FT vs IDR Comparison

Franklin Universal Trust is a closed-end management investment company focused on providing high current income while preserving capital. Its secondary objective is to achieve income growth through dividend increases and capital appreciation. The fund invests in two asset classes: high-yield bonds and utility stocks. It applies fundamental research to build a diversified high-yield bond portfolio and targets utility companies with attractive dividend yields and a history of increasing dividends.

Idaho Strategic Resources Inc is a vertically integrated, operating junior mining company. The Company's primary business is exploring for, developing, and extracting gold, and to a lesser extent, silver, and base metal mineral resources in the greater Coeur d'Alene Mining District of North Idaho. The Company produces gold at the Golden Chest Mine located in the Murray Gold Belt area of the world-class Coeur d'Alene Mining District, north of the prolific Silver Valley.