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  1. The 10 Largest Fiscal Cliff Dividend Tax Winners

    Wed, 19 Dec 2012

    Wealth-X. Read more: The Richest Person in Each State Charles Johnson, Franklin Resources Charles Johnson, chairman of the investment company, Franklin Resources , is receiving about $105 million after the company announced a special

  2. Dodge & Cox Tops List of Best Mutual Funds

    Fri, 21 Oct 2011

    funds. Morningstar's Top 10 Mutual Fund companies: 1. Dodge & Cox 2. T. Rowe Price 3. American Funds 4. Franklin Templeton Investment 5. MFS 6. Thornburg 7. Vanguard 8. Harbor 9. JPMorgan 10. Legg Mason/Western Kinnel says Morningstar's

  3. Mortgage rates hit lows as economic fears hurt bond yields

    Thu, 2 Jun 2011

    funds flow to the U.S. market in times of turbulence," says Chris Molumphy, chief investment officer of the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. While mortgage rates remain low, they have done little to lift the struggling housing market

  4. Economy, shaky eurozone push bond yields lower

    Thu, 2 Jun 2011

    funds flow to the U.S. market in times of turbulence," says Chris Molumphy, chief investment officer of the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. Lower Treasury yields usually mean lower mortgage rates. The rate on 30-year fixed mortgages

  5. Weaker economy, shaky eurozone push bond yields lower

    Wed, 1 Jun 2011

    funds flow to the U.S. market in times of turbulence," says Chris Molumphy, chief investment officer of the Franklin Templeton Fixed Income Group. Lower Treasury yields usually mean lower mortgage rates. The rate on 30-year fixed mortgages

  6. Mutual fund bosses pull down big paychecks

    Wed, 6 Apr 2011

    last year, including reinvested dividends. The S&P 500-stock index gained 15.1% in the same period. • Franklin Resources : Gregory Johnson, CEO, pulled down $6.7 million in total compensation, up from $4.5 million in 2009

News

  1. First Monday: What's new on TV, in books and on the radio

    Sun, 6 Feb 2011

    WealthTrack interview with The Royce Fund's Charles Royce starts streaming at wealthtrack.com, while Franklin Templeton Investments ' Philippe Brugere-Trelat will be Mack's guest on this week's televised show (PBS; Friday

  2. Shares in mutual fund companies take off

    Thu, 11 Jun 2009

    companies manage. Let's start with the proposition that the mutual fund business is very, very lucrative. Franklin Resources ben , for example, has a 19.8% profit margin, and T. Rowe Price trow weighs in with a 19.9% profit

  3. Financial firms' ads stress experience during volatile time

    Wed, 17 Sep 2008

    ads how long they've been around: such as Franklin Templeton Investments boasting more than 165 years of "experience spokesman Vincent Loporchio says. As for Franklin Templeton , its latest print advertisement has run since February

  4. Stocks close holiday-shortened trading week mixed

    Fri, 4 Jul 2008

    become cautious because of higher food and energy prices. Christopher Molumphy, chief investment officer at Franklin Templeton fixed income group, said the employment figures don't point to a labor market in distress. "We are not seeing

  5. Tech stocks jump to the front of market's charge

    Wed, 14 May 2008

    18% decline. So tech stocks stand to bounce back more, says J.P. Scandalios, tech portfolio manager for Franklin Templeton . •Growth is back in style. Investors hoping the economy is mending want to own companies likely to have turbocharged

  6. The advice: Dump the high-fee mutual funds

    Mon, 12 May 2008

    couple's holdings are in large-cap stocks. And the majority of the investments are from the same fund family, Franklin Templeton . "With such a vast number of mutual funds to choose from, that's like eating from only one food group

  7. Tempted by junk bond yields? Beware of inflation

    Thu, 8 May 2008

    neighborhood of 7% by this time next year," Lonski says. Eric Takaha, high-yield bond manager for Franklin Templeton Investments , thinks that rising defaults and weaker corporate earnings could mean a slow recovery for high-yield bonds

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