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California Municipal Money Market Fund – Institutional Class

All information on this page is as of 09-03-10 unless otherwise noted.
Fund Number 3163
Ticker WCTXX
CUSIP 949921548
7-Day Current Yield as of 09-03-10 0.09%
7-Day Effective Yield 0.09%
YTD Return 0.09%
Investment Minimum $10,000,000
Inception Date 01-01-1992
Net Fund Assets as of 07-31-2010 $3,042,249,238.27
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Average Annual Total Return – as of 06-30-2010

  1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Since Inception
California Municipal Money Market Fund 0.12% 1.28% 1.90% 1.66% 2.11%
Lipper California Tax-Exempt Money Market Funds Average 0.04% 1.08% 1.73% 1.52% --

Month-End Performance – as of 7-31-10

  1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Since Inception
California Municipal Money Market Fund 0.12% 1.20% 1.87% 1.63% 2.10%

Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment returns and yields will fluctuate. The Fund's yield figures more closely reflect the current earnings of the Fund than the total return figures. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted.

Money market funds are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge. Other fees and expenses apply to an investment in the Fund and are described in the Fund's current prospectus.

The adviser has committed to certain fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements. Without these reductions, the Fund's seven-day current yield would have been 0.05%. These reductions may be discontinued.

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Prior to 12/1/2009, the Fund was named Wells Fargo Advantage California Tax-Free Money Market Fund Institutional Class shares incepted on March 31, 2008. Performance shown since November 8, 1999 for the Institutional Class shares reflects the performance of the Service Class shares, and includes expenses that are not applicable to and higher than those of the Institutional Class shares. Performance shown prior to November 8, 1999 for the Institutional Class reflects the performance of the Class A shares and includes expenses that are not applicable to and higher than those of the Institutional Class shares, but does not include Class A sales charges. If it did include Class A sales charges, returns would be lower.

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Portfolio Statistics – as of 07-31-2010

Number of Securities 582
Weighted Average Effective Maturity 6.00 Day(s)
Expense Ratio – effective since 07-01-10 0.20%

Portfolio Composition as of 07-31-2010


Percent total may not add to 100% due to rounding. Portfolio composition is subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

ADVISER

  |  Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC

SUB-ADVISER

  |  Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management")

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

David D. Sylvester David D. Sylvester
Mr. Sylvester is an Executive Vice President with Wells Capital Management, sub-advisor to Wells Fargo Advantage Funds. For two decades, he has maintained a steadfast discipline of rigorous credit analysis and attentive capital preservation that has earned both him and our money market funds a distinguished reputation for risk controlled cash management. Mr. Sylvester began his career as a fixed income manager at the National Bank of Detroit in 1974. He joined Norwest Corporation as a fixed income portfolio manager and trader in 1979, later becoming manager of the fixed income institutional group. Norwest subsequently merged with Wells Capital Management. Since 1987, Mr. Sylvester has specialized in short-term investments and the management of money market funds.
 
James C. Randazzo James C. Randazzo
Mr. Randazzo has been with Wells Capital Management or one of its predecessor firms since 2000. He is currently a portfolio manager and head of the municipal money market team at Wells Capital Management. He has previously served as a financial analyst at KPMG, LLP, as a financial adviser for Prudential Securities, and as a trader for HSBC. He began his investment industry career in 1993 at Greenwich Partners, Inc. Mr. Randazzo earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Iona College and an M.B.A. with an emphasis in finance from the University of Connecticut.

OBJECTIVE

  |  The California Municipal Money Market Fund seeks current income exempt from regular federal income tax and California individual income tax, while preserving capital and liquidity.

PRINCIPAL STRATEGIES

  |  We actively manage a portfolio of high-quality, short-term municipal obligations that are issued by or on behalf of the state of California, its cities, municipalities, political subdivisions and other public authorities. These investments may have fixed, floating, or variable rates of interest. We may invest a portion of the Fund's total assets in the securities of territories and possessions of the U.S. or their political subdivisions and financing authorities, that pay interest exempt from regular federal income tax and California individual income tax. We will only purchase First Tier securities.

We invest principally in municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from California individual income tax and regular federal income tax, but not necessarily federal AMT. The Fund attempts to invest exclusively in municipal obligations that pay interest exempt from California individual income tax and regular federal income tax however, it is possible that the Fund may invest up to 20% of its net assets in high-quality, short-term money market instruments that pay interest subject to California individual income tax and regular federal income tax.

Our security selection is based on several factors, including credit quality, yield and maturity, while taking into account the Fund's overall level of liquidity and average maturity.

The Fund may temporarily deviate from its principal investment strategies by investing its assets in high-quality, short-term money market instruments that pay interest subject to California individual income tax or regular federal income tax. Circumstances in which the Fund may invest in these securities include, but are not limited to, periods of low or no availability of eligible municipal obligations or in order to manage liquidity. If the Fund invests in taxable securities, it may distribute taxable income.

A portion of the Fund's 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.