MSTRX
Morningstar Total Return Bond Fund
Morningstar Funds Trust
Fund of funds
Expense ratio1
0.55%
Net assets2
$963.44M
Holdings2
1950
Category
Allocation
2025 return3
6.22%

Investment objective & strategy

As of Aug. 26, 2025 · prospectus

Objective. The Fund seeks to maximize total return while also generating income and preserving capital.

Strategy. In seeking to maximize total return while also generating income and preserving capital, the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities (commonly referred to as bonds) of varying maturity, duration, and quality. To meet its objective, the Fund may invest in investment companies such as ETFs, which could represent a significant percentage of assets. The Fund invests primarily in investment-grade fixed-income securities. These may include U.S. and non-U.S. investment-grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government debt securities, including Treasury Inflation Protected Bond Securities and zero-coupon securities, non-U.S. government debt securities, emerging-market debt securities, and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in fixed-income securities that are rated … In seeking to maximize total return while also generating income and preserving capital, the Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its assets in debt securities (commonly referred to as bonds) of varying maturity, duration, and quality. To meet its objective, the Fund may invest in investment companies such as ETFs, which could represent a significant percentage of assets. The Fund invests primarily in investment-grade fixed-income securities. These may include U.S. and non-U.S. investment-grade corporate debt securities, U.S. government debt securities, including Treasury Inflation Protected Bond Securities and zero-coupon securities, non-U.S. government debt securities, emerging-market debt securities, and mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its assets in fixed-income securities that are rated below investment grade (commonly known as junk bonds), or if unrated, are determined by the Funds subadviser(s) to be of comparable quality. In addition, the Fund may invest in collateralized debt obligations (CDOs), which may include collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). CDOs are types of asset-backed securities. CLOs are ordinarily issued by a trust or other special purpose entity and are typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and non-U.S. senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans, held by such issuer. The Fund may invest up to 10% of its assets in securities denominated in foreign currencies. The Fund may also invest in securities acquired in a private placement, such as Rule 144A securities, as well as derivatives, including options, futures, swaps, and forward foreign currency contracts, for risk management purposes or as part of its investment strategies. The Fund may also enter into reverse repurchase agreements and dollar rolls. The Fund may also invest in short-term, high-quality fixed-income securities, cash or cash equivalents, including money market funds. The nature of the strategies in this Fund is to engage in active and frequent trading of its portfolio securities which may result in higher portfolio turnover. Turnover is mainly driven by a few strategies employed to help manage duration and curve risk. Multimanager Approach The Fund uses a multimanager approach, meaning the adviser may allocate assets to one or more subadvisers, in addition to open- and closed-end investment companies, ETFs, and individual securities (collectively Allocation Decisions). The adviser and each subadviser acts independently from the others and uses its own investment style and process to select securities, within the constraints of the Funds investment objective, strategies, and restrictions. Morningstar is responsible for selecting the investment strategies and making Allocation Decisions, with the goal of maximizing return in the context of pursuing the Funds investment objective with a prudent level of risk for the strategy. Morningstar may change subadvisers, subject to the oversight of the board of trustees, and sell holdings at any time.

Top holdings

As of Jan. 30, 2026 · N-PORT
SecurityTickerValue% of fund
ISHARES US TREASURY BOND ETF GOVT $246.51M 25.59%
Blackrock Allocation Target Shs BATS SER A PT BATAX $56.86M 5.90%
ZCS BRL 14.0087 05/12/25-01/04/27 CME XASH6 INDEX $51.80M 5.38%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA FNMA $39.16M 4.06%
WHEAT SEP 26 WU6 $38.78M 4.03%
Uniform Mortgage-Backed Security, TBA FNMA $28.52M 2.96%
WHEAT SEP 26 WU6 $25.85M 2.68%
VANGUARD TOTAL INTERNATIONAL BOND ETF BNDX $23.26M 2.41%
FNCL 5 3/24 $20.01M 2.08%
US TREASURY N/B $18.41M 1.91%
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Allocation by sector

As of January 30, 2026 · N-PORT
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Portfolio moves

Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 30, 2026
Opened
629
Exited
274
Increased
26
Decreased
743
Unchanged
701

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 April 30, 2025 · N-CEN
FirmRole
BlackRock International Limited Sub-adviser
Guggenheim Partners Investment Management, LLC Sub-adviser
BlackRock (Singapore) Limited Sub-adviser
Blackrock Financial Management, INC Sub-adviser
Morningstar Investment Management LLC Adviser

Footnotes

  1. Expense ratio as of August 26, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
  2. Net assets and holdings count as of January 30, 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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