Whether you expect market volatility to continue or are optimistic the worst is over, you can help prepare for a shifting investment landscape with Hartford Multifactor US Equity ETF (ROUS). ROUS is designed to provide US equity exposure with potentially less volatility over a complete market cycle relative to traditional cap-weighted indices. The ETF seeks this goal with a “low, low, low” approach.
1 Since the ETF’s index change on 9/11/2019. The Fund’s custom underlying index changed from the Hartford Risk-Optimized Multifactor US Equity Index (“US Equity Index”) to Hartford Multifactor Large Cap Index (“Large Cap Index”).
2 As of 12/31/22: Mid-cap exposure: ROUS 18.2%, Russell 1000 Index 6.1%. Mega-cap exposure: ROUS 37%, Russell 1000 Index 56%.
3 Source: Hartford Funds as of 12/31/22.
4 Sources: Bloomberg and Compustat; calculations by Hartford Equity Modeling Platform for Portfolios as of 12/31/22.
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