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"The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven volatility."
In the second quarter of 2025, the John Hancock Bond Fund delivered a positive total return and outperformed its benchmark, the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index, which returned 1.21% for the quarter and 4.02% year-to-date. Performance benefited from constructive asset allocation, detailed security selection, and yield curve positioning. The quarter commenced with a shock to the fixed-income markets following an aggressive U.S. tariff policy announcement, causing significant volatility and widening credit spreads. However, a subsequent 90-day pause on new tariffs helped stabilize markets, causing Treasury yields to rise and credit spreads to return close to their previous lows. Over the full quarter, credit-oriented segments like high-yield bonds, investment-grade corporates, ABS, and CMBS outperformed, while Treasuries and agency MBS lagged. In response to the heightened market volatility, the portfolio managers proactively adjusted duration from a slight overweight to a neutral stance. The fund increased its overall allocation to securitized assets, specifically adding to agency MBS, ABS, and CMBS, funded by trimming investment-grade corporates and U.S. Treasuries. The managers kept a significant overweight in agency MBS, emphasizing the middle of the coupon stack (4.0% to 5.5% coupons) for prepayment protection and stable income, while maintaining overweights in financials, noncyclicals, and utilities.
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Market Conviction
High-conviction positioning: The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Growth Outlook
Market outlook remains high conviction: The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Risk Appetite
Risk appetite posture is high conviction: The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Capital Deployment
Manager actively deployed capital into high-conviction opportunities. The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Forward Guidance
Forward guidance signal: The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Language Signal
Tone analysis indicates high conviction language: The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Perceived Risk
Perceived risk level is evaluated as moderate conviction. The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Opportunity Density
Opportunity density index indicates high conviction actionable entry points. The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
Time Horizon
Investment time horizon reflects a high conviction orientation. The John Hancock Bond Fund outperformed its benchmark in Q2 2025, leveraging high-yield overweights and securitized assets while shifting duration to neutral amid tariff-driven vol...
