CTAHX

Active

American Funds College 2036 Fund

Category: US Equity (9,528 funds)

Expense Ratio

0.51%

Annual Cost per $10K

$51.00

30-Year Fee Drag per $10K

$10,165

at 7% annual return

Fund Type

Mutual Fund

Active

Trailing 12-Month

+16.25%

Asset Allocation

US Equity

74%

Intl Equity

US Bond

15%

Intl Bond

Cash

Fee Comparison

CTAHX

0.51%

US Equity average

1.06%

US Equity cheapest

BKLC

0.00%

Index benchmark

0.03%

52% cheaper than category average

Historical Returns

Monthly total returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of October 2025 · Updated quarterly

+61.80%3Y

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Investment

Years

Annual Return

CTAHX at 0.51%$329,788

At index rates (0.03%)$377,424

Zero fees (theoretical)$380,613

Total fee drag$50,825

Cost vs index fund−$47,636

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Ranked by allocation similarity weighted by fund size · Returns (dividends reinvested) from SEC N-PORT filings · As of October 2025

Ticker	Name	ER	1yr	3yr	5yr
CTAHX	American Funds College 2036 Fund	0.51%	+16.25%	+17.40%	+10.61%
AAFTX	American Funds 2035 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.67%	+15.82%	+15.87%	+10.58%
CTAKX	American Funds College 2036 Fund	0.43%	+16.21%	+17.43%	+10.67%
AAETX	American Funds 2030 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.66%	+14.18%	+13.98%	+9.03%
JEPI	JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF	0.35%	+4.33%	+12.99%	+10.62%
AAGTX	American Funds 2040 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.68%	+18.44%	+18.13%	+12.03%
VWENX	VANGUARD WELLINGTON FUND	0.17%	+12.65%	+13.05%	+9.43%
JEPQ	JPMorgan Nasdaq Equity Premium Income ETF	0.35%	+17.15%	+24.50%	—
AICCX	Investment Co of America	0.32%	+19.61%	+27.20%	+16.45%
FEEFX	American Funds Fundamental Investors	0.34%	+21.32%	+27.21%	+17.36%
DOXGX	Dodge & Cox Stock Fund	0.41%	+9.30%	+19.16%	—
CIPAX	American Funds Conservative Growth and Income Portfolio	0.88%	+11.79%	+11.52%	+8.53%
BLPAX	American Funds Moderate Growth and Income Portfolio	0.93%	+15.22%	+14.72%	+9.87%
CGIOX	Calamos Growth & Income Fund	0.73%	+22.36%	+19.50%	+14.61%
CGLGX	American Funds Growth and Income Portfolio	0.92%	+18.14%	+18.35%	+12.44%
AAHTX	American Funds 2045 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.69%	+19.32%	+18.79%	+12.39%
ACIIX	Equity Income Fund	0.59%	+6.58%	+11.74%	+9.73%
TRAIX	T. Rowe Price Capital Appreciation Fund	0.58%	+10.50%	+16.19%	+11.63%
IWM	iShares Russell 2000 ETF	0.19%	+10.63%	+15.07%	+11.43%
AALTX	American Funds 2050 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.69%	+19.54%	+19.11%	+12.43%
PPIPX	T. Rowe Price Spectrum Conservative Allocation Fund	0.56%	+7.96%	+9.01%	+5.30%
JEPAX	JPMorgan Equity Premium Income Fund	0.45%	+3.75%	+12.41%	+10.04%
TIBOX	Thornburg Investment Income Builder Fund	0.84%	+26.16%	+24.75%	+17.31%
FEIQX	Franklin Equity Income Fund	0.50%	+14.27%	+15.32%	+14.87%
AADTX	American Funds 2025 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.63%	+12.54%	+12.24%	+7.76%
TPPAX	T. Rowe Price Spectrum Moderate Allocation Fund	0.62%	+9.14%	+11.03%	+6.76%
PEIYX	Putnam Large Cap Value Fund	0.63%	+13.21%	+17.09%	+15.02%
EKBDX	Allspring Diversified Capital Builder Fund	1.01%	+12.78%	+21.90%	+12.65%
FMSHX	Franklin Mutual Shares Fund	0.70%	+5.55%	+16.01%	+12.34%
VGSTX	VANGUARD STAR FUND	0.30%	+14.24%	+14.63%	+8.34%
FSSNX	Fidelity Small Cap Index Fund	0.03%	+14.60%	+12.12%	+11.60%
FGLGX	Fidelity Series Large Cap Stock Fund	0.00%	+25.43%	+29.93%	+22.04%
SWHGX	Schwab MarketTrack Growth Portfolio	0.50%	+16.79%	+16.19%	+12.22%
SMH	VanEck Semiconductor ETF	0.35%	+33.62%	+53.34%	+31.09%
FSELX	Select Semiconductors Portfolio	0.62%	+22.66%	+41.82%	+31.05%
ACSHX	Invesco Comstock Fund	0.51%	+12.71%	+14.13%	+19.36%
PMBJX	MidCap Fund	0.80%	+2.44%	+15.49%	+11.53%
TRUZX	T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc.	0.64%	+2.68%	+9.54%	+1.28%
GARUX	Goldman Sachs Absolute Return Tracker Fund	0.73%	+6.83%	+9.98%	+6.37%
AAMTX	American Funds 2055 Target Date Retirement Fund	0.70%	+19.98%	+19.47%	+12.48%
BBVLX	Bridge Builder Large Cap Value Fund	0.23%	+7.39%	+17.42%	+14.99%
IRGPX	Voya Retirement Aggressive Portfolio	0.60%	+12.78%	+18.05%	+10.61%
MLLAX	MFS Lifetime Income Fund	0.44%	+8.10%	+8.56%	+4.47%
CGPAX	American Funds Growth Portfolio	0.99%	+22.86%	+23.13%	+13.61%
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FGIDX	Fidelity Growth and Income Portfolio	0.46%	—	—	—
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DFAS	Dimensional U.S. Small Cap ETF	0.27%	+7.15%	+10.35%	—
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