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4- and 5-Star Funds


The following tables list all Wells Fargo Advantage Funds® with Class A and Investor Class shares that currently have a four- or five-star Overall Morningstar Rating™. For more complete information on any of the funds listed below, click the fund name to view a fund summary. Or download a prospectus for any of the funds. The following Morningstar ratings are based on risk-adjusted return and are as of 4-30-13.

Investing in all mutual funds entails risk. Information about all risks of investing in a Fund is available in the Fund's prospectus.

The Overall Star Rating, a weighted-average of the three-, five-, and ten-year (if applicable) ratings, is based on risk-adjusted return as of 4-30-13.


MORNINGSTAR RATINGS – CLASS A SHARES

  Overall 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Morningstar Category


Adjustable Rate Government
out of 87 funds

out of 87 funds

out of 81 funds

out of 63 funds
Ultrashort Bond


Discovery
out of 642 funds

out of 642 funds

out of 559 funds

out of 412 funds
Mid-Cap Growth


Emerging Markets Equity
out of 357 funds

out of 357 funds

out of 257 funds

out of 146 funds
Diversified Emerging Mkts


Growth*
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


Index Asset Allocation
out of 341 funds

out of 341 funds

out of 314 funds

out of 132 funds
Aggressive Allocation


Intrinsic World Equity
out of 742 funds

out of 742 funds

out of 586 funds

out of 294 funds
World Stock


Municipal Bond
out of 221 funds

out of 221 funds

out of 207 funds

out of 171 funds
Muni National Long


Omega Growth
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


Precious Metals
out of 70 funds

out of 70 funds

out of 65 funds

out of 47 funds
Equity Precious Metals


Premier Large Company Growth
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


Specialized Technology
out of 192 funds

out of 192 funds

out of 168 funds

out of 141 funds
Technology


Strategic Municipal Bond
out of 142 funds

out of 142 funds

out of 114 funds

out of 91 funds
Muni National Short





MORNINGSTAR RATINGS – INVESTOR CLASS SHARES

  Overall 3 Year 5 Year 10 Year Morningstar Category


Common Stock
out of 642 funds

out of 642 funds

out of 559 funds

out of 412 funds
Mid-Cap Growth


Core Bond (formerly Total Return Bond)
out of 994 funds

out of 994 funds

out of 868 funds

out of 604 funds
Intermediate-Term Bond


Discovery
out of 642 funds

out of 642 funds

out of 559 funds

out of 412 funds
Mid-Cap Growth


Diversified International
out of 707 funds

out of 707 funds

out of 600 funds

out of 321 funds
Foreign Large Blend


Growth*
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


High Income
out of 522 funds

out of 522 funds

out of 460 funds

out of 320 funds
High Yield Bond


Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free
out of 228 funds

out of 228 funds

out of 197 funds

out of 146 funds
Muni National Interm


Municipal Bond
out of 221 funds

out of 221 funds

out of 207 funds

out of 171 funds
Muni National Long


Large Cap Growth
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


Premier Large Company Growth
out of 1485 funds

out of 1485 funds

out of 1285 funds

out of 852 funds
Large Growth


Short-Term Municipal Bond
out of 142 funds

out of 142 funds

out of 114 funds

out of 91 funds
Muni National Short


Special Mid Cap Value
out of 364 funds

out of 364 funds

out of 315 funds

out of 179 funds
Mid-Cap Value


Target 2030
out of 181 funds

out of 181 funds

out of 141 funds

out of 16 funds
Target Date 2026-2030


Target 2045
out of 127 funds

out of 127 funds

out of 89 funds
NA Target Date 2041-2045


Wisconsin Tax-Free
out of 221 funds

out of 221 funds

out of 218 funds

out of 201 funds
Muni Single State Interm


*Closed to new investors.


Investor Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. The maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75% for Class A shares of the Discovery, Emerging Markets Equity, Growth, Index Asset Allocation, Intrinsic World Equity, Omega Growth, Precious Metals, Premier Large Company Growth, and Specialized Technology Funds. The maximum front-end sales charge is 4.50% for class A shares of the Municipal Bond and Strategic Municipal Bond Funds. The maximum front-end sales charge is 2.00% for class A shares of the Adjustable Rate Government Fund. Performance including sales charge assumes the sales charge for the corresponding time period.

The adviser has committed to certain fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Without these reductions, the Fund's returns would have been lower and ratings may have been lower. These reductions may be discontinued.

For the Adjustable Rate Government Fund, the U.S. government guarantee applies to certain underlying securities and not to shares of the fund.

A portion of the Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free, Municipal Bond, Short-Term Municipal Bond, Strategic Municipal Bond, and Wisconsin Tax-Free Funds' income may be subject to federal, state, and/or local income taxes or the alternative minimum tax (AMT). Any capital gains distributions may be taxable.

Performance for certain Wells Fargo Advantage Funds (each a "Fund") reflects a predecessor fund's performance and may be adjusted to reflect the Fund's sales charges and/or expenses. Predecessor fund information can be found in each Fund's prospectus.

Please note, Morningstar provides an extended performance rating for some mutual funds in its universe. Share classes that don’t have a 1, 3-, 5-, or 10-year performance history may receive a hypothetical Morningstar Rating based on the oldest surviving share class of the fund. Morningstar computes the funds' new return stream by appending an adjusted return history of the oldest share class and the extended performance rating is determined by comparing the adjusted-historical returns to the current open-end mutual fund universe. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund's monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees – unless otherwise indicated), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 star. (Each share class is counted as a fraction of one fund within this scale and rated separately, which may cause slight variations in the distribution percentages.) Morningstar Ratings are for the specified share class only; other share classes may have different performance characteristics. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

 

 

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