Franklin Mutual Recovery Fund

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Performance

The fund has returned 22.52 percent over the past year, 8.78 percent over the past three years, and -0.18 percent over the past five years.

Trailing Returns Updated 05.31.2013
Year to date 11.3%
1 Year 22.5%
3 Years (Annualized) 8.8%
5 Years (Annualized) -0.2%
10 Years (Annualized) N/A

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Summary

The investment seeks capital appreciation. The fund seeks to achieve superior risk adjusted returns with a moderate correlation to the U.S. equity markets by investing in equity and debt instruments in the three categories: Distressed Companies, Merger Arbitrage Securities and Special Situations/Undervalued Securities. Such investments can be either long or, to a lesser degree, short positions and can utilize a limited amount of leverage.

Fees

Fees are High compared to funds in the same category.
Franklin Mutual Recovery Fund has an expense ratio of 2.25 percent.

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Risk

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

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