Less invested in all screened border industry companies 
8.45% less invested
Less invested in all screened companies 
11.1% less invested
Month-end trailing returns  
Annualized returns
Flagged investments
1-yr
3-yr
5-yr
10-yr
Private prison operators
This fund
RFITX - American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®
-8.07%
8.03%
6.34%
9.16%
0% 
Benchmark
IVV - iShares Core S&P 500 ETF
-7.72%
12%
9.79%
12%
0% 
Fund compared to benchmark
 
-0.35%
-4.08%
-3.45%
-3.05%
Same
Find more financial data on RFITX at Morningstar.com
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