Putnam Global Financial Fund

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

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Performance

The fund has returned 47.12 percent over the past year, and 10.60 percent over the past three years.

Trailing Returns Updated 05.31.2013
Year to date 13.6%
1 Year 47.1%
3 Years (Annualized) 10.6%
5 Years (Annualized) N/A
10 Years (Annualized) N/A

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Summary

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund invests mainly in common stocks (growth or value stocks or both) of large and midsize companies worldwide that the manager believes have favorable investment potential. Potential investments include commercial and investment banks, savings and loan organizations, brokerage and asset management firms, insurance companies and real estate investment trusts and real estate investment and development companies. It may also use derivatives, and may engage in short sales of securities. The fund is non-diversified.

Fees

Fees are Below Average compared to funds in the same category.
Putnam Global Financial Fund has an expense ratio of 1.16 percent.

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Risk

Risk is High compared to funds in the same category according to Morningstar.

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