Jul. 28, 2026 |
| Schwab Target 2010 Index Fund
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Risk Table - Schwab Target 2010 Index Fund
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You may experience losses
in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the fund
will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
The fund’s principal risks include:
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| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset
Allocation Risk — The fund is subject to the risk that the selection
of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes
and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder accounts. Investors should
consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current financial position and
retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts of Interest Risk
— The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety
of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees
paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying
funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for
other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies.
In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying
fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the
fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
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| Market Risk |
Market Risk — Financial markets
rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be
impacted by economic, political, regulatory, and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs,
and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental
disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with
any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will
fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
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| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests
in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity
in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio of securities.
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| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk — The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and
fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s
direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s
investment in the same securities.
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| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment
Risk — Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated
with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described
below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk
— The fund may experience losses with respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further,
there is no guarantee that an underlying fund will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income Risk —
Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share
price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things,
may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment
or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or
otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected.
Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of
interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds
(junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and
may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting
individual companies, industries or the securities market
as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall
over short or extended periods of time.
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| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market
Capitalization Risk — Securities issued
by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic
conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types
of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
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| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
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| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
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| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
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| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
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| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio
turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance
and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
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| Schwab Target 2015 Index Fund
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Risk Table - Schwab Target 2015 Index Fund
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Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You may experience losses
in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the fund
will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset
Allocation Risk — The fund is subject to the risk that the selection
of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes
and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder accounts. Investors should
consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current financial position and
retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts of Interest Risk
— The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety
of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees
paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying
funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for
other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies.
In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying
fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the
fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market Risk — Financial markets
rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be
impacted by economic, political, regulatory, and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs,
and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental
disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with
any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will
fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests
in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity
in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk — The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and
fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s
direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s
investment in the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment
Risk — Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated
with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described
below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk
— The fund may experience losses with respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further,
there is no guarantee that an underlying fund will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income Risk —
Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share
price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things,
may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment
or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or
otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected.
Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of
interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds
(junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and
may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting
individual companies, industries or the securities market
as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall
over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market
Capitalization Risk — Securities issued
by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic
conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types
of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio
turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance
and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
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| Schwab Target 2020 Index Fund
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Risk Table - Schwab Target 2020 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You may experience losses
in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the fund
will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset
Allocation Risk — The fund is subject to the risk that the selection
of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes
and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder accounts. Investors should
consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current financial position and
retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts of Interest Risk
— The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety
of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees
paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying
funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for
other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies.
In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying
fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the
fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market Risk — Financial markets
rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be
impacted by economic, political, regulatory, and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs,
and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental
disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with
any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will
fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests
in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity
in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk — The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and
fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s
direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s
investment in the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment
Risk — Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated
with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described
below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk
— The fund may experience losses with respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further,
there is no guarantee that an underlying fund will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income Risk —
Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share
price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things,
may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment
or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or
otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected.
Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of
interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds
(junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and
may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting
individual companies, industries or the securities market
as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall
over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market
Capitalization Risk — Securities issued
by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic
conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types
of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio
turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance
and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2025 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2025 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You may experience losses
in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the fund
will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset
Allocation Risk — The fund is subject to the risk that the selection
of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes
and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective.
The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder accounts. Investors should
consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current financial position and
retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts of Interest Risk
— The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety
of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees
paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying
funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for
other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies.
In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying
fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the
fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market Risk — Financial markets
rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be
impacted by economic, political, regulatory, and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs,
and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental
disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with
any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will
fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests
in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity
in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk — The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and
fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s
direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s
investment in the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment
Risk — Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated
with the underlying funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described
below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk
— The fund may experience losses with respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further,
there is no guarantee that an underlying fund will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income Risk —
Interest rates rise and fall over time, which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share
price. A change in a central bank’s monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things,
may result in a change in interest rates. A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. The credit quality of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s
share price to fall. An underlying fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment
or the counterparty to a derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or
otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected.
Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of
interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds
(junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and
may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting
individual companies, industries or the securities market
as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which may cause stock prices to fall
over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market
Capitalization Risk — Securities issued
by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based on market and economic
conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization fall behind other types
of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio
turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance
and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2030 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2030 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2035 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2035 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2040 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2040 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2045 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2045 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2050 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2050 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2055 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2055 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2060 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2060 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2065 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2065 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You
may experience losses in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no
guarantee that the fund will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through
your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money. The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an
investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject
to the risk that the selection of the underlying funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets
among the various asset classes and market segments may cause the fund to underperform other funds with
a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder
accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund is an appropriate investment in light of their current
financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts
of Interest Risk — The investment adviser’s authority to select
and substitute underlying funds from a variety of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may
create a conflict of interest because the fees paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds
are higher than the fees paid by other underlying funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive
to select an affiliated underlying fund for other reasons, including to increase assets under management
or to support new investment strategies. In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the
best interests of the affiliated underlying fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However,
the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s
best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market
Risk — Financial markets rise and fall in response to a variety
of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be impacted by economic, political, regulatory,
and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs, and other government actions. In addition,
the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental disasters, natural disasters and
epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with any investment whose performance
is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will fluctuate, which means that an
investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded
Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate
share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity in the market for an ETF’s shares
can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk
— The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and fixed-income securities,
including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s direct investment in
these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s investment in
the same securities.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk
— Before investing in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying
funds in which the fund may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a derivatives
contract fails to make timely principal or interest payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income
securities may be paid off earlier or later than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying
fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s
yield or share price. Below investment-grade bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more
volatile, involve greater risk of price declines and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than
investment-grade securities.
