American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund® | Prison industrial complex investments

Mutual fund

American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®

TickerRFITX

Fund manager

Flagged investments:

$2.26 BILLION, 12% of assets

Higher risk:

$416.88 MILLION, 2.28% 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

Incarceration and detention facilities, services in facilities, supervision and monitoring

holdings

$1.37B

invested

7.49%

of portfolio

Border industry

Incarceration and detention facilities, immigrant monitoring and surveillance, militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border

holdings

$2.09B

invested

11%

of portfolio

All flagged holdings

49 holdings

1. Microsoft Corp
$634.92M
3.47%
2. Amazon.com Inc
$239.46M
1.31%
3. Alphabet Inc Class C
$181.74M
0.99%
4. Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
$139.27M
0.76%
5. Alphabet Inc Class A
$129.44M
0.71%

Higher risk
Private prison operator

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American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund® $RFITX has $2.26 BILLION invested in 49 companies involved in the prison industrial complex, amounting to 12% of fund assets

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American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund® RFITX

Environment

Fossil fuels
Investments in coal, oil, and natural gas energy and utility companies, and related financial companies

Deforestation
Investments in deforestation-risk agricultural commodities, and related financial companies and consumer brands

Social

Gender equality
Gender equality group ranking, based on Equileap company data

Civilian firearms
Investments in civilian firearms manufacturers, and related gun retailers

Prison industrial complex
Investments in prisons and borders industry, including private prison operators

Military weapons
Investments in military arms manufacturers and services companies, including nuclear weapon manufacturers and servicers

Tobacco
Investments in tobacco and e-cigarette manufacturers, and tobacco-promoting entertainment companies

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Financial performance

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Current fund

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American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®

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Benchmark

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Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 10/31/22

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.47% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.14% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.55% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.62% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

8.01% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

7.99% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

10.78% less invested

Current fund

RFITX

American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®

Family

American Funds

Category

Target-Date 2050

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Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

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iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Investment timeline

Performance as of: 10/31/22

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.47% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.14% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.55% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.62% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

8.01% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

7.99% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

10.78% less invested

Current fund

RFITX

American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®

Family

American Funds

Category

Target-Date 2050

Find another fund

vs.

Benchmark

IVV

iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Family

iShares from BlackRock

Category

Large Blend

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Fund comparison settings

Investment timeline

Performance as of: 10/31/22

1 year

3 years

5 years

10 years

Benchmark

Suggested: Not available

Fund comparison results

Compared to the benchmark, this fund has:

Lower 10-yr returns

-3.47% less in annualized returns

Same in private prison operators

Both 0% invested

More invested in higher risk companies, prison industry

0.14% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies, border industry

0.55% more invested

More invested in higher risk companies

0.62% more invested

Less invested in all screened prison industry companies

8.01% less invested

Less invested in all screened border industry companies

7.99% less invested

Less invested in all screened companies

10.78% less invested

Month-end trailing returns

Performance as of date: 10/31/22

Morningstar suggested benchmark: Morningstar Mod Tgt Risk TR USD

Annualized returns

Flagged investments

1-yr

3-yr

5-yr

10-yr

This fund
RFITX - American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund®

-20.64%

5.51%

6.05%

9.27%

Benchmark

-14.64%

10%

13%

Fund compared to benchmark

-6%

-4.67%

-4.36%

-3.47%

Same

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