Dow Jones Target 2015 Fund
– WFACX
| Share Price 05-23-13 |
$10.22
|
| Daily Change |
-0.01
|
| YTD Return |
2.24%
|
| Inception Date |
06-29-2007 |
| Net Fund Assets 04-30-2013 |
$1,040,171,363.47 |
PERFORMANCE
AVERAGE ANNUAL TOTAL RETURNS % as of 03-31-2013
| |
1-year |
3-year |
5-year |
10-year |
Inception |
| NAV |
5.08 |
6.34 |
3.97 |
-- |
3.55 |
| POP |
-0.99 |
4.26 |
2.75 |
-- |
2.49 |
Dow Jones Target 2015 Index
| |
1-year |
3-year |
5-year |
10-year |
Inception |
| |
5.82 |
7.15 |
4.76 |
-- |
-- |
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.
The Dow Jones Target Date Indexes (each an "Index" or collectively the "Indexes") are a series of Indexes designed as benchmarks for multi-asset class portfolios with risk profiles that become more conservative over time. The Index weightings among the major asset classes are adjusted monthly based on a published set of Index rules. The Indexes with longer time horizons have higher allocations to equity securities, while the Indexes with shorter time horizons replace some of their stock allocations with allocations to fixed income securities and money market instruments. The Index returns reflect hypothetical back-tested performance. You cannot invest directly in an index.
EXPENSES %
| Net Expense Ratio effective since 12-01-12 |
0.84% |
| Gross Expense Ratio |
1.08% |
Important disclosure
The advisor has committed, through 06-30-14, 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 0.84%. Without this cap, the fund's returns would have been lower.
HOLDINGS
TOP HOLDINGS % of net assets as of 04-30-2013
| U.S. Treasury N/b, 0.25%, 2014-09-30 |
0.68% |
| Federal National Mortgage Association, 3.50%, 2043-05-01 |
0.54% |
| Apple Incorporated |
0.36% |
| WI Treasury Sec, 0.37%, 2015-03-15 |
0.34% |
| U.S. Treasury N/b, 0.37%, 2015-04-15 |
0.34% |
| Federal Home Loan Mortgage Company, 3.50%, 2043-05-01 |
0.28% |
| U.S. Treasury N/b, 0.62%, 2017-09-30 |
0.27% |
| U.S. Treasury N/b Fixed, 3.62%, 2021-02-15 |
0.27% |
| U.S. Treasury N/B, 2.00%, 2021-11-15 |
0.25% |
| FNMA TBA 30 YR, 3.00%, 2043-05-01 |
0.24% |
Portfolio holdings are subject to change and may have changed since the date specified.
FUND STORY
PORTFOLIO MANAGERS
The Fund
The
Wells Fargo Advantage Dow Jones Target 2015 FundSM invests in a portfolio of equity, fixed income, and short term securities, and is reallocated over time to becomemore conservative as the fund approaches its target year.
Competitive Advantages
- Equal weighting: The fund is designed to provide broad diversification by investing in a passively managed global portfolio. The team believes that equally weighting the fixed-income and equity subasset classes (such as U.S. corporate bonds or small-cap value stocks) allows investors to participate in a variety of markets.
- Risk management: The fund adjusts its exposure to stocks, bonds, and cash to target specific levels of risk. The goal is to provide what the team believes is an appropriate level of risk at each stage of an investor's life. Consequently, the fund also seeks to maintain a relatively conservative risk profile.
Risks
The target date represents the year in which investors may likely begin withdrawing assets. The Funds gradually seek to reduce market risk as the target date approaches and after it arrives by decreasing equity exposure and increasing fixed income exposure. The principal value is not guaranteed at any time, including at the target date.
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 foreign investment risk, mortgage- and asset-backed securities risk, smaller company investment risk and allocation methodology risk (risk that the allocation methodology of the Dow Jones Target Date Index, whose total returns the Fund seeks to approximate, before fees and expenses, will not meet an investor's goals). 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.