Franklin Gold and Precious Metals C One Franklin Parkway San Mateo CA 94403-1906 Map
Phone: 800-632-2301
| Category: | Equity Precious Metals | | Fund Family: | Franklin Templeton Investments | | Net Assets: | 414.52M | | Year-to-Date Return: | 75.61% | | Yield: | 0.00% | | Morningstar Rating: |  | | Fund Inception Date: | 28-Apr-95 |
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Steve Land
Lead Manager since
01-Apr-99 | | | Land joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1997. Land holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation. |
| Min Initial Investment: | $1,000 | | Min Initial Investment, IRA: | $250 | | Min Initial Investment, AIP: | $50 | | Min Subsequent Investment: | NaN | | Min Subsequent Investment, IRA: | N/A | | Min Subsequent Investment, AIP: | N/A |
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| The investment seeks capital appreciation; current income is a secondary consideration. The fund normally invests at least 80% of net assets in securities of gold and precious metals operation companies. It may buy securities of gold and precious metals operation companies located anywhere in the world and in general invests predominantly in companies located outside the U.S. The fund expects to invest a substantial portion of assets in companies falling within the small-cap (market capitalization less than $1.5 billion) and medium-cap (market capitalization of $1.5 billion to $8 billion) range. It is nondiversified. |
| Last Dividend
(1-Dec-09):
| 1.98 | | Last Cap Gain
(1-Dec-09):
| 0.59 | | Annual Holdings Turnover
| 17.17% | | Average for Category:
| 75.46% |
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| Expense | FRGOX | Category Avg | | Total Expense Ratio: | %
| 1.47% | | Max 12b1 Fee: | %
| N/A | | Max Front End Sales Load: | %
| 5.36% | | Max Deferred Sales Load: | 1.00%
| 2.55% | | 3 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ YFT_NOT_APPLICABLE_ABBREVIATION | $652 | | 5 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ YFT_NOT_APPLICABLE_ABBREVIATION | $986 | | 10 Yr Expense Projection*: |
$ YFT_NOT_APPLICABLE_ABBREVIATION | $1,907 |
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