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FRGOX — Franklin Gold and Precious Metals C

Data as of 2026-10-02 · US · Commodities · window 2016-10-02 → 2026-10-02 (10.0 years) · returns assume dividends reinvested, net of fund fees · Market Data from Tiingo.com

What the history says

FRGOX
Total return+249.91%
Annualised (CAGR)+13.35%
Volatility (annualised)+35.41%
Sharpe (rf = 0)0.38
Deepest drawdown-48.97%
Drawdown peak → trough2022-04-14 → 2022-09-26
Dividend yield (12m distributions)11.90% (as of 2026-10-02)

Over the 10.0 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +249.91% in total (+13.35% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -48.97% from 2022-04-14 to 2022-09-26. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-24.01%), its best 2025 (+192.98%).

Every calendar year

Calendar-year returns (net of fees, dividends reinvested)
YearFRGOX
2026+3.10%
2025+192.98%
2024+14.98%
2023+1.24%
2022-24.01%
2021-4.44%
2020+42.51%
2019+50.42%
2018-18.70%
2017-0.96%
2016-20.60%

Common questions

How much has FRGOX returned over the last 10 years?

+249.91% in total, which works out to +13.35% a year over the 10 years to 2026-10-02. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.

What was FRGOX's worst year?

2022 — its calendar-year return was -24.01% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+192.98%).

How deep was FRGOX's worst drawdown?

-48.97%, from a peak on 2022-04-14 to a trough on 2022-09-26. From that trough it took 899 days (about 29.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.

Does FRGOX pay dividends?

Over the last 12 months it distributed 11.90% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.

What this page does not say

It does not say FRGOX is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -48.97% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.

Run your own window, add fees or a second fund: open FRGOX in the tool. History is shown as history, never sold as a forecast.

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