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ADVISER | Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
SUB-ADVISER | Schroder Investment Management North America Inc. ("Schroder")
PORTFOLIO MANAGER
THE FUND | The Wells Fargo Advantage Small Cap Opportunities Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by using a bottom-up fundamental research-driven process to select small-capitalization companies.
FUND STRATEGY
- Focuses on small-cap stocks that management believes are poised to generate above-average earnings growth with attractive valuations relative to a company's historical position and its competition.
- Invests when a strong conviction and a thorough understanding of a firm's risks and opportunities are achieved; holdings are identified by analyzing business models, interviewing management, and assessing financials to determine appropriate valuations.
- Uses a fundamental research-driven process to select companies whose growth is underestimated, that have valuable levels of recurring revenues and cash flows, or that are emerging from a period of dramatic change.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
- Diversified sources of alpha: Diversification of alpha among companies with stable revenue and growth characteristics; firms that are poised for a turnaround; and mispriced growth stocks can maximize value for a given level of risk. The team believes that low correlations of excess returns exist between these three types of holdings, with each one likely to perform well during different environments.
- Multiple valuation approaches: Greater confidence in price targets is achieved through multiple disciplined valuation approaches. A stock must look attractive according to two valuation methodologies before being included in the fund, enhancing confidence in the assessed stock's true value and potentially bolstering the portfolio's total return.
- Management expertise and tenure: The fund's lead portfolio manager has more than three decades of experience managing small-cap equities.
RISKS |
Stock fund values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. Smaller company stocks tend to be more volatile and less liquid than those of larger companies. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. Consult the fund's prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.
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