Franklin Templeton Investments

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Franklin Templeton Hard Currency Fund  – 
FTHrdCur : Newspaper symbol ICPHX : NASDAQ symbol Fixed Income : Fund Category
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Performance Expense Ratio and Sales Charges
Performance data quoted represents past performance, which does not guarantee future results. Current performance may differ from figures shown. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate with market conditions, and you may have a gain or loss when you sell your shares.
Hypothetical $10,000 investment
$10,000 invested in the fund at inception, with all dividend and capital gain distributions reinvested, including sales charges, would be worth:
$23,422.00
as of June 30, 2010
(updated quarterly)
Inception Date 2
November 17, 1989
Fund's Benchmark3
A benchmark is a comparable broad-based index that can be used in evaluating a fund's performance.
JP Morgan 3 Month Global Cash Index
Max. Initial Sales Charge
2.25%
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Annual Total Return
(For the past 10 years or since inception for younger funds)
  Results in % 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
  Including all sales charges 0.11 -1.20 8.48 6.07 -6.41 6.06 16.59 15.12 -6.13 -8.31
  Without sales charges 2.36 1.08 11.03 8.45 -4.24 8.48 19.27 17.75 -4.03 -6.24
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Important Legal Information

Total Returns include change in share price, assume reinvestment of all distributions, and reflect the deduction of fund expenses and applicable fees. Total Returns With Sales Charge: returns reflect the deduction of the stated sales charges. Total returns, distribution rate, and yields reflect any applicable expense reductions, without which the results for those impacted funds would have been lower.

For more information on any of our funds, contact your financial advisor or download a free prospectus. Investors should carefully consider a fund's investment goals, risks, sales charges and expenses before investing. The prospectus contains this and other information. Please read the prospectus carefully before investing or sending money.

Franklin Templeton Hard Currency's assets are largely invested in foreign currencies, and therefore, involve potential for significant gain or loss from currency exchange rate fluctuations. In addition, foreign investments involve special risks including economic instability and political developments. These risks are discussed in the fund's prospectus. The fund does not seek to maintain a stable net asset value and should not be considered a substitute for a U.S. dollary money market fund.

Footnotes

  1. After-tax average annual total returns represent the average change in value of an investment on an annualized basis. Returns are calculated using the highest individual federal income tax rates; state and local taxes are not considered. Your actual after-tax returns depend on your particular tax situation and may differ from those shown. The before shares sold calculation assumes taxes are paid on fund distributions (dividends and capital gains) but does not reflect taxes that may be incurred upon sale or exchange of shares. The after shares sold calculation also adjusts for taxes due if the fund investment is sold at the end of the measurement period.
  2. For performance reporting purposes, the inception date for Classes A, R, Z and Advisor Class shares of all Franklin Templeton Funds is the date of effectiveness of the fund's registration statement or the first day the fund commenced operations. For Classes B and C shares, except as subsequently noted, the inception date is the first day the fund commenced offering such shares. Franklin Income Fund Class B uses the inception date of the old Class B shares, renamed Class B1. For Mutual Series Funds and Franklin International Small Cap Growth and Franklin Large Cap Equity Funds, the inception date for Classes A, B, C and R shares is the funds' oldest class', Z or Advisor, inception date.
  3. Indices are unmanaged and one cannot invest directly in them.

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