Franklin Adjustable US Government Securities Fund (FISAX)
The investment aim of Franklin Adjustable US Government Securities Fund is to provide a high current income level, while providing lower volatility of principal. The fund utilizes its assets to purchase a portfolio of adjustable-rate U.S. government mortgage securities. This Adjustable-rate U.S. government mortgage securities include adjustable-rate mortgage securities (ARMS) and other mortgage-backed securities with interest rates that adjust periodically to reflect prevailing market interest rates.
Fund Details
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| Franklin Templeton fund |
- Fund Inception Date: October 19, 1987
- Ticker Symbol: FISAX
- CUSIP: 353 612 302
- Beta (3yr): 0.04
- Rank in category (YTD): 13%
- Category: Short Government
- Yield: 1.54%
- Capital Gains: 0%
- Expense Ratio: 0.87%
- Net Assets: $ 2.4 billion
- Number of Years Up: 24 years
- Number of Years Down: 1 year
- Average Duration: 0.7 year
- Annual Turnover Rate: 9.89%
Paul Varunok and Roger Bayston are the fund managers. This taxable bond fund has total net assets of $2.4 billion. It has a SEC Yield of 0.69%. Its expense ratio is 0.87% per year. The category’s average fee is 0.86%. The fund distributes 1.54% dividend yield. It is paid monthly on the last business day ($0.01 in February 2013). The annual holdings turnover as of March 17, 2013 is quite low, only 9.69%.
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Being 25 years in the market, the fund has returned with 24 years of positive return and only one year of negative return. The best 1-year total return was achieved in 2000 with 6.70%. It has 2-stars and Bronze rating from Morningstar. The YTD return of this fund as of April 12, 2013 is 0.21%.
The minimum initial investment is $1,000 for brokerage account and $250 for retirement (IRA) account. There is no minimum subsequent investment needed. There is a 0.25% 12b1 fee and 2.25% front-end sales load fee. This FISAX fund can be purchased from 122 brokerages, such as Edward Jones, Trade Station Securities, E Trade Financial, Scottrade Load, Merrill Lynch, Vanguard, Firstrade, Matrix Financial Solutions, etc.
The top holdings of this FISAX fund as of February 2013 are FNMA (71.44%), FHLMC (24.63%), GNMA (0.85%) and other (3.08%). The top index breakdown is LIBOR (82.99%) and Constant Maturity Treasury Index (12.17%).
According to the fund’s website, there are several principal risks for investing in this fund. They are interest rate, mortgage-backed securities, adjustable rate securities, credit risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, income risk, market risk and management risk.
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