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Franklin Balanced A (FBLAX)On Dec 7: 8.86  Up 0.03 (0.34%)  
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Performance  As of 31-Oct-09Get Performance for:
PERFORMANCE OVERVIEW 
Morningstar Return Rating:Below average
Year to Date Return:30.40%
5-Year Average Return:N/A
Number of Years Up:1
Number of Years Down:1
Best 1-Yr Total Return (2007):4.15%
Worst 1-Yr Total Return (2008):-32.82%
Best 3-Yr Total Return (N/A):N/A
Worst 3-Yr Total Return (N/A):N/A
LOAD ADJUSTED RETURNS 
1-Year:4.25%
3-Year:-3.24%
5-Year:N/A
10-Year:N/A
TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. BENCHMARKS 
ReturnFBLAXCategoryDiffIndex*Diff
Year To Date30.4018.1612.24N/AN/A
1-Month-0.59-1.240.65N/AN/A
3-Month6.944.712.23N/AN/A
1-Year29.0315.7313.3N/AN/A
3-Year-2.28-2.660.38N/AN/A
5-YearN/A2.10N/AN/AN/A
Last Bull Market ( 28-Feb-09 to 30-Sep-09)44.3533.3211.03N/AN/A
Last Bear Market ( 31-Aug-08 to 31-Aug-09)-8.19-8.510.32N/AN/A
* Index means [ ]
ANNUAL TOTAL RETURN (%) HISTORY  
YearFBLAXCategoryDiff
2009N/AN/AN/A
2008
 
-32.82-28.00-4.82
2007
 
4.155.99-1.84
2006N/A11.29N/A
2005N/A5.13N/A
2004N/A8.86N/A
2003N/A20.35N/A
2002N/A-12.02N/A
2001N/A-5.05N/A
2000N/A1.82N/A
1999N/A10.71N/A
PAST QUARTERLY RETURNS (%) FOR FBLAX 
Q1Q2Q3Q4
2009-3.5018.8614.37N/A
2008-4.73-0.73-15.77-15.67
20072.104.001.83-3.67
2006N/AN/AN/A4.74
2005N/AN/AN/AN/A
2004N/AN/AN/AN/A
2003N/AN/AN/AN/A
2002N/AN/AN/AN/A
2001N/AN/AN/AN/A
2000N/AN/AN/AN/A
1999N/AN/AN/AN/A
RANK IN CATEGORY (BY TOTAL RETURN) 
PeriodRankFunds in Category% Rank
Year To Date3612112.97
1-Month528125841.97
3-Month376125629.94
6-Month4812203.93
1-Year2812042.33
3-Year37095038.95
5-Year796N/A

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