|
| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
|
| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
|
| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
|
| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
|
| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
|
| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
|
| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
|
| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
|
| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an underlying fund’s index’s
rebalancing schedule. Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
|
| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
|
| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their
portfolio turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which
may lower the underlying fund’s performance and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
|
|
| Schwab Target 2070 Index Fund
|
Risk Table - Schwab Target 2070 Index Fund
|
Risk [Text Block] |
| Principal Risks |
You may experience losses
in the fund, including losses before, at, or after the target date. There is no guarantee that the fund
will be able to achieve its objective or provide adequate income at and through your retirement. The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
The fund’s principal risks include:
|
| Risk Lose Money [Member] |
The fund is subject to risks, any of which could cause an investor to lose money.
|
| Asset Allocation Risk |
Asset Allocation Risk — The fund is subject to the risk that the selection of the underlying
funds and the allocation of the fund’s assets among the various asset classes and market segments
may cause the fund to underperform other funds with a similar investment objective. The fund is not managed
to maximize tax efficiency for taxable shareholder accounts. Investors should consider whether the fund
is an appropriate investment in light of their current financial position and retirement needs.
|
| Conflicts of Interest Risk |
Conflicts of Interest Risk
— The investment adviser’s authority to select and substitute underlying funds from a variety
of affiliated and unaffiliated mutual funds and ETFs may create a conflict of interest because the fees
paid to it and its affiliates by some underlying funds are higher than the fees paid by other underlying
funds. The investment adviser also may have an incentive to select an affiliated underlying fund for
other reasons, including to increase assets under management or to support new investment strategies.
In addition, other conflicts of interest may exist where the best interests of the affiliated underlying
fund may not be aligned with those of the fund. However, the investment adviser is a fiduciary to the
fund and is legally obligated to act in the fund’s best interests when selecting underlying funds.
|
| Market Risk |
Market Risk — Financial markets
rise and fall in response to a variety of factors, sometimes rapidly and unpredictably. Markets may be
impacted by economic, political, regulatory, and other conditions, including economic sanctions, tariffs,
and other government actions. In addition, the occurrence of global events, such as war, terrorism, environmental
disasters, natural disasters and epidemics, may also negatively affect the financial markets. As with
any investment whose performance is tied to these markets, the value of an investment in the fund will
fluctuate, which means that an investor could lose money over short or long periods.
|
| Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk |
Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) Risk — When the fund invests
in an ETF, it will bear a proportionate share of the ETF’s expenses. In addition, lack of liquidity
in the market for an ETF’s shares can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio of securities.
|
| Direct Investment Risk |
Direct Investment Risk — The fund may invest directly in cash, cash equivalents and equity and
fixed-income securities, including money market securities, to maintain its allocations. The fund’s
direct investment in these securities is subject to the same or similar risks as an underlying fund’s
investment in the same securities.
|
| New Fund Risk |
New Fund Risk — The fund is a new ETF and has only recently commenced operations and
therefore has limited operating history on which investors can base their investment decision. Additionally,
due to the fund’s small asset base, certain of the fund’s expenses and its portfolio transaction
costs may be higher than those of a fund with a larger asset base. There can be no assurance that the
fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the fund may cease operations.
In such an event, your interest in the fund may be liquidated at an inopportune time.
|
| Underlying Fund Investment Risk |
Underlying Fund Investment Risk — Before investing
in the fund, investors should assess the risks associated with the underlying funds in which the fund
may invest, which include any combination of the risks described below.
|
| Investment Risk |
• Investment Risk — The fund may experience losses with
respect to its investment in an underlying fund. Further, there is no guarantee that an underlying fund
will be able to achieve its objective.
|
| Fixed-Income Risk |
• Fixed-Income
Risk — Interest rates rise and fall over time,
which will affect an underlying fund’s yield and share price. A change in a central bank’s
monetary policy or economic conditions, among other things, may result in a change in interest rates.
A rise in interest rates could cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. The credit quality
of a portfolio investment could also cause an underlying fund’s share price to fall. An underlying
fund could lose money if the issuer or guarantor of a portfolio investment or the counterparty to a
derivatives contract fails to make timely principal or interest
payments or otherwise honor its obligations. Fixed-income securities may be paid off earlier or later
than expected. Either situation could cause an underlying fund to hold securities paying lower-than-market
rates of interest, which could hurt an underlying fund’s yield or share price. Below investment-grade
bonds (junk bonds) involve greater credit risk, are more volatile, involve greater risk of price declines
and may be more susceptible to economic downturns than investment-grade securities.
