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JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A Overview

JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A (JABPX) is an actively managed Allocation Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation fund. John Hancock launched the fund in 2021.

The investment seeks long-term growth of capital. The fund operates as a fund of funds and normally invests approximately 20% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities and approximately 80% of its assets in underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities. underlying funds may be affiliated or unaffiliated and may include exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Variations in the target percentage allocation between underlying funds that invest primarily in equity securities and underlying funds that invest primarily in fixed-income securities are permitted up to 10%.

About JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A (JABPX)

There are 3 members of the management team with an average tenure of 8.21 years: David Kobuszewski (2023), Nathan Thooft (2013), Robert Sykes (2018). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: S&P 500 (TR) (1970) index with a weighting of 100% and Morningstar US Mod Agg Tgt Alloc NR USD index with a weighting of 100%. JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has 35 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 87.8% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a diversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A is part of the Allocation global asset class and is within the Allocation fund group. JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has 32.7% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 51.4%. There is 29.7% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.1% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 15.7% (12.7% domestic bond, 3.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has 3.0% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $366 million in total assets, which is below the $1 billion average for the Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

JABPX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation category. JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has an expense ratio of 1.06%, which is 6% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a D. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has a portfolio turnover rate of 22%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 32% for the Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A returned -0.5%, which earned it a grade of C, as the Global Moderately Aggressive Allocation category had an average return of 0.2%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A has a trailing yield of 1.55%, which is below the 1.98% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

JHancock Lifestyle Blend Growth Pft A Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 9.9%, 0.1 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of C. The fund has returned 18.6% over the past year (grade of B), 13.7% over the past three years (grade of C) and 7.3% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 9.2% per year over the past 10 years (grade of C).

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