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The Hartford Mutual Funds

Why The Hartford Mutual Funds?


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Fund Facts and Performance:
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Investment Goal
Investment Approach
Performance
Top Ten Holdings
Portfolio Breakdown
Portfolio Statistics
Fund Facts
Portfolio Manager
Prospectus
Footnotes

Investment Goal
The Fund seeks long-term growth of capital. The Fund seeks to achieve this by investing primarily in stocks issued by companies worldwide.

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Investment Approach
There is a focus on leading companies around the world with identifiable earnings drivers that will enable the company to exceed expectations. Fundamental analysis is used to evaluate industry trends, quality of management, current business challenges, and earnings models

Bottom Up - Representative Companies
An analysis of prospective holdings is done to identify those quality growth companies that have leadership positions within their industry and that are competitive worldwide.


Representative Holdings

Google*
Global search engine


Corning*
Global Leader in manufacturing of glass and components

Standard Chartered Bank*
Leader in Asian banking and investment services

Samsung
Global leader in memory chips, mobile phones, and consumer products 

EMI Group
Global leader in digital on-line music

*All company statistics are from company annual reports and Wellington Management Company, LLP. These companies are not the only holdings in the fund, and are subject to change.

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PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Current Performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For performance current to the most recent month ended, please see www.hartfordadvisor.com.

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

Excluding sales charge
As of 10/31/2008 - Monthly   All returns in percentages
    Total         Annualized
  Inception Return Average Annual Total Return Return
Class Date Ytd 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR (Since inception)
A 09/30/1998 -50.33% -52.57% -9.09% -2.00% 1.63% 2.87%
B 09/30/1998 -50.56% -52.83% -9.69% -2.70% 0.90% 2.13%
C 09/30/1998 -50.66% -52.94% -9.75% -2.70% 0.92% 2.16%

Sales charge adjusted*
As of 10/31/2008 - Monthly   All returns in percentages
            Annualized  
  Inception Average Annual Total Return Return Current
Class Date 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR (Since inception) Yield
A 09/30/1998 -55.18% -10.79% -3.10% 1.05% 2.29% ---
B 09/30/1998 -54.90% -10.44% -3.02% 0.90% 2.13% ---
C 09/30/1998 -53.35% -9.75% -2.70% 0.92% 2.16% ---

Sales charge adjusted*
As of 09/30/2008 - Quarterly   All returns in percentages
            Annualized  
  Inception Average Annual Total Return Return Current
Class Date 1YR 3YR 5YR 10YR (Since inception) Yield
A 09/30/1998 -37.36% -3.66% 3.75% 5.07% 5.07% ---
B 09/30/1998 -36.96% -3.27% 3.86% 4.91% 4.91% ---
C 09/30/1998 -34.74% -2.50% 4.21% 4.95% 4.95% ---

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS. Current Performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. For performance current to the most recent month ended, please see www.hartfordadvisor.com. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

* Performance Including Maximum Sales Charge- The maximum sales charge for Class A shares is 5.5% (Except: 4.5% for High Yield, Income, Total Return Bond, Tax- Free MN, Tax- Free CA, Tax- Free NY, Tax- Free National, U.S. Government Securities, and the Inflation Plus Fund. 3.0% for Short Duration, and no sales charge for the Money Market Fund). Class B shares reflect the deduction of the contingent deferred sales charge (CDSC) in years one through six of 5%, 4%, 3%, 3%, 2%, and 1% respectively. Class C shares reflect a 1% CDSC in year one

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Top Ten Holdings
As of 06/30/2006
(subject to change)
Company % of Portfolio
Las Vegas Sands Corp  3.0%
EMI Group PLC  2.7%
Carphone Warehouse (United States)  2.5%
Sanofi-Aventis  2.3%
Google Inc  2.2%
UBS AG  2.1%
American Tower Corp  1.9%
Schlumberger Ltd  1.9%
AstraZeneca PLC  1.9%
Valero Energy Corp  1.9%
% of Portfolio 22.3%

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Portfolio Breakdown
As of 06/30/2006
(subject to change)
Country
Fund
MSCI World*
United States
46.8%
49.0%
Japan
12.6%
11.5%
United Kingdom
12.5%
11.3%
France
5.5%
4.5%
Switzerland
3.5%
3.4%
Germany
3.0%
3.2%
Bermuda
0.0%
0.0%
Canada
2.9%
3.9%
S.Korea
2.4%
0.0%
Ireland
1.4%
0.4%
*Click here to view benchmark information

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Portfolio Statistics (subject to change)
  As of 06/30/2006
Net Assets $726 million
% in Equities 96%
% in Foreign Equities 51.4%
# of Holdings 73
Beta 1.35
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Fund Facts
Class Inception Fund Number Fund Symbol CUSIP
A 9/30/98 206 HALAX 416645539
B 9/30/98 285 HGLBX 416645521
C 9/30/98 291 HGLCX 416645513


(subject to change)
Portfolio Characteristics As of 06/30/2006
Price/Earnings Ratio (projected) 16.5x
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Portfolio Manager: Andrew S. Offit
Senior Vice President & Partner, Wellington Management Company, LLP
Portfolio Manager for The Hartford Global Leaders Fund

Professional Experience
  • 20 years of professional experience

Education

  • MBA, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
  • BA, Emory University

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Portfolio Manager: Jean-Marc Berteaux
Vice President , Wellington Management Company, LLP
Portfolio Manager for The Hartford Global Leaders Fund

Professional Experience
  • 16 years of professional experience

Education

  • MA in International Relations, Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris
  • MBA, INSEAD

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Prospectus
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Footnotes

The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost.

A percentage of the Fund may be invested in securities of non-U.S. companies and/or non-dollar securities. Investing in foreign securities may involve different and additional risks associated with foreign currencies, investment disclosure, accounting, securities regulation, commissions, taxes, political or social instability, war or expropriation.


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