This chart illustrates that not all fixed-income asset classes react the same way to economic and interest-rate changes. By using a diversified investment approach across bond sectors you could reduce the amount of risk in your portfolio, and possibly add more stable returns in changing markets. Diversification does not assure a profit, protect against a loss, or eliminate market risk.
Annual Returns of Fixed-Income Asset Classes Represented by Indices as of 12/31/19
Data Sources: Morningstar and FactSet, 1/20
Past performance does not guarantee future results.
Indices are unmanaged and not available for direct investment, and do not represent the performance of any Hartford Fund.
Fixed-Income Strategies
| Funds | A | F | I | R6/SDR | Y | ETF |
| Hartford Emerging Markets Local Debt | HLDAX | HLDFX | HLDIX | HLDYX | ||
| Hartford Schroders Emerging Markets Multi-Sector Bond | SMSVX | HFZFX | SMSNX | SMSRX | HFZYX | |
| Hartford Floating Rate | HFLAX | HFLFX | HFLIX | HFLYX | ||
| Hartford Floating Rate High Income | HFHAX | HFHFX | HFHIX | HFHYX | ||
| Hartford High Yield | HAHAX | HAHFX | HAHIX | HAHYX | ||
| Hartford Inflation Plus | HIPAX | HIPFX | HIPIX | HIPYX | ||
| Hartford Municipal Income | HMKAX | HMKFX | HMKIX | |||
| Hartford Municipal Opportunities | HHMAX | HHMFX | HHMIX | HHMYX | HMOP | |
| Hartford Municipal Short Duration | HMJAX | HMJFX | HMJIX | |||
| Hartford Quality Bond | HQBAX | HQBFX | HQBIX | HQBYX | ||
| Hartford Schroders Securitized Income |
HITAX | HITFX | HITIX | HITSX | HITYX | |
| Hartford Short Duration | HSDAX | HSDFX | HSDIX | HSDVX | HSDYX | HSRT |
| Hartford Strategic Income | HSNAX | HSNFX | HSNIX | HSNVX | HSNYX | |
| Hartford Schroders Tax-Aware Bond | STWVX | HFKFX | STWTX | HFKVX | HFKYX | HTAB |
| Hartford Total Return Bond1 | ITBAX | ITBFX | ITBIX | ITBVX | HABYX | HTRB |
| Hartford World Bond | HWDAX | HWDFX | HWDIX | HWDVX | HWDYX |
Talk to your financial advisor today about managing risk in your fixed-income portfolio.
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1 Effective as of the close of business on 3/29/19, Class I of the Fund closed to new investors, except as disclosed in the prospectus.
Important Risks: Investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. • Fixed income security risks include credit, liquidity, call, duration, and interest-rate risk. As interest rates rise, bond prices generally fall. • Foreign investments may be more volatile and less liquid than U.S. investments and are subject to the risk of currency fluctuations and adverse political and economic developments. These risks may be greater for investments in emerging markets.
Hartford Floating Rate Fund and Hartford Floating Rate High Income Fund should not be considered as alternatives to CDs or money market funds. These Funds are for investors who are looking to complement their traditional fixed-income investments.
Investors should carefully consider a fund’s investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses. This and other important information is contained in the fund’s prospectus and summary prospectus, which can be obtained by visiting hartfordfunds.com. Please read it carefully before investing.
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High Yield Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Corporate High Yield Index, which covers the USD-denominated, non-investment grade, fixed-rate, taxable corporate bond market. Short-Duration Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Gov’t./Credit Index which is composed of the Bloomberg Barclays Government and Corporate Bond Indexes, including U.S. government Treasury and agency securities as well as corporate and Yankee bonds, with maturities between 1 and 3 years. Municipal Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Index, which covers the USD-denominated long term tax exempt bond market. Long-Duration Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Long Gov’t./Credit Index, which includes all bonds covered by the Bloomberg Barclays Gov’t./Corp. Bond Index with maturities of ten years or longer. Investment Grade Corporate Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Corporate Investment Grade Index which measures the performance of investment grade corporate bonds. U.S. Government Bonds are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays Government Bond Index, which is made up of of the Treasury Bond Index and the agency Bond Index, as well as the 1-3 Year Government Index and the 20+ Year Treasury Index. TIPS (Treasury Inflation Protected Securities) are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. TIPS Index, which represents securities that protect against adverse inflation and provide a minimum level of real returns. Global Government Bonds are represented by the FTSE World Government Bond Index, which is composed of 14 world government bond markets with maturities of at least 1 year. Bank Loans are represented by the Credit Suisse Leveraged Loan Index, which is a representative index of tradable senior-secured U.S. dollar-denominated non-investment grade loans. Cash Investments are represented by the Bloomberg Barclays 1-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, which measures the performance of a single issue of outstanding treasury bill which matures closest to, but not beyond, three months from the rebalancing date. EM Debt is represented by the JP Morgan GBI Emerging Markets Global Diversified Index, which is a comprehensive global, local emerging-markets index, and consists of liquid, fixed-rate, domestic-currency government bonds. Diversified Portfolio is represented by an equal portion (11.1% each for 1995-1997, 10% each from 1998-2001, 9.1% each from 2002-2019) of the previously listed indices.
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