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Templeton Emerging Markets Small Cap Fund

Scorecard
Morningstar 3 / 5 Stars
Lipper 4 4 1 1 3
Zacks Investment Research 2 (Buy)
Standard & Poor's 3 / 5 Stars
TheStreet.com E+ (Sell)

Risk

Volatility Measurements

Updated 04.30.2013

Standard Deviation	21.13
Mean	0.43
Sharpe Ratio	0.24
Bear Market Decile Rank	81

Modern Portfolio Theory Statistics

Updated 04.30.2013

	Standard Index MSCI EAFE NR USD	Best Fit Index MSCI EM NR USD
R-Squared	78.16	85.74
Beta	0.96	0.93
Alpha	-3.52	0.31

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