Mutual Fund Insights: Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX)

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See Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $2.10 on 3/16/2010, Change: 0.00 (0%)

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Fund Manager - Charles B. Johnson

Fund Manager Tenure: 40.2 years
Fundmojo Fund Grade: D (Score: 0.48)     (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 C Fund (FCISX)

Data for Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) as of January 31, 2010

• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) management has been with Franklin Income C Fund for 40.2 years
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 35.88% vs 22.81% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has good Long-term performance (5-year return 3.37% vs 2.80% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) ratio of up-years vs down years is greater than 2
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 51.36% vs Conservative Allocation average of 74.77%. It is good that Franklin Income C management does not trade extensively for its return.

  

 What we are cautious about Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX)

Data for Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) as of January 31, 2010

• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -1.44% vs 0.26% Conservative Allocation category average)
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) is less safe compared to its Conservative Allocation peers
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of -1.1 is worse than category average of -0.63, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.11
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 17.37 that is higher than category average of 10.66
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) has a higher management fee of 1.12% than its Conservative Allocation average of 0.86%
• Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) carries a 1% load

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Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$14.06B
11/2009	$13.51B
10/2009	$13.15B

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Franklin Income C Fund (FCISX) 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 C Fund (FCISX)

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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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