Franklin Total Return Fund Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation

FBDAX Fund  USD 8.40  0.02  0.24%   
Assuming the 90 days horizon and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Franklin Total Return is 'Cautious Hold'. A buy or sell recommendation is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Franklin Total Return given historical horizon and risk tolerance. When we issue a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Franklin Total Return, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
  
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Time Horizon

Risk Tolerance

Execute Advice
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Cautious Hold

Market Performance

Very WeakDetails

Volatility

Very steadyDetails

Hype Condition

StaleDetails

Current Valuation

Fairly ValuedDetails

Odds Of Distress

LowDetails

Economic Sensitivity

Barely shadows the marketDetails

Analyst Consensus

Not AvailableDetails
For the selected time horizon Franklin Total Return has a Mean Deviation of 0.2167, Standard Deviation of 0.2909 and Variance of 0.0846
We provide trade advice to complement the prevailing expert consensus on Franklin Total Return. Our dynamic recommendation engine uses a multidimensional algorithm to analyze the fund's potential to grow using all technical and fundamental data available at the time. Use Franklin Total Return price to book, year to date return, as well as the relationship between the Year To Date Return and net asset to ensure your buy or sell decision on Franklin Total Return is adequate.

Franklin Total Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions

Franklin Total generated a negative expected return over the last 90 days
The fund generated three year return of -2.0%
Franklin Total Return retains about 14.22% of its assets under management (AUM) in fixed income securities

Franklin Total Returns Distribution Density

The distribution of Franklin Total's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Franklin Total's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Franklin Total daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Franklin Total Return price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Franklin Total returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Franklin Total.
Mean Return
-0.03
Value At Risk
-0.6
Potential Upside
0.48
Standard Deviation
0.29
   Return Density   
       Distribution  
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Franklin Total historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.

Franklin Total Greeks

Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Franklin Total or Franklin Templeton Investments sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Franklin Total's price will be affected by overall mutual fund market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Franklin fund's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α
Alpha over Dow Jones
-0.05
β
Beta against Dow Jones0.07
σ
Overall volatility
0.29
Ir
Information ratio -0.49

Franklin Total Volatility Alert

Franklin Total Return exhibits very low volatility with skewness of 0.1 and kurtosis of 0.93. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Franklin Total's mutual fund risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Franklin Total's mutual fund price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.

Franklin Total Fundamentals Vs Peers

Comparing Franklin Total's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Franklin Total's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Franklin Total and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Franklin Total or determine the mutual funds which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Franklin Total's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Franklin Total by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
    
 Better Than Average     
    
 Worse Than Average Compare Franklin Total to competition
FundamentalsFranklin TotalPeer Average
Price To Book0.12 X0.74 X
Price To Sales0.08 X0.61 X
Annual Yield0.04 %0.29 %
Year To Date Return3.96 %0.39 %
One Year Return6.88 %4.15 %
Three Year Return(2.00) %3.60 %
Five Year Return0.12 %3.24 %
Ten Year Return3.99 %1.79 %
Net Asset4.17 B4.11 B
Last Dividend Paid0.020.65
Cash Position Weight(2.82) %10.61 %
Equity Positions Weight2.90 %63.90 %
Bond Positions Weight14.22 %11.24 %

Franklin Total Market Momentum

Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Franklin . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.

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