American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund (AAETX)
The investment seeks growth, income and conservation of capital. The fund normally invests a greater portion of its assets in fixed income, equity-income and balanced funds as it approaches and passes its target date. The advisor attempts to achieve its investment objectives by investing in a mix of American Funds in different combinations and weightings. The underlying American Funds represent a variety of fund categories, including growth funds, growth-and-income funds, equity-income funds, balanced funds and fixed income funds. The fund categories represent differing investment objectives.
Fund Info
US02630T7129
02630T712
Jan 31, 2007
$250
Large-Cap
Blend
Expense Ratio
AAETX has an expense ratio of 0.33%, placing it in the medium range.
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Performance
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Returns By Period
American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund (AAETX) returned 4.59% year-to-date (YTD) and 10.18% over the past 12 months. Over the past 10 years, AAETX returned 7.29% annually, underperforming the S&P 500 benchmark at 10.88%.
AAETX
4.59%
3.87%
2.94%
10.18%
7.72%
8.42%
7.29%
^GSPC (Benchmark)
0.68%
7.17%
-1.66%
11.63%
12.51%
14.34%
10.88%
Monthly Returns
The table below presents the monthly returns of AAETX, with color gradation from worst to best to easily spot seasonal factors. Returns are adjusted for dividends.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | 2.73% | 0.40% | -2.20% | 0.58% | 3.09% | 4.59% | |||||||
2024 | 0.37% | 1.98% | 2.30% | -3.08% | 2.81% | 1.48% | 2.22% | 2.06% | 1.68% | -1.88% | 2.30% | -2.01% | 10.50% |
2023 | 4.68% | -2.70% | 2.50% | 1.12% | -1.24% | 3.10% | 1.98% | -1.63% | -3.51% | -1.85% | 6.74% | 4.65% | 14.09% |
2022 | -3.99% | -1.87% | 0.24% | -6.01% | 0.82% | -5.97% | 4.81% | -3.12% | -7.17% | 4.18% | 5.85% | -2.52% | -14.74% |
2021 | -0.48% | 1.44% | 1.83% | 3.01% | 1.18% | 0.56% | 0.94% | 1.53% | -2.75% | 3.71% | -1.71% | 3.04% | 12.79% |
2020 | -0.40% | -4.30% | -8.37% | 7.85% | 3.57% | 1.89% | 3.65% | 3.71% | -2.04% | -1.83% | 8.22% | 3.23% | 14.81% |
2019 | 5.24% | 1.88% | 1.63% | 2.16% | -3.62% | 4.60% | 0.20% | -0.74% | 0.75% | 1.62% | 2.26% | 2.38% | 19.64% |
2018 | 4.09% | -2.93% | -1.17% | 0.35% | 0.90% | 0.07% | 1.85% | 0.40% | 0.20% | -5.35% | 1.70% | -4.36% | -4.56% |
2017 | 2.48% | 2.03% | 0.92% | 1.36% | 1.64% | 0.22% | 2.13% | 0.29% | 1.72% | 1.55% | 1.39% | 1.07% | 18.12% |
2016 | -3.98% | -0.52% | 5.73% | 1.23% | 0.57% | 0.48% | 2.97% | -0.00% | 0.62% | -1.63% | 0.87% | 1.03% | 7.31% |
2015 | -0.79% | 3.97% | -1.07% | 1.62% | 0.68% | -1.81% | 1.23% | -5.08% | -2.56% | 5.99% | -0.00% | -1.57% | 0.14% |
2014 | -2.59% | 4.48% | -0.24% | 0.24% | 2.30% | 1.55% | -1.76% | 2.80% | -2.04% | 1.62% | 1.67% | -1.14% | 6.84% |
Risk-Adjusted Performance
Risk-Adjusted Performance Rank
With an overall rank of 83, AAETX is among the top 17% of mutual funds on our website when it comes to balancing risk and reward. Below is a breakdown of how it compares using common performance measures.
Risk-Adjusted Performance Indicators
The charts below present risk-adjusted performance metrics for American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund (AAETX) and compare them to a chosen benchmark (^GSPC). These indicators evaluate an investment's returns against its associated risks.
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Dividends
Dividend History
American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund provided a 3.56% dividend yield over the last twelve months, with an annual payout of $0.64 per share.
Period | TTM | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
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Dividend | $0.64 | $0.64 | $0.43 | $0.64 | $1.15 | $0.60 | $0.60 | $0.59 | $0.36 | $0.43 | $0.67 | $0.51 |
Dividend yield | 3.56% | 3.73% | 2.69% | 4.39% | 6.47% | 3.57% | 3.94% | 4.46% | 2.47% | 3.45% | 5.52% | 4.01% |
Monthly Dividends
The table displays the monthly dividend distributions for American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund. The dividends shown in the table have been adjusted to account for any splits that may have occurred.
Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Total | |
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2025 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | |||||||
2024 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.64 | $0.64 |
2023 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
2022 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.64 | $0.64 |
2021 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $1.15 | $1.15 |
2020 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
2019 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.60 | $0.60 |
2018 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.59 | $0.59 |
2017 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.36 | $0.36 |
2016 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.43 | $0.43 |
2015 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.00 | $0.67 | $0.67 |
2014 | $0.51 | $0.51 |
Drawdowns
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Worst Drawdowns
The table below displays the maximum drawdowns of the American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund. A maximum drawdown is a measure of risk, indicating the largest reduction in portfolio value due to a series of losing trades.
The maximum drawdown for the American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund was 49.35%, occurring on Mar 9, 2009. Recovery took 868 trading sessions.
Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
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-49.35% | Nov 1, 2007 | 338 | Mar 9, 2009 | 868 | Aug 16, 2012 | 1206 |
-22.36% | Feb 20, 2020 | 23 | Mar 23, 2020 | 82 | Jul 20, 2020 | 105 |
-21.01% | Dec 28, 2021 | 202 | Oct 14, 2022 | 345 | Mar 1, 2024 | 547 |
-13.05% | May 22, 2015 | 183 | Feb 11, 2016 | 104 | Jul 12, 2016 | 287 |
-12.76% | Jan 29, 2018 | 229 | Dec 24, 2018 | 71 | Apr 8, 2019 | 300 |
Volatility
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