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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
2.30% -12.90% 280.06M 136684.0
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
8.67% 48.95% -- Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks high, current income, with a secondary goal of capital appreciation, by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities of sovereign or sovereign-related entities and private sector companies in emerging market countries.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Worldwide Bond
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Templeton Investments
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM EMBI Global TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Michael Hasenstab 21.27 yrs
Calvin Ho 5.33 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of April 25, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
YTD
8.10%
-6.19%
3.51%
-9.12%
3.45%
-15.47%
3.86%
5.05%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-3.44%
24.28%
-18.17%
45.14%
-31.12%
-10.88%
-27.78%
21.77%
29.01%
16.32%
-14.13%
25.43%
-2.82%
-7.04%
-14.13%
14.05%
-1.60%
16.30%
-12.31%
24.37%
0.74%
2.18%
-22.09%
19.11%
2.89%
14.66%
-12.70%
19.48%
13.98%
-7.19%
-22.87%
16.55%
-3.09%
As of April 25, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of February 29, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash 0.27% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 1.15% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 98.57% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The Fund seeks high, current income, with a secondary goal of capital appreciation, by investing, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its net assets in income producing securities of sovereign or sovereign-related entities and private sector companies in emerging market countries.
General
Security Type Closed-End Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Growth
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Emerging Markets Bond
Category Index JPM EMBI Global Diversified TR USD
Global Category Name Emerging Markets Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization Emerging Markets Bond
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg EM USD Aggregate (^BBEMUSDATR)
Prospectus Objective Worldwide Bond
Fund Owner Firm Name Franklin Templeton Investments
Prospectus Benchmark Index
JPM EMBI Global TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Michael Hasenstab 21.27 yrs
Calvin Ho 5.33 yrs

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