Mutual Fund Insights: Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX)

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Last Trade: $2.08 on 3/17/2010, Change: +0.01 (0.48%)

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Fund Manager - Charles B. Johnson

Fund Manager Tenure: 40.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: C (Score: 0.57)     (What does this score mean?)

Johnson is chairman of Franklin Resources, Inc. He is a director of General Host Corporation and is a member of the New York Society of Security Analysts. Johnson served as a district co-chair of the National Association of Securities Dealers Business Conduct Committee in 1988. He was elected to the NASD board in 1990 and was elected chair for 1992. Previously, Johnson served on the Board of Governors of the Investment Company Institute. He joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1957.  Get more insights on Charles B. Johnson

  

 What we like about Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX)

Data for Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) management has been with Franklin Income Adv Fund for 40.2 years
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 37.23% vs 22.81% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 4.18% vs 2.80% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has a Morningstar rating of 4 and above
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 51.36% vs Conservative Allocation average of 74.77%. It is good that Franklin Income Adv management does not trade extensively for its return.
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has a lower management fee than its Conservative Allocation average: 0.47% vs 0.86%
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) is a true no-load fund as it has no load and no 12b1 promotion, distributions, marketing expenses

  

 What we are cautious about Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX)

Data for Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -0.65% vs 0.26% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) is less safe compared to its Conservative Allocation peers
• Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 17.39 that is higher than category average of 10.66

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Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$4.38B
11/2009	$4.30B
10/2009	$4.19B

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Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	5.06%	25.03%	59.21%	10.7%
06/2009	3.5%	24.94%	62.35%	9.21%
03/2009	7.65%	28.8%	55.02%	8.53%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Franklin Income Adv Fund (FRIAX)

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30-Sep-09 JPMORGAN CHASE & CO [1.76%] BK OF AMERICA CP [1.64%] Canadian Oil Sands Trust [1.57%] MERCK CO INC [1.53%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [1.19%] DUKE ENERGY CP HL CO [1.11%] DOLLAR GEN CORP [1.1%] First Data [1.04%] Clear Channel Communications I [1.02%] Bk Amer Pfd [1.01%]

30-Jun-09 Jpmorgan Chase FRN [1.83%] BK OF AMERICA CP [1.59%] MERCK CO INC [1.55%] Canadian Oil Sands Trust [1.49%] WELLS FARGO & CO NEW [1.32%] PUB ENTRPR GP [1.27%] Dollar Gen 10.625% [1.23%] DUKE ENERGY CP HL CO [1.18%] Cablevision Sys 8% [1.14%] Bk Amer Pfd [1.1%]

31-Mar-09 Public Service Enterprise Group [1.57%] Merck & Co., Inc [1.55%] Dollar Gen 10.625% [1.54%] Duke Energy Corp [1.44%] Canadian Oil Sands Trust [1.44%] Jpmorgan Chase FRN [1.43%] Cablevision Sys 8% [1.37%] Ford Motor Credit 7.875% [1.32%] FPL Group, Inc. [1.26%] Southern Company (The) [1.2%]

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