Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund
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ADVISER | Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC
SUB-ADVISER | Wells Capital Management Incorporated ("Wells Capital Management")
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
THE FUND | The Wells Fargo Advantage Short Duration Government Bond Fund seeks total return by primarily investing in debt issued by U.S. government agencies and government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) while maintaining an average duration less than that of the 3-year Treasury.
FUND STRATEGY
- Seeks to outperform the Barclays Capital 1-3 Year Government Bond Index by investing the majority of its assets in high-quality securities issued or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or GSEs.
- Typically maintains a duration neutral to that of the benchmark, with a predominant emphasis on bottom-up security selection among a universe of high-quality, liquid bonds.
- Uses proprietary risk management systems as the foundation for a highly disciplined decision-making process.
COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
- Empowered tactical trading: The team combines a proprietary risk management system with extensive bottom-up security selection to add incremental levels of alpha with each trade. This process empowers the team to tactically trade for value among a universe of highly liquid, high-quality securities.
- Bottom-up credit selection process: The team's credit selection process of tactically trading in the most liquid markets, coupled with a rigorous risk management system, enables it to add modest levels of alpha in all market cycles.
- Risk management: Risk controls are the foundation of every step of the team's process. Risk management is integrated into valuations, analytics, and trading, with the resulting portfolio composed of securities that are vetted through bottom-up credit research but modeled in a manner that seeks to minimize excessive risk relative to the benchmark.
RISKS |
Bond 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. Securities issued by U.S. government agencies or government-sponsored entities may not be guaranteed by the U.S. Treasury. Certain investment strategies tend to increase the total risk of an investment (relative to the broader market). This fund is exposed to mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk. Consult the fund's prospectus for additional information on these and other risks.
The U.S. government guarantee applies to certain underlying securities and not to shares of the fund.
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TOP HOLDINGS – % of net assets as of 05-31-2013


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| U.S. Treasury Note, 1.75%, 2014-03-31 |
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7.89% |


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| U.S. Treasury N/b, 0.25%, 2014-02-28 |
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6.60% |


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| WI Treasury N/b, 0.37%, 2016-03-15 |
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5.63% |


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| FNMA, 5.50%, 2041-12-01 |
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5.39% |


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| U.S. Treasury N/b Fixed, 0.50%, 2013-11-15 |
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4.35% |


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| FNMA, 5.00%, 2040-02-01 |
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4.01% |


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| US TREASURY N/B 05/15 0.25, 0.25%, 2015-05-31 |
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3.76% |


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| FNMA, 5.50%, 2040-08-01 |
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3.30% |


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| FNMA, 6.00%, 2037-08-01 |
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2.10% |


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| FNR 2010 60 HJ Fixed, 5.50%, 2040-05-25 |
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1.84% |


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