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Material Change

the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund

Expense Ratio
0.92%
AUM
$1.3B
Inception
5/31/2007
1Y Return
+9.5%50th %ilevs 1,365 asset-class peers
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The fund allocates its assets equally among three underlying funds: one third to The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, one third to The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, and one third to the Hartford Total Return Bond ETF. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund invests at least 65% of its net assets in common stocks, focusing on medium and large companies, while The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund targets larger, well-established companies with above-average dividend yields. The Hartford Total Return Bond ETF invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds, with no limit on average maturity.

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Performance

NameCumulative ReturnAnn. ReturnAnn. VolSharpeMax DD
HCKAX
the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
9.5%9.5%8.6%0.66-6.5%
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ETF performance based on market prices. Drag on chart to select period. Sharpe Ratio uses the one-month T-bill as the risk-free rate. From 10/7/2025 to 10/7/2026.

Trailing Returns

Name
YTD1D5D1M3M6M1Y2Y3Y5YMAX
HCKAX
the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
7.0%-0.2%1.2%-1.1%0.5%9.1%9.5%9.3%13.6%6.2%7.0%
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. Returns for periods greater than one year are annualized. As of 10/7/2026.

Annual Returns

Name
2007200820092010201120122013201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025YTD
HCKAX
the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
3.5%*-28.8%26.4%11.2%-2.6%13.6%22.4%8.4%-0.5%7.5%14.6%-3.6%22.4%13.1%14.3%-13.6%13.0%11.5%11.5%7.0%
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* partial year — the series ran for only part of it (its first year, or the year it closed); the figure is the return over the part it did run. ETF performance based on market prices. As of 10/7/2026.

Correlation Matrix

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Factor Regression

Name
Ann. αβ MKTβ SMBβ HMLβ RMWβ CMAβ UMDβ iHMLR²Obs
HCKAXUS
the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
-0.5%0.69**0.030.030.04**0.13**-0.04**-0.03*0.93226
ⓘ Methodology

ETF performance based on market prices. US factor set. Daily OLS of excess return (fund − T-bill) on factor spread returns over the selected date range, intersected with each series' history. Bold with * |t| ≥ 1.96, ** |t| ≥ 2.58. Cell shading tracks each loading's t-stat. Betas are returns-based — compare with the holdings-based factor scores below. Factor returns are long-short spread returns (© Ken French, Dartmouth). From 10/7/2025 to 8/31/2026.

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Fund ProfileMaterial Change

Fund Documents(opens the fund company’s site in a new tab)
Family
Registrant
Type
Mutual Fund
Asset Class
Peer Asset Class
Asset Allocation
Region
Equity Sleeve Style
Large Core
Peer Group Benchmark
Prospectus Benchmark
Blended Benchmark
Peer Group
Allocation - Aggressive (327 peers)
1Y Peer Percentile
36
3Y Peer Percentile
27
Expense Ratio
0.92%
AUM
$1.3B
3Y Flow
-19.9%
Yield
1.87%
Inception
5/31/2007
Holdings (Reported)
1,991
Turnover
17%
Equity
69%
Derivatives
0%
Strategy Summary

The fund allocates its assets equally among three underlying funds: one third to The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund, one third to The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund, and one third to the Hartford Total Return Bond ETF. The Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund invests at least 65% of its net assets in common stocks, focusing on medium and large companies, while The Hartford Dividend and Growth Fund targets larger, well-established companies with above-average dividend yields. The Hartford Total Return Bond ETF invests at least 80% of its net assets in bonds, with no limit on average maturity.

ⓘ Methodology

Expense ratio and its components from the fund's prospectus fee table. Turnover from the SEC annual report (1/2/2026). Yield as of 10/6/2026, AUM 9/30/2026. Holdings, asset class, style, peer group and exposures as of 7/31/2026. Strategy summary from the fund's prospectus.

Equity Size & Style Map

Based on equity exposure only (67% of total assets).

LargeMidSmall
18%
25%
37%
12%
5%
3%
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Large
ValueCoreGrowth
Size
Large
80%
Mid
20%
Small
0%
Style
Value
30%
Core
30%
Growth
40%
ⓘ Methodology

Equity size and style definitions: Large vs. Small based on market cap, where Large > $70B, Mid $10-70B, and Small < $10B. Value vs. Growth based on percentile ranking on Traditional Value score within the fund's region and size cohort (equal thirds among its true equity-fund peers). This fund is not an equity fund, so the box describes its equity sleeve only (69% of assets): the sleeve's holdings are scored and ranked against equity funds of the same region and size cohort. The rest of the portfolio (bonds, cash, other assets) is not represented here. Cell shading and percentages: share of classified holdings weight per box, from stock-level classification (size on the same $70B/$10B lines; value by Traditional Value terciles across scored stocks). The dot is the average holding ranked against other funds, so dot and weights can differ at the margin. The Size and Style bars are the grid's row and column totals. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Composite FactorsRef: Asset Allocation Funds

Based on equity exposure only (67% of total assets).

