$111.36 -1.56 (-1.38%)
11/20/2009 4:00 PM

Franklin Resources, Inc. (BEN)

CAPS Rating: 2 out of 5

An investment management Company, which provides investment management and related services to its retail mutual funds, and to institutional, high net-worth and separately managed accounts and other investment products.

Current Price $111.36 Mkt Cap $25.65B
Open $112.70 P/E Ratio 29.03
Prev. Close $112.92 Div. (Yield) 0.84 (0.70%)
Daily Range $110.95 - $112.70 Volume 814,505
52-Wk Range $37.11 - $116.39 Avg. Daily Vol. 1,567,000

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12 Outperform
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boiseidfool (72.70)
Submitted May 27, 2008

This company is one of 62 listed on the BetterInvesting Growth Screen in January 2008. It met 4 criteria: it is projected by Value Line to double earnings in the next five years, has actually doubled earnings in the past 5 years, is selling at… More

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DarthMaul09 (98.14)
Submitted October 12, 2009

Contrarian bet based on the generally good mood of the market driving financial stocks higher than they may be worth. If we see a significant market correction in the next six months, the drop in the stock price might also overshoot to the down side.… More

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Member Avatar DarthMaul09 (98.14) Submitted: 10/11/2009 10:57:25 PM : Underperform Start Price: $106.94 BEN Score: -2.58

Contrarian bet based on the generally good mood of the market driving financial stocks higher than they may be worth. If we see a significant market correction in the next six months, the drop in the stock price might also overshoot to the down side. I thinks it is likely that we will see such a correction, which is the basis for this bet.

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Member Avatar AmyMacRaePhD1988 (< 20) Submitted: 10/8/2009 9:11:36 PM : Outperform Start Price: $103.43 BEN Score: +5.05

outperform

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Member Avatar Ewok82 (30.55) Submitted: 7/30/2009 10:28:04 PM : Underperform Start Price: $87.15 BEN Score: -16.33

Time for some profit taking after the run up. Index funds and individual stock purchases will cut into actively managed mutual funds' profits.

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rmihai

rmihai (53.75) Score: +103.96

The Score Leader is the member with the highest score across all their picks in BEN.

Top
Pick 		Member Name Member
Rating 		Start
Date 		Call Time
Frame 		Start
Price 		Stock
Gain 		S&P
Gain 		Score Commentary
TheBarnacle 79.09 3/18/2009 Outperform 1Y $46.46 +139.70% +43.13% +96.57 1 Comment
toweringthunderb 63.76 11/21/2008 Outperform 3Y $45.88 +142.72% +48.07% +94.65
DustinCody 99.00 10/24/2008 Outperform NS $52.94 +110.34% +29.47% +80.87
lftnote 46.81 3/24/2009 Outperform 1Y $51.97 +114.28% +36.10% +78.18
bryan3star 96.89 12/3/2008 Outperform NS $52.60 +111.72% +34.62% +77.11
threepaweddog 32.39 1/22/2009 Outperform 5Y $52.83 +110.78% +33.73% +77.05
greattrader1011 31.92 2/6/2009 Outperform 5Y $55.36 +101.16% +28.33% +72.83
MViscio1 98.74 10/28/2008 Outperform 5Y $55.69 +99.97% +27.85% +72.12 1 Comment
KMKMKMKM 98.36 10/27/2008 Outperform NS $56.26 +97.93% +26.58% +71.35
StillSmokin 99.33 10/28/2008 Outperform NS $56.15 +98.32% +28.39% +69.92
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Member Name Member
Rating		 Start
Date		 Call Time
Frame		 Start
Price		 Stock
Gain		 S&P
Gain		 Score End Date Commentary
TrackBarclaysCap 86.21 10/1/2009 Outperform NS $99.02 +12.46% +4.81% +7.65
TrackKBW 59.80 9/3/2009 Outperform NS $92.81 +19.99% +9.52% +10.48
TrackJPMorgan 73.67 7/6/2009 Outperform NS $70.40 +58.18% +23.63% +34.55
TrackDeutscheSec 87.23 6/4/2009 Outperform NS $71.98 +54.72% +17.63% +37.08
TrackWachovia < 20 5/28/2009 Outperform NS $62.69 +77.63% +22.23% +55.39
TrackCitigroup < 20 3/5/2009 Underperform NS $42.20 +70.07% +33.86% -36.21 6/3/2009 @ $71.77
TrackWinters 87.95 2/24/2009 Outperform 1Y $46.10 +141.55% +47.92% +93.63 3 Comments
TrackKBW 59.80 10/27/2008 Outperform NS $55.25 +0.06% -4.64% +4.70 4/8/2009 @ $55.28
TrackStifel 93.96 8/15/2008 Outperform NS $103.59 +7.50% -13.10% +20.61
TrackKBW 59.80 6/12/2008 Outperform NS $100.55 +4.96% -8.22% +13.18 9/22/2008 @ $105.54
TrackJPMorgan 73.67 4/18/2008 Underperform NS $101.03 -30.17% -35.53% -5.36 7/6/2009 @ $70.55
TrackSwensen 32.34 12/31/2007 Outperform NS $114.21 -12.43% -3.51% -8.92 5/30/2008 @ $100.01 1 Comment
TrackSOP < 20 11/29/2007 Outperform NS $119.15 -6.54% -21.94% +15.41
TrackTobinSmith < 20 11/2/2007 Outperform 1Y $121.74 -8.52% -24.18% +15.65
TrackDodgeCox 88.49 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $126.88 -17.80% -11.42% -6.38 6/13/2008 @ $104.30 1 Comment
TrackJohnRogers < 20 9/30/2007 Outperform NS $124.80 -10.77% -24.86% +14.09 6 Comments
TrackCreditSuiss 90.95 6/27/2007 Outperform NS $130.81 -44.37% -31.94% -12.43 10/14/2008 @ $72.77
TrackJPMorgan 73.67 6/5/2007 Underperform NS $136.17 -7.53% -3.06% +4.46 11/14/2007 @ $125.92
TrackFBRCapitalM 73.72 10/11/2006 Outperform NS $103.61 +33.48% +12.61% +20.87 10/26/2007 @ $138.30
TrackAGEdwards 84.75 10/2/2006 Outperform NS $103.04 +8.08% -13.01% +21.08
TrackJimCramer 36.31 9/22/2006 Outperform 3W $101.18 +10.06% -11.57% +21.62
TrackUBS 88.39 8/23/2006 Outperform NS $98.23 +38.35% +16.22% +22.14 5/17/2007 @ $135.90

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