THE HARTFORD TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND
HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC · 9 share classes
Fund classification
Classified from what the fund holds · as of 2026 Q2
THE HARTFORD TOTAL RETURN BOND FUND is an actively managed U.S. bond fund.
- Asset class
- Bonds
- Region
- United States
- Management
- Actively managed
- Fund type
- Open-end fund
- Credit quality
- Mixed credit
- Rate sensitivity
- Intermediate duration
Fund profile
As filed in the prospectus · 2026 Q1
The Fund seeks a competitive total return,
The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in bonds that Wellington Management, the sub-adviser, selects for total return and current income potential, with discretion to hold up to 20% in below-investment-grade securities and up to 40% in foreign debt including emerging markets. Wellington Management's generalist portfolio managers direct sector, rates and risk positioning, supported by specialists who drive individual security selection. The fund may use derivatives to manage risk and actively trades securities across maturities.
| Share class | Gross | Net |
|---|---|---|
| ITBAX | 0.66% | 0.66% |
| HABCX | 1.55% | 1.55% |
| HABYX | 0.37% | 0.37% |
| ITBIX | 0.43% | 0.38% |
| ITBRX | 1.02% | 1.02% |
| ITBUX | 0.72% | 0.72% |
| ITBTX | 0.42% | 0.42% |
| ITBVX | 0.31% | 0.31% |
| ITBFX | 0.31% | 0.31% |
Net is what a holder pays after the adviser's contractual waiver; gross is before it. A waiver can expire.
Portfolio turnover 64.00% · as of 2026 Q1
Allocation
Asset groups · long / short shown separately, never netted · 2026 Q2
| Securitized | 55.25% |
| Bonds | 53.39% |
| Cash & short-term | 0.77% |
| Derivatives | 0.32% |
| Stocks | 0.00% |
These positions come to 109.73% of the fund's net assets. This counts only what the fund reported holding — the holdings disclosure covers assets, not liabilities such as borrowings — so it is not expected to reconcile to 100%.
Derivatives are shown at market value, not notional exposure.
Latest quarter
What changed since the fund's previous filing
Largest new: UMBS, TBA ×3, United States Treasury ×5
Largest exited: UMBS, TBA ×3, United States Treasury ×2, Government National Mortgage Association ×2, Freddie Mac
Return profile
Total return as filed — price change plus distributions reinvested · trailing figures to Apr 2026
| Share class | 1-year | 3-year | 5-year | Vol | Worst fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +4.33% | +12.14% | +0.94% | 3.55% | -5.88% | |
| +3.37% | +9.24% | -3.27% | 3.54% | -6.28% | |
| +4.60% | +13.23% | +2.53% | 3.62% | -5.67% | |
| +4.63% | +13.14% | +2.48% | 3.60% | -5.77% | |
| +3.92% | +10.95% | -0.80% | 3.59% | -6.04% | |
| +4.24% | +12.19% | +0.94% | 3.62% | -5.85% | |
| +4.48% | +12.90% | +2.04% | 3.55% | -5.77% | |
| +4.64% | +13.41% | +2.86% | 3.60% | -5.68% | |
| +4.63% | +13.42% | +2.84% | 3.53% | -5.68% |
These classes hold the same portfolio, so the 6.13pp spread over 5 years is the cost difference between them — roughly 1.23pp a year — not a difference in what they own.
Debt profile
What this fund holds — value-weighted across its bond and securitized long positions · as of 2026-04-30
Share of the fund's debt by how its coupon behaves — the fact that decides whether a rate move reaches this portfolio at all.
| Fixed rate | 85.9% |
| Floating rate | 14.1% |
Share of the fund's debt value in each maturity band, shortest first.
| <1y | 0.0% |
| 1-3y | 5.9% |
| 3-5y | 9.5% |
| 5-10y | 16.9% |
| 10y+ | 67.7% |
These three overlap — one holding can be in arrears and paying in kind at once — so they are shown separately and never summed.
Risk profile
Interest-rate and credit-spread sensitivity, both in years · as of 2026Q2
Most of this fund’s sensitivity is to interest rates, with credit spreads carrying a small fraction as much.
Where the loss would come from. The two shocks are the same size, so this is the balance of the fund's two sensitivities rather than a bet on one moving more.
| Interest rates | 75% |
| Credit spreads | 25% |
Filers report the impact of a 0.01% move only, so the total is our own scaling of that one number and overstates the loss on most bonds — read it as approximate, never as precise. The two sensitivities overlap rather than add up: they measure the same positions against different shocks, which is why the durations above are shown side by side and never summed.
Share of the fund's spread duration carried by each credit tier.
| Investment grade | +1.42 yr |
| High yield | +0.59 yr |
Share of duration at each point, shortest first. A positive figure loses value when spreads widen; a negative one offsets — a credit hedge.
| 3 mo | 0.03 yr | 1% |
| 1 yr | 0.48 yr | 8% |
| 5 yr | 1.54 yr | 26% |
| 10 yr | 2.66 yr | 44% |
| 30 yr | 1.31 yr | 22% |
| 3 mo | 0.01 yr | 0% |
| 1 yr | 0.25 yr | 12% |
| 5 yr | 0.84 yr | 42% |
| 10 yr | 0.62 yr | 31% |
| 30 yr | 0.30 yr | 15% |
The two bands measure the same positions against different shocks and do not add — a Treasury carries rate duration and no spread duration, a floating-rate credit the reverse. Rate tenors are also summed across every currency the fund discloses.
Show the numbers
| Tenor | Rate yrs | IG yrs | HY yrs | IG $/bp | HY $/bp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 mo | +0.03 | +0.01 | +0.00 | $2.6k | $1.1k |
| 1 yr | +0.48 | +0.15 | +0.10 | $65.3k | $42.1k |
| 5 yr | +1.54 | +0.52 | +0.32 | $224.2k | $140.1k |
| 10 yr | +2.66 | +0.49 | +0.13 | $210.7k | $57.2k |
| 30 yr | +1.31 | +0.26 | +0.04 | $112.1k | $16.1k |
Dollar change per 1bp of spread movement, as filed and sign-anchored. A blank cell was not filed; a zero was.
Duration contribution in years, summing to the fund's 6.01 yr.
This is where the fund's rate exposure sits, not its currency risk — most international bond funds hedge the currency back to dollars, and the size of those hedges is not in the filing. Tenors are also summed across curves, so a 5-year JPY point and a 5-year USD point are added together.
Holdings
By % of NAV · equity positions carry filed share counts · every resolvable issuer links to its company page
| Ticker | Issuer | %NAV | Value | Shares |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | UMBS, TBA5.50% · due 2056-05-01 | 3.17% | $137.02M | — |
| — | UMBS, TBA5.00% · due 2056-05-01 | 2.57% | $111.18M | — |
| — | United States Treasury3.75% · due 2028-04-15 | 2.54% | $110.01M | — |
| — | UMBS, TBA6.00% · due 2056-05-01 | 2.22% | $96.16M | — |
| — | United States Treasury1.63% · due 2031-05-15 | 2.02% | $87.53M | — |
| — | United States Treasury4.00% · due 2035-11-15 | 1.63% | $70.33M | — |
| — | United States Treasury4.00% · due 2034-02-15 | 1.47% | $63.70M | — |
| — | United States Treasury3.38% · due 2044-05-15 | 1.41% | $61.09M | — |
| — | United States Treasury2.38% · due 2027-05-15 | 1.37% | $59.23M | — |
| — | United States Treasury3.63% · due 2030-12-31 | 1.36% | $58.96M | — |
Top 10 positions are 19.77% of net assets, top 25 35.26%, across 468 issuers.
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