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THE HARTFORD CHECKS AND BALANCES FUND
HARTFORD MUTUAL FUNDS, INC
Fund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.71%
Net assets2
$1.37B
Holdings2
3
Category
US Equity
2025 return3
11.81%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Feb. 26, 2026 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation and income.

Strategy. The Fund seeks its investment objective through investment in a combination of Hartford Funds (Underlying Funds). The Fund will allocate its assets to the Underlying Funds as follows: (1) one third to The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, (2) one third to The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, and (3) one third to the Hartford Total Return Bond ETF. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund normally invests at least 65% of its net assets in common stocks. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund may invest in securities of any market capitalization, but tends to focus on medium and large companies. The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of equity securities that typically have above average dividend yields and whose … The Fund seeks its investment objective through investment in a combination of Hartford Funds (Underlying Funds). The Fund will allocate its assets to the Underlying Funds as follows: (1) one third to The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, (2) one third to The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, and (3) one third to the Hartford Total Return Bond ETF. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund normally invests at least 65% of its net assets in common stocks. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund may invest in securities of any market capitalization, but tends to focus on medium and large companies. The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund invests primarily in a portfolio of equity securities that typically have above average dividend yields and whose prospects for capital appreciation are considered favorable by The Hartford Dividend and Growth Funds sub-adviser. The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund tends to focus on securities of larger, well-established companies with market capitalizations similar to those of companies in the S&P 500 Index. Hartford Total Return Bond ETF under normal circumstances invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds. Although the Hartford Total Return Bond ETF may invest in securities and other instruments of any maturity or duration, it normally invests in debt securities with a maturity of at least one year. There is no limit on the average maturity of the Hartford Total Return Bond ETFs portfolio. The Fund will not be actively managed, and the Funds assets will be maintained as close to one-third in each Underlying Fund as is reasonably practicable, and within 5% of the target allocation. The Fund may hold cash or invest in one or more unaffiliated money market funds due to purchase and redemption activity and short-term cash needs. The Funds strategy provides a system of checks and balances that provides diversification and prevents a single investment strategy from dominating the Fund.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
Hartford Total Return Bond ETF $457.98M 33.36%
Hartford Dividend & Growth Fund/The $456.97M 33.28%
Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund/The $454.11M 33.07%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 31, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026
Opened
0
Exited
0
Increased
2
Decreased
0
Unchanged
1

How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.

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Advisers

As of October 31, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
Hartford Funds Management Company, LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of February 26, 2026, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
  3. Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).

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