Date updated:12-10-2008
This fund has a Morningstar rating of three stars and is run by Bruce Baughman. Baughman is senior vice president of advisory services. He has been a manager of the fund since 1987. Baughman joined Franklin Templeton Investments in 1987. He began his financial career as a certified public accountant in 1978. Baughman holds the Certified Public Accountants designation. Franklin Balance Sheet Investment Fund is an open-end fund incorporated in the USA. The Fund's objective is high total return of which capital appreciation and income are components. The Fund invests in equity securities of companies the Fund manager believes are undervalued at the time of purchase. The manager conducts an in-depth analysis of a company's balance sheet.
The fund had an average annual return of 1.76% over the last five years, outperforming other funds in its category and the S&P 500.
As of 12/9/2008

-
PRU
Prudential Financ - $41.70
- 0.00%
- $39.89
No Analysis added

-
CPO
Corn Products Int - $26.12
- 0.00%
- $26.39
No Analysis added

-
RS
Reliance Steel & - $40.05
- 0.00%
- $38.63
No Analysis added

-
BG
Bunge Ltd. - $67.89
- +3.62%
- $65.88
No Analysis added

-
NUE
Nucor Corp. - $47.38
- 0.00%
- $46.66
No Analysis added

-
EXH
Exterran Holdings - $21.21
- 0.00%
- $20.66
No Analysis added

-
X
United States Ste - $36.43
- -1.06%
- $36.90
No Analysis added

-
MON
Monsanto Co. (new - $82.70
- +1.50%
- $82.21
No Analysis added
- No Blogs Found
- Top Professional Portfolios
- 1. Navellier & Associ...
- 2. Highbridge Statistical...
- 3. Joel Greenblatt
- 4. Amana Trust Growth - A...
- 5. Fidelity International...
- show all
- Top Do-It-Yourself Portfolios
- » agtest1
- » Joy
- » tsamanuli Portfolio 1
- » brueckenc Portfolio 1
- » HMH1
- show all
- Most Viewed Portfolios
- » Warren Buffett
- » George Soros
- » T. Boone Pickens - BP Cap...
- » Carl Icahn
- » Renaissance Technologies
- show all
By Stockpickr Staff Posted on July 2, 2009 Developments in the stem cell world are starting to get very interesting. On Tuesday, General Electric (GE) signed an exc...
By Rebecca Corvino Posted on July 2, 2009 Every day, Stockpickr members are creating and sharing stock ideas with each other through various platforms. If you're not al...
By Rebecca Corvino Posted at 12:30 p.m. EDT on July 2, 2009 Making Thursday's headlines and sending stocks lower were reports that June saw the loss of 467,000 more job...
By Stockpickr Staff Posted on July 2, 2009 Some investors assume that at this time of year, it's the summer doldrums for the stock market. After all, as the saying goe...
A. The only one I own : SLX,
too hard pick a winner out all of them
Here are the 10 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average stocks with the highest yields as of the market close on June 2, 2009. more
Here is the stock list of some of the largest % losers from July 1, 2009. more
Here are some of the biggest stocks that made the 52-week high list on July 1, 2009. more








Comments not available