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| Equity Risk |
• Equity Risk — The prices of equity
securities rise and fall daily. These price movements may result from factors affecting individual companies,
industries or the securities market as a whole. In addition, equity markets tend to move in cycles, which
may cause stock prices to fall over short or extended periods of time.
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| Market Capitalization Risk |
• Market Capitalization Risk —
Securities issued by companies of different market capitalizations tend to go in and out of favor based
on market and economic conditions. During a period when securities of a particular market capitalization
fall behind other types of investments, an underlying fund’s performance could be impacted.
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| Money Market Fund Risk |
• Money Market Fund Risk —
The fund may invest in underlying money market funds that seek to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value.
Although an underlying money market fund seeks to maintain a stable $1.00 net asset value, it is possible
to lose money by investing in such a money market fund. In addition, money market funds are not designed
to offer capital appreciation. Certain underlying money market funds may impose a fee upon the sale of
shares under certain circumstances.
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| Foreign Investment Risk |
• Foreign
Investment Risk — An underlying fund’s investments in securities
of foreign issuers involve certain risks that may be greater than those associated with investments in
securities of U.S. issuers. These include risks of adverse changes in foreign economic, political, regulatory
and other conditions; changes in currency exchange rates or exchange control regulations (including limitations
on currency movements and exchanges); the imposition of economic sanctions or other government restrictions;
differing accounting, auditing, financial reporting and legal standards and practices; differing securities
market structures; and higher transaction costs. These risks may negatively impact the value or liquidity
of an underlying fund’s investments, and could impair the underlying fund’s ability to meet
its investment objective or invest in accordance with its investment strategy. There is a risk that investments
in securities denominated in, and/or receiving revenues in, foreign currencies will decline in value
relative to the U.S. dollar or, in the case of hedging positions, that the U.S. dollar will decline in
value relative to the currency hedged, resulting in the dollar value of an underlying fund’s investment
being adversely affected.
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| Emerging Markets Risk |
• Emerging
Markets Risk — Emerging market countries may be more likely to experience
political turmoil or rapid changes in market or economic conditions than more developed countries. Emerging
market countries often have less uniformity in accounting, auditing, financial reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, which may limit the quality and availability of financial information, and greater risk
associated with the custody of securities. In addition, the financial stability of issuers (including
governments) in emerging market countries may be more precarious than in developed countries. As a result,
there may be an increased risk of illiquidity and price volatility associated with an underlying fund’s
investments in emerging market countries, which may be magnified by currency fluctuations relative to
the U.S. dollar, and, at times, it may be difficult to value such investments.
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| Derivatives Risk |
• Derivatives Risk —
An underlying fund’s use of derivative instruments involves risks different from, or possibly greater
than, the risks associated with investing directly in securities and other traditional investments. An
underlying fund’s use of derivatives could reduce the underlying fund’s performance, increase
its volatility and cause the underlying fund to lose more than the initial amount invested. In addition,
investments in derivatives may involve leverage, which means a small percentage of assets invested in
derivatives can have a disproportionately large impact on an underlying fund. However, these risks are
less severe when the underlying fund uses derivatives for hedging rather than to enhance the underlying
fund’s returns or as a substitute for a position or security.
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| Leverage Risk |
• Leverage Risk — Certain underlying
fund transactions, such as derivatives transactions, short sales, reverse repurchase agreements, and
mortgage dollar rolls, may give rise to a form of leverage and may expose an underlying fund to greater
risk. Leverage tends to magnify the effect of any decrease or increase in the value of an underlying
fund’s portfolio securities, which means even a small amount of leverage can have a disproportionately
large impact on the underlying fund.
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| Concentration Risk |
• Concentration
Risk — To the extent that an underlying fund’s portfolio is concentrated
in the securities of issuers in a particular market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class,
the underlying fund may be adversely affected by the performance of those securities, may be subject
to increased price volatility and may be more vulnerable to adverse economic, market, political or regulatory
occurrences affecting that market, industry, group of industries, sector or asset class.
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| Investment Style Risk |
• Investment Style Risk — Certain underlying
funds seek to track the performance of various segments of the stock market, as measured by their respective
indices. Such underlying funds follow these stocks during upturns as well as downturns. Because of their
indexing strategy, these underlying funds do not take steps to reduce market exposure or to lessen the
effects of a declining market. In addition, because of an underlying fund’s expenses, the underlying
fund’s performance is normally below that of the index. Errors relating to an index may occur from
time to time and may not be identified by the underlying fund’s index provider for a period of
time. In addition, market disruptions could cause delays in an
underlying fund’s index’s rebalancing schedule.
Such errors and/or market disruptions may result in losses for an underlying fund.
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| Liquidity Risk |
• Liquidity Risk — An underlying fund
may be unable to sell certain securities, such as illiquid securities, readily at a favorable time or
price, or the underlying fund may have to sell them at a loss.
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| Portfolio Turnover Risk |
• Portfolio Turnover Risk —
Certain of the underlying funds may buy and sell portfolio securities actively. If they do, their portfolio
turnover rate and transaction costs will rise, which may lower the underlying fund’s performance
and may increase the likelihood of capital gains distributions.
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