Intangible Value83.6
Traditional Value40.2
Small-Cap25.0
Quality64.9
Momentum35.2
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Ranked within the clean equity fund universe, one entry per fund series (lowest: 0, highest: 100; the middle of the range is denser than the ends). Blue dots mark the fund; the shaded band spans the Asset Allocation Funds class 25th–75th percentile of scores, notched at the median. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Factor DetailsRef: Asset Allocation Funds

Based on equity exposure only (67% of total assets).

Valuation
Book-to-Price (NTM)23.4
Sales-to-Price (NTM)37.4
Earnings-to-Price (NTM)4.9
Innovation/IP
R&D / Mkt Cap1.9
Patents / Mkt Cap0.81
Brand
Sales & Marketing / Mkt Cap1.6
Trademarks / Mkt Cap0.06
Human Capital
PhD Employees / Mkt Cap3.8
Top University Alumni / Mkt Cap10.8
Politics
Lobbying Spend / Mkt Cap16.9
AI
AI Employees / Mkt Cap1.1
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for factor definitions. Weighted average of underlying company-level values with weights equal to position size. Solid blue dots mark the fund's position within the clean equity fund universe (5th–95th percentile scale); the shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Asset Allocation Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026. Expense ratio, yield, and turnover as of 10/6/2026. AUM as of 9/30/2026.

Asset Class Exposure

Equity66.9%
Fixed Income32.1%
Other1.0%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares of the fund's long book, from the asset category each position is filed under. Holdings that are themselves funds are looked through one level to their own mix (100% of the book). Cash & Short-Term includes 0.3% of net assets the filing does not itemise. Other is everything we could not name as an asset class: holdings the filing itself labels as other, derivative positions at the market value the filing reports rather than at notional, and funds held inside this fund whose own holdings we could not read.

Country Exposure

Level
93.8%
93.0%
Other0.8%
5.5%
1.6%
Other4.0%
Other (1 region)0.7%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the holdings that carry a country, not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Sector Exposure

Level

Based on equity exposure only (67% of total assets).

Technology28.8%
Financials14.7%
Healthcare11.3%
Consumer Discretionary10.4%
Industrials8.9%
Communication6.9%
Consumer Staples5.6%
Energy4.5%
Utilities3.6%
Materials2.6%
Real Estate2.6%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified holdings — every position we can identify, with cash and unidentified positions excluded — not portfolio weights. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Thematic Exposure

Based on equity exposure only (67% of total assets).

AI Composition

Infrastructure42.8%
Early Adopter31.7%
Laggard25.5%

Magnificent 7

Magnificent 727.6%
Non-Magnificent 772.4%

Old vs New Economy

Old Economy47.8%
New Economy52.2%

Globalization

Multinational60.4%
Exporter8.8%
Importer12.1%
Domestic18.7%

China Exposure

China/HK Domiciled0.0%
Revenue & Operations12.2%
Operations Only15.2%
Revenue Only3.4%
No Material Exposure69.2%

Company Size

Mega (>$500B)36.6%
Large ($70–500B)40.3%
Mid ($10–70B)23.1%
Small ($1–10B)0.0%
Micro (<$1B)0.0%
ⓘ Methodology

Shares are percentages of the fund's classified equity book, renormalized so each split sums to 100% (the equity book is 69% of net assets) — they are not portfolio weights. China exposure: domiciled = incorporated in China or Hong Kong, falling back to the filing's country for holdings outside the stock model. Among the rest, revenue = ≥15% of revenue derived from China; operations = ≥3% of LinkedIn-tracked workforce in China, or ≥2 identified Chinese suppliers making up ≥12% of those identified. China revenue is estimated where segment reporting is absent. Company size bands by holding market cap: Mega >$500B, Large $70–500B, Mid $10–70B, Small $1–10B, Micro <$1B. Old vs New Economy partitions Sparkline's 48 industries: New = technology, internet platforms and entertainment, e-commerce, payments, pharma/biotech/medtech, and renewable energy; Old = everything else. Shares are of classified holdings and sum to 100%. China shares are of total equity weight. Size shares are of scored holdings weight. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

Holdings

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3 positions · 99.7% in funds

#NameTickerWeight %Country
1Hartford Dividend & Growth Fund/TheHDGYX
34.08
USA
2Hartford Capital Appreciation Fund/TheHCAYX
33.27
USA
3Hartford Total Return Bond ETFHTRB
32.32
USA
ⓘ Methodology

Sector, country and factor detail need a security match; the share of weight that matched is a member figure, so the rows without one appear here with those columns blank. "In funds" adds up the rows tagged Fund — holdings that are themselves funds this app covers, which is what look-through can expand; a held vehicle that files no holdings of its own (a commodity or currency trust, a money-market fund) is not counted and stays a single line. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Stock-level data as of 8/31/2026.

