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We analyze Franklin Lifesmart's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of Franklin Lifesmart using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at the intrinsic value of Franklin Lifesmart based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this mutual fund, focuses on analyzing financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.

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Franklin Lifesmart financial ratios help investors to determine whether Franklin Mutual Fund is cheap or expensive when compared to a particular measure, such as profits or enterprise value. In other words, they help investors to determine the cost of investment in Franklin with respect to the benefits of owning Franklin Lifesmart security.