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The Hartford Balanced Income Fund Class A: (MF: HBLAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Sep 23, 2026 05:44 PM ET

$14.76 USD

-0.11 (-0.74%)

Zacks MF Rank

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2 Buy
3 Hold
4 Sell
5 Strong Sell

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5-Strong Sell of 5         5

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Latest Performance as of Aug 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD 5.48 81
3 months 1.73 28
6 months 1.50 88
1 Year 8.35 85
3 Year 9.16 84
5 Year 4.16 78
10 Year 6.16 71

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) NA
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -28.25
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 345.40

Load Adjusted Returns as of Aug 31, 2026

1 Year 3.40
5 Year 3.21
10 Year 5.68
Since Inception 6.34

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 0.13 3.65 NA NA
2025 2.87 2.44 3.01 2.02
2024 2.17 -0.28 7.21 -2.75
2023 1.00 1.33 -2.80 8.24
2022 -3.55 -8.18 -5.03 8.10
2021 1.91 4.32 -0.02 3.38

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return 5.4710.766.227.67-9.089.897.5018.93-5.0611.5011.14
% Total Return Rel to Index -5.49-7.45-18.79-18.569.11-18.79-10.89-12.56-0.67-10.29-0.78
% Total Return Rel to Peer -2.78-3.73-3.69-5.483.88-1.61-3.171.731.43-1.954.87
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 4.005.005.005.001.004.005.003.002.004.001.00
% Dividends 0.240.490.500.470.400.340.340.360.380.350.34
% Yield 1.563.093.143.122.701.922.062.312.662.222.34
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.640.500.000.420.760.070.120.530.430.15
Expense Ratio 0.890.890.880.870.860.860.890.900.910.920.96

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%