Hartford Strategic Income ETF
$33.61+0.02 (+0.06%)
- 0.49%
- $1.2B
- −0.3%
- 5.80%
- 0.3M sh
- $33.56
- low $33.42high $36.03
The ETF.net HFSI Grade
B
Score 64 out of 100
- 11 of 29
Score 64 of 100 falls in the B 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.C45 out of 100Rank 15 of 29Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A96 out of 100Rank 7 of 27Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B64 out of 100Rank 10 of 29Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C53 out of 100Rank 12 of 29Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B62 out of 100Rank 13 of 29Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B63 out of 100Rank 11 of 29
Our read on HFSI
BA Wellington-run bond fund that roams: high yield, bank loans, emerging-markets debt, rotating as the managers see fit. Benchmarked against the Agg, built nothing like it, and it pays income monthly.
The Fund seeks current income and long-term total return by investing primarily in domestic and foreign debt securities selected for attractive yield while considering total return.
Why people hold it
- Active sector rotation is the whole point. Wellington's sector specialists select across high yield, bank loans and emerging-markets debt, a different engine than an index fund stacked with Treasuries.hartfordfunds.com
- The portfolio does what the prospectus says: domestic and foreign debt picked for yield with total return in mind. Income lands monthly.
- Over a billion dollars in assets and steady daily volume, so getting in and out rarely means wrestling the spread.
- Among the stronger showings in a crowded aggregate-bond field, largely on how closely the holdings match the stated go-anywhere mandate.
Worth knowing
- 0.49% a year is real money next to the index staples: BND, SPAB and SCHZ each charge 0.03%. You are paying for a manager's judgment, not beta.
- Junk bonds, bank loans and emerging-markets debt carry credit risk Treasuries do not. Expect it to behave more like a credit sleeve than a core ballast holding.hartfordfunds.com
- It was the Hartford Sustainable Income ETF until 2024, when the name, objective and strategy all changed. Track record from before that reflects a different fund.hartfordfunds.com
HFSI Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,121
- 23%
- Fnma Tba 30 Yr 5.5 Single Family Mortgage
Geography
- United States97.08%
- Mexico0.40%
- Malaysia0.31%
- Poland0.27%
- France0.25%
- Colombia0.24%
- Spain0.20%
- South Africa0.20%
- 1.04%
HFSI Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Not enough history yet.
HFSI$9,969
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 | HFSI |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −1.5% |
| 1 month | −1.8% |
| 3 months | −2.9% |
| 1 year | −0.3% |
| 3 years | +8.1% |
| 5 years | +2.3% |
| 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 | HFSI |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −1.5% | |
| 2025 | +9.6% | |
| 2024 | +7.9% | |
| 2023 | +9.9% | |
| 2022 | −12.6% | |
| 2021 | −1.5% |
HFSI in the news
HFSI Dividends
- 5.80%
- $1.95
- $0.17 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
HFSI Risk
- 5.6%
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.
- 0.57
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.
- −18.5%
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.
- 0.33
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
HFSI Cost
0.49%
HFSI0.49%
- The middle half of Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds
- Median 0.45%
14 of the 28 Global Aggregate Bond (Unhedged) funds charge less.
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