First-Year Review
Hartford Dynamic Bond ETF's first year: coupons covered a 3.9% slide
Hartford Dynamic Bond ETF
$37.81+0.04 (+0.11%)
- 0.70%
- $83M
- −1.8%
- 0M sh
- $37.76
- low $37.62high $40.39
The ETF.net DYNB Grade
C
Score 42 out of 100
- 97 of 117
Score 42 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F8 out of 100Rank 108 of 117Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A100 out of 100Rank 1 of 101Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D39 out of 100Rank 83 of 116Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.D38 out of 100Rank 83 of 117Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.D27 out of 100Rank 108 of 116Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.F21 out of 100Rank 110 of 117
Our read on DYNB
CA go-anywhere bond fund from Hartford: the managers roam investment grade, junk, and foreign debt instead of tracking the Agg. Launched in 2025, it's the active option in an aisle stacked with index trackers.
The Fund seeks long-term total return; an earlier SEC objective statement also identifies income as a secondary objective.
Why people hold it
- Genuinely active: the mandate lets managers move across investment grade, high yield, and foreign bonds rather than mirror one index.finance.yahoo.com
- Run by the Wellington fixed-income managers behind Hartford's Dynamic Bond mutual fund, so the ETF wraps an existing strategy rather than a blank sheet.finance.yahoo.com
- The prospectus commits at least 80% of net assets to fixed income, and the portfolio has stuck closely to that flexible mandate.finance.yahoo.com
Worth knowing
- At 0.70% a year it costs about double the category median, and more than 20 times index staples like BND, SCHZ and SPAB at 0.03%.
- A 2025 launch and a modest asset base mean a short record and thinner trading than the index giants sharing the shelf.
- Junk bonds and foreign issues carry credit and currency risk a plain Aggregate tracker does not take on.finance.yahoo.com
DYNB Holdings
- Bonds
- 162
- 51%
- Us Treasury N/B 09/33 5
Geography
- United States100.00%
DYNB Performance
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DYNB$9,825
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | DYNB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −2.1% |
| 1 month | −1.1% |
| 3 months | −2.5% |
| 1 year | −1.8% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | DYNB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −2.1% | |
| 2025 | +0.5% |
DYNB in the news
Category Review
Municipal bond funds are down for the year after a third-quarter selloff erased the first-half gain
Head-to-Head
iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF and Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF have returned almost the same
Price vs Value
Vanguard showed a 1.94% discount on an energy fund that closed two cents above its value
DYNB Dividends
- $0.11 per share
- Monthly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
DYNB Risk
- 3.7%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −1.56
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −3.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.12
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
DYNB Cost
0.70%
DYNB0.70%
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
103 of the 113 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.
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- CDMXDoubleLine Multi-Sector Income ETFExpense ratio 0.50%1 year return +3.4%
- CFCBDThe Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II - Frontier Asset Core Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.84%1 year return −0.1%
- CUSFIBrandywineGLOBAL - U.S. Fixed Income ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return −0.9%
- DBAMBBrookstone Intermediate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.95%1 year return −3.4%