Wells Fargo Advantage Small Company Value Fund
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ADVISER | Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
SUB-ADVISER | Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. ("Peregrine")
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS

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Tasso H. Coin Jr, CFA Years of investment experience: 22
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Mr. Coin joined Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. in 1995 as a Senior Vice President. His responsibilities include co-managing the Small Company Value Portfolio. Prior to 1995, Mr. Coin was a research officer at Lord Asset Management. Mr. Coin earned his B.A. degree in Economics from Loyola University of Chicago.
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Jason Ballsrud, CFA Years of investment experience: 18
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Mr. Ballsrud is a research analyst for the Small Cap Value style and shares responsibility for industry research, stock selection and client communications with his team. Mr. Ballsrud joined Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. ("Peregrine") in 1997. Prior to joining Peregrine, he worked for American Express Asset Management's Equity Group. Mr. Ballsrud earned his B.S. and M.B.A. degrees in Finance from the Carlson School of Management at the University of Minnesota.
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Douglas G. Pugh, CFA Years of investment experience: 23
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Mr. Pugh joined Peregrine Capital Management, Inc. ("Peregrine") in 1997 as a Senior Vice President. Mr. Pugh currently co-manages the Small Company Value Portfolio. Prior to 1997, Mr. Pugh was a Senior Equity Analyst and Portfolio Manager for Advantus Capital Management, an investment advisor firm. Mr. Pugh earned his B.S.B.A. degree from Drake University and his M.B.A. degree from the University of Minnesota.
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THE FUND | The Wells Fargo Advantage Small Company Value Fund seeks long-term capital appreciation by combining quantitative and fundamental analysis to indentify undervalued small-capitalization companies while keeping sector weights close to those of the benchmark.
FUND STRATEGY
- Uses a proprietary process to screen a 1,900-stock universe down to approximately 175 candidate companies.
- Conducts extensive, independent, fundamental research on the narrowed list of 175 companies.
- Selects portfolio holdings with one or more value investment criteria: resolvable short-term problem, catalyst for change, unrecognized assets, fundamental undervaluation, and takeover potential.
- Maintains four strict sell disciplines: deteriorating fundamentals, better value opportunity, investment reaching fair valuation, and profit taking.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
- Proprietary valuation process: The team uses a screening process with 60 fundamental factors (such as price-to-book or price-to-cash-flow) in an attempt to identify undervalued stocks. The screens are tailored on a sector-by-sector basis, using specific metrics that the team believes are the best indicators of a potential value stock.
- Proprietary network: The team spends much of its time meeting with company managements, suppliers, and competitors to determine if a company possesses identifiable value criteria. The team believes that such meetings help determine whether a company is an actual value or should be avoided.
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. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). This fund is exposed to foreign investment risk. Consult the fund's prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.
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