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2009 Lipper Fund Award Winners |
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The Wells Fargo Advantage Short-Term High Yield Bond Fund and the Wells Fargo Advantage Capital Growth Fund were both recently honored by Lipper. The Short-Term High Yield Bond Fund was recognized as a top performer over a three-year period in the High Current Yield Fund category, and the Capital Growth Fund was recognized as a top performer over a ten-year period in the Large Cap Growth Fund category. For each of the three-, five-, and ten-year periods, awards are given annually to one fund in each Lipper classification for achieving the strongest trend of consistent risk-adjusted performance against its peers. |
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Barron's Charles Rinaldi Profile
Portfolio Manager I. Charles Rinaldi and the Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Value Fund were profiled in the August 18, 2008 edition of Barron's. |
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Barron's Top 100 Fund Managers View More Details
In the August 11, 2008 edition of Barron's, the Wells Fargo Advantage Funds® Portfolio Managers below were listed as top 100 fund managers: |
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Thomas Pence, portfolio manager of the Wells Fargo Advantage Discovery FundSM, ranked 19th. This is his fourth consecutive year on the list. |
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I. Charles Rinaldi, portfolio manager of the Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Value Fund,* ranked 21st. This is his second consecutive year on the list. |
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*Investor Class shares are closed to new accounts, though the Fund may continue to offer its shares to limited groups as described in the prospectus.
The Barron's survey is designed to identify top fund managers in nine broad investment categories. They are identified according to how well they performed on a risk-adjusted basis, relative to others with the same investment objective over a period of at least three years, without undue volatility in returns.
Barron's, "They're the Tops", Christopher C. Williams, 08-11-08. For the 2008 Barron's/Value Line survey 1,008 equity funds were screened. Funds with more than two lead managers, managers with less then three years' tenure, and funds with assets under $200 million were excluded. The ranking is based on the performance of the manager with the longer tenure, and co-managers must share day-to-day management of the fund. 564 managers qualified to be ranked. |
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| Past performance is no guarantee of future results. |
Stock fund values fluctuate
in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and
economic conditions. Bond fund values fluctuate in response to the financial
condition of individual issuers, general market and economic conditions, and
changes in interest rates. In general, when interest rates rise, bond fund values
fall and investors may lose principal value. Some funds, including nondiversified
funds and funds investing in foreign investments, high-yield bonds, small and
mid cap stocks, and/or more volatile segments of the economy, entail additional
risk and may not be appropriate for all investors. Consult a Fund's prospectus
for additional information on these and other risks.