ConcentrationRef: Asset Allocation Funds

Total Holdings1,991
Effective Holdings3
Top 10 Weight99.7%
Max Position34.1%
Top Sector (of Net Assets)100%
Top Country (of Net Assets)100%
ⓘ Methodology

Hover or click for definitions. Solid blue dots mark the fund: percentage rows on a 0–100% scale, holdings counts log-scaled across the clean-universe 5th–95th percentile range. The shaded band spans the fund's broad class (Asset Allocation Funds) 25th–75th percentile, notched at the median. Holdings as of 7/31/2026.

Peer Group Rank

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Metric
HCKAX
the Hartford Checks and Balances Fund
Peer Group
327 funds
Peer Asset Class
1,365 funds
YTD Return
6.99%8.65%327.49%46
1Y Return
9.47%11.06%369.48%50
3Y Return (Ann.)
13.58%15.42%2714.23%45
5Y Return (Ann.)
6.17%7.12%326.38%48
Expense Ratiohigher = cheaper
0.92%0.94%520.80%38
ⓘ Methodology

Sparkline's own holdings-based peer taxonomy (945 share classes across 327 funds). One share class shown per fund — the exchange-listed class where the SEC series has one, else its longest-history class; percentile ranks and medians are computed against the same deduped set. Quartile chips fill the layer the fund's rank falls in (top layer = best quartile). Funds without a full return history rank only on the horizons they cover.

Similar Funds

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Nearest funds across the whole universe, by holdings and behavior — the peer taxonomy is ignored, so matches can come from any category.

Top Similarity52
Top Overlap
Top Active Tilt
Top Factor Match
Top Return Corr
Top FF Match
FundPeer Group
1HDGYX
THE HARTFORD DIVIDEND AND GROWTH FUND
US Large Value
US Large Value
52-----
2HIADX
HARTFORD DIVIDEND AND GROWTH HLS FUND
US Large Value
US Large Value
52-----
3DDIAX
Nomura Wealth Builder Fund
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
51-----
4VMAVX
Venerable Moderate Allocation Fund
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
51-----
5VBINX
VANGUARD BALANCED INDEX FUND
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
48-----
6SABPX
SAM Balanced Portfolio
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
46-----
7WEBAX
TETON Westwood Balanced Fund
Allocation - Aggressive
Allocation - Aggressive
44-----
8IBALX
Transamerica Multi-Managed Balanced
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
44-----
9CMAAX
Calvert Moderate Allocation Fund
Allocation - Moderate
Allocation - Moderate
44-----
10AACKX
One Choice Blend+ 2035 Portfolio
Target Date 2030 & 2035
Target Date 2030 & 2035
44-----

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ⓘ Methodology

Rows are the consensus top matches (a fund must place in at least two methods' top 250 to qualify, and matches missing more than one of this fund's own methods are not ranked — a row scored on fewer methods is a noisier estimate, not a better match). Click a method column to see that method's own top matches across the whole universe instead. Gray (N) beside each method's metric is that fund's rank in the whole universe on that method. Similarity is a percentile among match-grade fund pairs, 0–100 — 87 means the pair is closer than 87% of the strongest matches in the universe, averaged across the methods — so it compares across funds: index clones tie at the top with thousands of other clone pairs, so scores top out in the high 80s to 90s, while a one-of-a-kind fund's best match can score in the 30s. Rows are ordered by the Consensus Rank — the geometric mean of those universe ranks, shown in each cell's tooltip — and the score is held down the list to the level of the closest match above it, so equal scores mean equally close and the number reads as a floor. A dash means that method has no figure for the pair at all (one of them lacks the holdings or return history it needs). Hover a column header for each method's definition. The “Top…” strips above compare against every fund's own top match across the whole universe (they deliberately don't follow the Peer Universe selector); Top Similarity is simply the best match's score, with no reference band; the Holdings and Active Tilt strips carry no reference band because computing every fund's best book overlap would require a full holdings scan per fund — the dot stands alone on its natural 0–100% scale. One share class shown per fund, and a fund's own sister share classes are excluded from its Top-match strips. Holdings as of 7/31/2026. Consensus Rank is the geometric mean of the match's universe-wide rank across the methods (#1.0 = top match on every one). Holdings Overlap = common-holdings weight (sum of the minimum weight across shared positions, long only). Active Tilt Overlap = the same statistic on active weights (holdings minus the fund's own default benchmark, floored at 0), which strips the benchmark ballast that dominates raw overlap. Factor Similarity = 100 − a signature-weighted RMS gap across the composite factor scores (0–100 ranks within the clean equity fund universe), each axis weighted by how far this fund sits from the universe median of 50. Return Correlation = correlation of market-hedged daily returns over the trailing two years (CAPM residuals), so only market-beta co-movement is removed; requires ~18 months of daily history (378 of the window's 504 trading days). Fama-French Similarity = 1/(1+d), where d is the Euclidean distance between factor betas (market, size, value, profitability, investment, momentum, intangible value) from up to three years of daily returns (min 378 daily observations and regression R² of at least 0.25); 1.00 = identical loadings.