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4- and 5-Star Funds

The following is a list of all Wells Fargo Advantage Funds® Investor Class Funds 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 returns and are as of 04-30-2012.

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 Morningstar Rating for a fund is derived from a weighted-average of the performance figures associated with its three-, five- and ten-year (if applicable) Morningstar Rating metrics.



 
Wells Fargo Advantage Fund
Category
  Overall Morningstar Risk
Adjusted Rating as of

04-30-2012
   

Average Annual Total Returns %
as of
03-31-2012

 
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Expense Ratios % rule
     
              1 Yr       3 Yr       5 Yr       10 Yr       Life       Gross      Net      Contract Date          


 
LARGE CAP FUNDS


  Growth
Large Growth
Inception: 12-31-93
  Morningstar Rating
out of 1465 funds
  14.05   35.26   11.31   9.21   11.48   1.31   1.29   11-30-12   Closed to New Investors  


  Large Cap Growth
Large Growth
Inception: 12-30-81
  Morningstar Rating
out of 1465 funds
  14.22   25.86   6.68   4.59   10.38   1.32   1.19   11-30-12   Open an Account Online
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  Premier Large Company Growth
Large Growth
Inception: 09-11-35
  Morningstar Rating
out of 1465 funds
  14.49   25.81   9.12   6.28   10.31   1.31   1.19   07-18-13   Open an Account Online
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MID CAP FUNDS


  Common Stock
Mid-Cap Growth
Inception: 12-29-89
  Morningstar Rating
out of 658 funds
  3.26   27.16   5.73   7.96   12.99   1.38   1.30   01-31-13   Open an Account Online
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  Discovery
Mid-Cap Growth
Inception: 12-31-87
  Morningstar Rating
out of 658 funds
  6.89   31.60   7.39   9.50   11.54   1.41   1.30   07-18-13   Open an Account Online
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SMALL CAP FUNDS


  Emerging Growth
Small Growth
Inception: 01-31-07
  Morningstar Rating
out of 663 funds
  6.31   32.56   6.12   --   6.39   3.11   1.44   09-30-12   Closed to New Investors
 


  Small Cap Value
Small Blend
Inception: 12-31-97
  Morningstar Rating
out of 584 funds
  -5.83   23.65   3.19   9.03   12.48   1.41   1.35   02-28-13   Open an Account Online
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INTERNATIONAL & SPECIALTY FUNDS


  Specialized Technology
Technology
Inception: 09-18-00
  Morningstar Rating
out of 186 funds
  -0.74   28.20   8.90   8.64   -1.22   1.76   1.76   07-31-13   Open an Account Online
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ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS


  Target 2020
Target Date 2016-2020
Inception: 03-01-94
  Morningstar Rating
out of 190 funds
  4.04   14.66   2.97   4.39   6.73   1.14   0.91   06-30-12   Open an Account Online
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  Target 2030
Target Date 2026-2030
Inception: 03-01-94
  Morningstar Rating
out of 190 funds
  2.57   19.30   2.23   4.45   7.09   1.15   0.92   06-30-12   Open an Account Online
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  Target 2040
Target Date 2036-2040
Inception: 03-01-94
  Morningstar Rating
out of 187 funds
  1.40   21.98   1.82   4.55   7.41   1.17   0.93   06-30-12   Open an Account Online
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  Target 2050
Target Date 2046-2050
Inception: 06-29-07
  Morningstar Rating
out of 143 funds
  1.32   22.20   --   --   0.84   1.17   0.93   06-30-12   Open an Account Online
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INCOME FUNDS


  Total Return Bond
Intermediate-Term Bond
Inception: 06-30-97
  Morningstar Rating
out of 1006 funds
  8.20   8.17   6.80   5.93   6.29   0.88   0.86   07-11-13   Open an Account Online
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MUNICIPAL INCOME FUNDS


  Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free
Muni National Interm
Inception: 07-31-01
  Morningstar Rating
out of 210 funds
  10.32   8.14   5.04   5.31   5.43   0.85   0.73   07-11-13   Open an Account Online
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  Municipal Bond
Muni National Long
Inception: 10-23-86
  Morningstar Rating
out of 216 funds
  13.41   11.40   5.64   6.25   5.76   0.86   0.80   07-11-13   Open an Account Online
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  Short-Term Municipal Bond
Muni National Short
Inception: 12-31-91
  Morningstar Rating
out of 128 funds
  3.50   4.53   3.69   3.71   4.15   0.82   0.63   07-11-13   Open an Account Online
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  Wisconsin Tax-Free
Muni Single State Interm
Inception: 04-06-01
  Morningstar Rating
out of 211 funds
  8.79   6.18   4.52   5.03   5.12   0.95   0.73   10-31-12   Open an Account Online
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Figures quoted represent past performance, which is no guarantee of future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted and assumes the reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Current month-end performance is available here.

Investor Class shares are sold without a front-end sales charge or contingent deferred sales charge.

The adviser has committed to fee waivers and/or expense reimbursements, through the Fund's contract date, to maintain the Fund's net expense ratio as shown. Without these reductions, the Fund's returns would have been lower, and the ratings may have been lower.

A portion of the Intermediate Tax/AMT-Free, Municipal Bond, Short-Term 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 performance may include performance of an unregistered collective investment fund that was not subject to the same requirements and restrictions as the Fund. Predecessor fund information can be found in each Fund's prospectus.

Please note, some of the Morningstar proprietary calculations, including the Morningstar RatingTM, are not customarily calculated based on adjusted historical returns; however, in some cases, the investment's independent Morningstar Rating metric is compared against the retail mutual fund universe breakpoints to determine its hypothetical rating. The evaluation of this investment does not affect the retail mutual fund data published by Morningstar. 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 five stars, the next 22.5% receive four stars, the next 35% receive three stars, the next 22.5% receive two stars, and the bottom 10% receive one 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 classes may have different performance characteristics.
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