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The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG) was founded in 1810 and is recognized as a renowned insurance company in the United States. The company believes that “human-centric investing can create solutions and advisor tools that not only strengthen bottom lines, but strengthen advisor-client relationships by helping investors better realize their true life goals.”
Hartford Funds — a segment of Hartford Financial Services — had total assets of $115.3 billion under management as of Dec 31, 2017. The company claims that it manages more than 55 funds across a wide range of styles and asset classes.
Hartford Municipal Real Return A primarily invests in tax-exempt obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States, and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities. A large portion of the tax-exempt obligations bought by the fund will be of “investment grade” quality. HTNAX seeks to offer income free from federal income tax. Hartford Municipal Real Return A has a one-year annualized return of 2.4%.
HTNAX has an expense ratio of 0.69% compared with the category average of 0.76%.
Hartford Small Company HLS Fund IA (HIASX - Free Report) primarily invests its assets in common stocks issued by small capitalization companies. The fund may also invest almost one-fifth of its assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Small capitalization companies are those whose market capitalization falls within the collective range of the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. HIASX seeks appreciation of capital. Hartford Small Company HLS Fund IA has returned 22.6% in a year.
Mammen Chally has been one of the fund managers of HIASX since 2010.
Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund IA seeks capital appreciation. HIALX invests heavily in common stocks issued by growth companies. The fund may diversify its investments in securities of issuers based in different countries, including the United States. The fund may also invest almost one-fourth of its assets in securities of companies located in emerging markets. Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund IA has returned 31.8% over the last year.
As of January 2018, HIALX held 130 issues, with 4.04% of its assets invested in Alphabet Inc C.
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3 Strong Buy Hartford Mutual Funds to Buy
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (HIG) was founded in 1810 and is recognized as a renowned insurance company in the United States. The company believes that “human-centric investing can create solutions and advisor tools that not only strengthen bottom lines, but strengthen advisor-client relationships by helping investors better realize their true life goals.”
Hartford Funds — a segment of Hartford Financial Services — had total assets of $115.3 billion under management as of Dec 31, 2017. The company claims that it manages more than 55 funds across a wide range of styles and asset classes.
Below we share with you three top-ranked Hartford mutual funds. Each has earned a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank #1 (Strong Buy) and is expected to outperform its peers in the future. Investors can click here to see the complete list of Hartford funds.
Hartford Municipal Real Return A primarily invests in tax-exempt obligations issued by states, territories, and possessions of the United States, and their political subdivisions, agencies and instrumentalities. A large portion of the tax-exempt obligations bought by the fund will be of “investment grade” quality. HTNAX seeks to offer income free from federal income tax. Hartford Municipal Real Return A has a one-year annualized return of 2.4%.
HTNAX has an expense ratio of 0.69% compared with the category average of 0.76%.
Hartford Small Company HLS Fund IA (HIASX - Free Report) primarily invests its assets in common stocks issued by small capitalization companies. The fund may also invest almost one-fifth of its assets in securities of non-U.S. issuers. Small capitalization companies are those whose market capitalization falls within the collective range of the Russell 2000 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices. HIASX seeks appreciation of capital. Hartford Small Company HLS Fund IA has returned 22.6% in a year.
Mammen Chally has been one of the fund managers of HIASX since 2010.
Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund IA seeks capital appreciation. HIALX invests heavily in common stocks issued by growth companies. The fund may diversify its investments in securities of issuers based in different countries, including the United States. The fund may also invest almost one-fourth of its assets in securities of companies located in emerging markets. Hartford Global Growth HLS Fund IA has returned 31.8% over the last year.
As of January 2018, HIALX held 130 issues, with 4.04% of its assets invested in Alphabet Inc C.
To view the Zacks Rank and past performance of all Hartford mutual funds, investors can click here to see the complete list of funds.
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