JTSRX Performance — John Hancock Government Income Fund, Class R6

Data updated: 2025-01-28

JTSRX returned +5.40% over one year to Nov 2024. Annualised returns are −3.08% over 3 years and −1.11% over 5 years. Against its Long-Term Government Bond category average the fund came out ahead over three years but behind over one: $100 invested three years ago grew to $91, against $77 for the category, and to $105 over one year, against $108. Volatility over the past three years was 7.02% a year. In the 12 months to Nov 2024 the fund lost a net $23.2M, and assets reached $165.62M.

JTSRX Growth of $100

What $100 invested in John Hancock Government Income Fund grew to, compounded from monthly returns reported on SEC Form N-PORT, against the Long-Term Government Bond category average over the same months.

PeriodJTSRXCategory average
1 year (Dec 2023 – Nov 2024)$105$108
3 years (Dec 2021 – Nov 2024)$91$77
5 years (Dec 2019 – Nov 2024)$95$90
Since data start (Sep 2019 – Nov 2024)$94$87

JTSRX Trailing Returns

Total returns to Nov 2024, from SEC N-PORT.

PeriodTotal return
1 year+5.40%
3 years (annualised)−3.08%
5 years (annualised)−1.11%

JTSRX Annual Returns

Calendar-year total returns of John Hancock Government Income Fund, compounded from monthly SEC N-PORT returns. Partial years show the months covered.

YearTotal return
2024 (Jan–Nov)+1.90%
2023+3.52%
2022−13.20%
2021−2.84%
2020+7.02%
2019 (Sep–Dec)−1.66%

JTSRX Monthly Returns

Monthly total returns as reported on SEC Form N-PORT.

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2024−0.2%−1.4%+0.6%−2.5%+1.5%+1.0%+2.3%+1.3%+1.3%−2.7%+0.9%—
2023+2.8%−2.4%+2.7%+0.4%−1.2%−0.8%−0.4%−0.7%−2.4%−1.5%+3.8%+3.4%
2022−1.8%−0.6%−3.1%−3.1%+0.3%−1.1%+1.6%−2.8%−3.5%−1.6%+2.8%−0.9%
2021−0.7%−1.8%−1.5%+0.7%0.0%+0.6%+1.2%−0.2%−1.0%−0.2%+0.6%−0.6%
2020+2.4%+2.6%+2.0%+0.6%−0.3%+0.2%+1.0%−1.1%+0.2%−1.0%+0.4%−0.2%
2019————————−0.8%−0.1%−0.2%−0.7%

JTSRX Risk

Risk measures from monthly returns over Dec 2021 – Nov 2024.

  • 3-year volatility (annualised): 7.02%
  • 3-year Sharpe ratio: -1.08 (vs 4.5% risk-free rate)
  • Best month: +3.83% (Nov 2023)
  • Worst month: −3.55% (Sep 2022)

JTSRX Fund Flows

Monthly money in and out of John Hancock Government Income Fund, from SEC Form N-PORT.

  • 12-month net flow: −$23.2M
  • 12-month gross sales (incl. reinvestments): $26.7M
  • Sales ÷ redemptions: 0.53×
MonthSalesRedemptionsNet flow
Nov 2024$847K$2.8M−$2.0M
Oct 2024$1.7M$2.5M−$789K
Sep 2024$1.9M$3.2M−$1.3M
Aug 2024$2.7M$3.1M−$396K
Jul 2024$1.5M$4.8M−$3.4M
Jun 2024$1.1M$2.5M−$1.4M
May 2024$1.9M$4.5M−$2.6M
Apr 2024$1.6M$4.4M−$2.8M
Mar 2024$1.5M$3.5M−$2.0M
Feb 2024$2.1M$3.6M−$1.5M
Jan 2024$7.1M$4.0M$3.1M
Dec 2023$2.7M$11.0M−$8.3M

JTSRX Assets Under Management

Net assets of John Hancock Government Income Fund by report date, from SEC N-PORT filings.

Report dateNet assets
2024-11-30$165.62M
2024-08-31$172.11M
2024-05-31$170.99M
2024-02-29$180.77M
2023-11-30$186.24M
2023-08-31$190.49M
2023-05-31$243.64M
2023-02-28$242.69M
2022-11-30$243.41M
2022-08-31$215.53M
2022-05-31$228.03M
2022-02-28$254.89M

For information only. Not investment advice: figures are as reported in SEC filings and may contain errors or be out of date. Past performance does not guarantee future results.