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Four Stocks Set to Spring Back to Life

Following every steep economic decline in the last 200 years is a symmetrical rebound -- robust growth always follows a severe decline. Given the chiseled-to-the-bone operating expense structures prevalent in corporate America, a significant economic pickup will cause earnings to explode and stocks to soar. But maybe this time it will be different. Maybe we'll see an historic anomaly: sluggish growth following a dramatic decline. With the right stock portfolio, investors can still profit handsomely in such an economic scenario. Many companies have sized operations to be profitable in a moribund economy. In some cases, a tiny uptick in sales will result in profitability that approaches peak levels. Below, I'll recommend four stocks that will reap gains for investors in a sluggish economy. I touted the first three in a column one year ago, back in the ditzy days of the mega-bear market, when I observed, "scores of stocks have been pulverized to levels so low that, well, you need a damn magnifying glass to see their stock quote." That's where the action is in this cycle -- in pulverized stocks -- not in stocks undamaged by the mega-bear. In the same column, I urged readers to avoid Kellogg at $50 per share just for that reason, because it "didn't get scuffed in the mega-bear market. So it's reasonable to expect it will be a big, fat snore in the retracement phase." Indeed, Kellogg's 4% gain since that column is snoresville, especially when compared with a 16% S&P 500 return for the same period. Office Depot Legg Mason: Even though it's up 48% since I recommended it one year ago, vs. an S&P return of 16% for the same period, the stock of this asset manager continues to be severely undervalued. Though it is trading...
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Templeton Global Income Fund ("GIM") Announces Dividend

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Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust Reports Asset Allocation

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - 11/03/09) - Franklin Templeton Limited Duration Income Trust (AMEX:FTF - News), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE Amex closing price as of September 30, 2009. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN - News), a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett investment teams. The San Mateo, CA-based company has more than 60 years of investment experience and over $523 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2009. For more information, please call 1-800/DIAL BEN� or visit franklintempleton.com.� FRANKLIN TEMPLETON LIMITED DURATION INCOME TRUST ASSET ALLOCATION at September 30, 2009 =========================================================================== MARKET PERCENTAGE SECTOR ALLOCATION VALUE (Millions) ...
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Franklin Universal Trust Reports Asset Allocation

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - 11/03/09) - Franklin Universal Trust (NYSE:FT - News), a closed-end investment company managed by Franklin Advisers, Inc., today reported its portfolio composition, certain portfolio characteristics and NYSE closing price as of September 30, 2009. Franklin Advisers, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. (NYSE:BEN - News), a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments. Franklin Templeton Investments provides global and domestic investment management solutions managed by its Franklin, Templeton, Mutual Series, Fiduciary Trust, Darby and Bissett investment teams. The San Mateo, CA-based company has more than 60 years of investment experience and over $523 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2009. For more information, please call 1-800/DIAL BEN� or visit franklintempleton.com.� FRANKLIN UNIVERSAL TRUST ASSET ALLOCATION at September 30, 2009 =========================================================================== MARKET PERCENTAGE SECURITY VALUE OF FUND (1) ----------------------------- ----------...
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Franklin Resources, Inc. Announces Month-End Assets Under Management

SAN MATEO, CA--(Marketwire - 11/09/09) - Franklin Resources, Inc. (Franklin Templeton Investments) (NYSE:BEN - News) today reported preliminary month-end assets under management by the company's subsidiaries of $523.1 billion at October 31, 2009, compared to $523.4 billion at September 30, 2009 and $426.5 billion at October 31, 2008. � ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT Preliminary (In billions) 31-Oct-09 30-Sep-09 30-Jun-09 31-Mar-09 31-Oct-08 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Franklin Templeton Investments: Equity: Global/international $ 179.4 $ 183.1 $ 153.1 $ 124.7 $ 147.6 Domestic (U.S.) 62.2 63.9 56.7 48.5 58.4 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total equity 241.6 247.0 209.8 173.2 206.0 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Hybrid 98.0 98.2 85.8 75.0 80.5 Fixed-Income: Tax-free 68.6 69.6 62.4 59.3 57.5 Taxable: Global/international 68.8 63.3 50.2 43.0 45.2 Domestic (U.S.) 39.2 38.4 35.5 32.5 29.1 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Total fixed-income 176.6 171.3 148.1 134.8 131.8 ------- ------- ------- ------- ------- Cash Management* 6.9 6.9 7.5 ...
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InPlay: Franklin Resources pushes higher off the open as it lifts up into its Oct-Nov range/52-wk high of 116.00-116.39

6:26PM Boise Inc. announced that the previously announced secondary offering of 17 mln shares of its common stock has been priced at $4.85 per share (BZ) 5.09 +0.04 :   5:01PM Oncolytics Biotech announces unit offering (ONCY) 3.43 -0.26 : Co announced that it is undertaking an overnight marketed offering of units, each comprised of one common share and a portion of a common share purchase warrant to be effected in each of the Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba and Ontario by way of a prospectus supplement to Oncolytics' base shelf short form prospectus, and in the United States...  ONCY intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund its previously announced Phase III combination REOLYSIN and paclitaxel/carboplatin trial for patients with platinum-failed head and neck cancers, its other clinical development and research and development activities, and for general corporate and working capital purposes. 5:00PM Coldwater Creek announced the resignation of Tim Martin, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CWTR) 5.81 -0.27 : Co has appointed John E. Hayes, III, Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Coldwater Creek, to serve as interim Chief Financial Officer, effective November 25, 2009, until a permanent successor is named. 4:55PM Quest Diagnostics announces pricing of tender offer for any and all of certain of its outstanding notes (DGX) 59.07 -0.35 : Co announced the determination of the pricing for its previously announced cash tender offer to purchase any and all of its 5.125% Senior Notes due 2010 and any and all of its 7.50% Senior Notes due 2011. 4:44PM Hampton Roads Bankshares defers dividends on TARP preferred stock (...
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