HEMIHartford Equity Premium Income ETF
Seeks to generate current income in a tax efficient manner while maintaining potential for capital appreciation.
By Hartford Mutual Funds · Launched 2025
0.49%
#2,404 of 5,562 · average
$34M
#3,921 of 5,562 · small
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6 months
#5,109 of 5,562 · young
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
Classification
How Beacon categorizes this fundWhat it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 45.9% of fundmoderately concentrated
Asset allocation
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsWorst peak-to-trough loss
Needs 3+ years of history
Needs 3+ years of history
Where to buy
Listing
- Exchange
- Cboe BZX, NYSE American
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks to generate current income in a tax efficient manner while maintaining potential for capital appreciation.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in common stocks of U.S. companies while writing call options on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust or S&P 500 Index to generate additional yield. Focuses on large-cap companies and uses fundamental research to select investments for the long equity portfolio.
- Inception date
- December 16, 2025
- Fund family
- Hartford Mutual Funds
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Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.
Covered call ETF — yield ≠ total return
The high distribution yield is not free income — it comes from selling upside via call options. Research finds these strategies systematically underperform their underlying index over full cycles, typically by 100–300 basis points per year depending on the option-overlay design. The monthly distributions make the shortfall hard to see in return summaries.
Source: Israelov & Ndong, 'A Devil's Bargain: When Generating Income Undermines Investment Returns' (NDVR, 2023)
Why we flagged this: strategy=option_income + option_income_strategy
Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More
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Data updated on 2026-06-19