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Franklin Core Plus Bond Fund - Advisor Class: (MF: FKSAX)

(NASDAQ Mutual Funds) As of Nov 12, 2026 06:24 PM ET

$8.00 USD

-0.04 (-0.50%)

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2 Buy
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5 Strong Sell

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2-Buy of 5   2      

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Latest Performance as of Oct 31, 2026

Total Return %* Percentile Rank Objective
YTD -0.45 57
3 months -0.19 56
6 months -0.76 56
1 Year 0.07 56
3 Year 5.82 42
5 Year 1.53 50
10 Year 2.49 39

* Annual for three years and beyond.

Bull Market (9/02 - 10/07) 69.97
Bear Market (10/07 - 2/09) -10.64
Bull Market (2/09 - 3/21) 128.51

Load Adjusted Returns as of Oct 31, 2026

1 Year -1.65
5 Year 1.02
10 Year 2.30
Since Inception 5.71

Quarterly Return

1st Qtr. 2nd Qtr. 3rd Qtr. 4th Qtr.
2026 0.02 1.14 -3.79 NA
2025 2.20 1.83 2.17 1.03
2024 0.61 0.73 4.39 -2.14
2023 3.35 0.10 -0.87 5.82
2022 -5.08 -6.54 -2.16 3.27
2021 -0.67 2.51 0.61 -0.07

Annual Return

20262025202420232022202120202019201820172016
% Total Return -0.457.443.538.53-10.372.373.628.53-1.634.768.23
% Total Return Rel to Index 0.080.062.273.002.643.92-3.87-0.19-1.641.215.57
% Total Return Rel to Peer -1.200.42-0.332.13-0.851.70-2.300.55-0.490.753.09
% Perf Quintile vs Peer* 3.002.003.001.003.002.004.003.004.002.001.00
% Dividends 0.300.390.400.390.370.360.390.450.420.240.26
% Yield 4.314.474.714.254.363.653.934.444.312.362.56
Capital Gains ($) 0.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.000.00
Expense Ratio 0.460.600.660.640.590.610.610.590.600.570.59

* 1 = Top 20%, 5 = Bottom 20%