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Franklin Canadian Monthly Income and Growth Fund Series A

Canadian Neutral Balanced

FundGrade C Click for more information on Fundata’s FundGrade

FundGrade C

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NAVPS
(04-04-2025)
$8.67
Change
-$0.18 (-2.02%)

As at February 28, 2025

As at December 31, 2024

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Franklin Canadian Monthly Income and Growth Fund Series A

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (June 22, 2015): 4.95%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 0.76% 1.40% 6.35% 2.68% 12.28% 8.89% 5.00% 6.51% 5.82% 5.75% 5.52% 4.70% 5.46% -
Benchmark 0.29% 0.63% 7.50% 2.72% 16.04% 11.31% 6.08% 6.93% 7.24% 7.23% 7.00% 6.40% 7.12% 5.58%
Category Average 0.27% 1.03% 5.97% 2.65% 12.56% 10.01% 5.15% 5.65% 6.18% 5.93% 5.35% 5.06% 5.66% 4.37%
Category Rank 68 / 452 158 / 452 230 / 452 237 / 452 343 / 446 366 / 432 315 / 415 200 / 392 315 / 381 292 / 370 246 / 360 278 / 347 269 / 334 -
Quartile Ranking 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 -

Monthly Return

Monthly Return
Return % Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb
Fund 1.45% -1.56% 1.77% 0.25% 3.60% 0.01% 1.98% -0.38% 3.23% -1.24% 1.90% 0.76%
Benchmark 2.49% -1.88% 1.52% 0.56% 4.19% 0.91% 2.55% -0.02% 4.18% -2.03% 2.42% 0.29%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

5.95% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-8.75% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - 8.97% 2.88% -2.69% 11.44% 2.49% 12.19% -5.71% 5.74% 11.21%
Benchmark -3.02% 11.97% 6.22% -4.30% 15.62% 7.61% 11.90% -8.20% 9.43% 13.55%
Category Average 0.06% 6.65% 5.72% -4.72% 12.57% 6.33% 10.85% -9.35% 8.27% 11.70%
Quartile Ranking - 2 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 4
Category Rank - 147/ 334 330/ 347 92/ 358 316/ 368 328/ 377 206/ 392 43/ 412 403/ 432 353/ 446

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

12.19% (2021)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-5.71% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
Canadian Equity 34.45
US Equity 17.71
Canadian Corporate Bonds 16.26
Canadian Government Bonds 12.28
Foreign Corporate Bonds 7.52
Other 11.78

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 39.64
Financial Services 14.42
Energy 7.89
Cash and Cash Equivalent 5.63
Technology 5.44
Other 26.98

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 95.20
Latin America 1.09
Europe 0.36
Other 3.35

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Royal Bank of Canada 2.20
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 3.15% 01/02/2025 TD 3.15% 02-Jan-2025 1.87
Toronto-Dominion Bank 1.81
Microsoft Corp 1.72
Apple Inc 1.65
Bank of Montreal 1.61
Ontario Province 3.75% 02-Jun-2032 1.47
United States Treasury 4.13% 30-Nov-2029 1.47
Canadian National Railway Co 1.46
United States Treasury 3.88% 15-Aug-2034 1.41

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: M.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

Franklin Canadian Monthly Income and Growth Fund Series A

Median

Other - Canadian Neutral Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 7.46% 8.34% -
Beta 0.73% 0.77% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.94% -
Sharpe 0.18% 0.44% -
Sortino 0.42% 0.51% -
Treynor 0.02% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 56.60% 61.42% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 3 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 3 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 5.66% 7.46% 8.34% -
Beta 0.78% 0.73% 0.77% -
Alpha 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% -
Rsquared 0.94% 0.94% 0.94% -
Sharpe 1.36% 0.18% 0.44% -
Sortino 3.60% 0.42% 0.51% -
Treynor 0.10% 0.02% 0.05% -
Tax Efficiency 79.84% 56.60% 61.42% -

Fund Details

Start Date June 22, 2015
Instrument Type Mutual Fund
Share Class Commission Based Advice
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Monthly
Assets ($mil) $91

Fund Codes

FundServ Code Load Code Sales Status
TML3786
TML3787
TML3788

Investment Objectives

A balance of income and capital appreciation by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of income-generating Canadian, U.S. and global equities, equity-related securities and debt instruments.

Investment Strategy

The portfolio advisor follows a ‘growth at a reasonable price’ investment style in selecting investments for the Fund’s portfolio. The portfolio advisor seeks to diversify the Fund’s investments across a broad range of sectors. The portfolio advisor will generally keep the Fund’s asset class allocations within the following ranges: 35 - 75% equity securities, 25 - 65% debt instruments.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

  • Garey Aitken
Sub-Advisor

-

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Custodian

JPMorgan Chase Bank

Registrar

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Distributor

Franklin Templeton Investments Corp.

Investment Minimums

RSP Eligible Yes
PAC Allowed Yes
PAC Initial Investment 500
PAC Subsequent 50
SWP Allowed Yes
SWP Min Balance 5,000
SWP Min Withdrawal 100

Fees

MER 1.88%
Management Fee 1.60%
Load Choice of Front or No Load
FE Max 6.00%
DSC Max 6.00%
Trailer Fee Max (FE) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (DSC) 1.00%
Trailer Fee Max (NL) -
Trailer Fee Max (LL) -

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