Moderate Balanced Fund – WFMAX

 


 

Share Price 05-21-13 $21.53
Daily Change 0.02
YTD Return 8.46%
Inception Date 04-30-1989
Net Fund Assets 04-30-2013 $170,445,402.81

PERFORMANCE

AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS % as of 03-31-2013

  1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Inception
NAV 8.21 7.91 4.77 5.93 7.26
POP 1.99 5.80 3.54 5.31 6.99

Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds

  1-year 3-year 5-year 10-year Inception
  9.11 8.05 4.77 6.99 --

Important disclosure

For Class A shares, the maximum front-end sales charge is 5.75%. Performance including sales charge assumes the sales charge for the corresponding time period.
Public offering price (POP) is the price of one share of a fund including any sales charges. Net asset value (NAV) is the value of one share of the fund excluding any sales charges. Had sales charges been included, performance would be lower. Returns for periods of less than one year are not annualized.

Source: Lipper, Inc. The Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation Moderate Funds Average is an average of funds that, by portfolio practice, maintain a mix of between 40%-60% equity securities, with the remainder invested in bonds, cash, and cash equivalents. The total return of the Lipper Average does not include the effect of sales charges. You cannot invest directly in a Lipper Average.

EXPENSES %

Net Expense Ratio effective since 10-01-12 1.15%
Gross Expense Ratio 1.33%

Important disclosure

The advisor has committed, through 09-30-13, to waive fees and/or reimburse expenses to the extent necessary to cap the fund's total annual fund operating expenses after fee waiver, excluding certain expenses, at 1.15%. Without this cap, the fund's returns would have been lower.

MORNINGSTAR RATINGS as of 04-30-2013

Category = Conservative Allocation
3-Year out of 593 fundsMorningstar RatingMorningstar Rating
5-Year out of 502 funds Morningstar RatingMorningstar Rating
10-Year out of 208 funds Morningstar RatingMorningstar Rating
Overall out of 593 fundsMorningstar RatingMorningstar Rating

Important disclosure

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) ratings, based on risk-adjusted returns.

Please note, Morningstar provides an extended performance rating for some mutual funds in its universe. Share classes that don't have a one-, three-, five-, or 10-year performance history may receive a hypothetical Morningstar Rating based on the oldest surviving share class of the fund. Morningstar computes the fund's new return stream by appending an adjusted return history of the oldest share class, and the extended performance rating is determined by comparing the adjusted historical returns with the current open-end mutual fund universe. 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), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance. The top 10% of funds in each category receive 5 stars, the next 22.5% receive 4 stars, the next 35% receive 3 stars, the next 22.5% receive 2 stars and the bottom 10% receive 1 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.) Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

HOLDINGS

TOP HOLDINGS % of net assets as of 04-30-2013

Treasury Bill 0.00000, 0.00%, 2013-05-02 1.02%
FHLMC, 7.50%, 2043-09-25 0.89%
FNMA, 5.25%, 2020-05-25 0.79%
FNMA, 6.25%, 2042-05-25 0.78%
FNMA, 3.50%, 2032-09-01 0.74%
Apple Incorporated 0.68%
U.S. Treasury Bond, 4.25%, 2040-11-15 0.67%
Google Incorporated 0.65%
Structured Asset Securities Corporation Series 2007-rm1 Class A1, 0.48%, 2047-05-25 0.60%
Hfchc 2005-2 A1, 0.46%, 2035-01-20 0.53%
Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.

FUND STORY

PORTFOLIO MANAGERS


Jeffrey P. Mellas, CAIA

Jeffrey P. Mellas, CAIA
Years of investment
experience: 20

 

Thomas C. Biwer, CFA

Thomas C. Biwer, CFA
Years of investment
experience: 30

 

Andrew Owen, CFA

Andrew Owen, CFA
Years of investment
experience: 25

 

Erik Sens, CFA

Erik Sens, CFA
Years of investment
experience: 24

 

Doug Beath

Doug Beath
Years of investment
experience: 33

 

Petros Bocray, CFA

Petros Bocray, CFA, FRM
Years of investment
experience: 13


The Fund

The Wells Fargo Advantage Moderate Balanced Fund seeks total return by using a multi-manager approach to principally invest in a portfolio of equity and fixed-income securities.

Competitive Advantages

  • Proprietary asset allocation: The team employs a quantitative asset allocation model—the Tactical Asset Allocation (TAA) Model—that reveals attractive opportunities between stocks and bonds based on relative valuations and price momentum.
  • Multi-manager expertise: The fund seeks the best available managers and will invest in portfolios managed by both affiliated and unaffiliated subadvisors. Factors considered when selecting a portfolio include how well it complements other portfolios in the fund, the management team's experience, and the strength and consistency of its track record.

Risks

Balanced funds may invest in stocks and bonds. Stock values fluctuate in response to the activities of individual companies and general market and economic conditions. 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 values fall and investors may lose principal value. The use of derivatives may reduce returns and/or increase volatility. 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.

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. Performance shown without sales charges would be lower if sales charges were reflected. 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 at the funds' website, wellsfargo.com/advantagefunds.

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