Fund Research for Wells Fargo Advantage Spclzd Tech Inv (WFTZX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Apr 11, 2005
    Category: Technology
    Overall Risk: Average
    Fund Family: Wells Fargo Advantage
    Return Since Inception: 5.39%
    YTD Return: 51.60%
    Yield (TTM): 0.00%
    Net Assets: 63.86 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    5 of 5

    The investment seeks long-term capital appreciation. The fund invests at least 80% of assets in securities of technology companies. The fund invests up to 50% of total assets in foreign securities. It invests up to 25% of assets in any one foreign country, although investments in Japan may exceed this limitation. It primarily invests in issuers with average market capitalizations of $500 million or more, although it may invest up to 15% of total assets in equities of issuers with market capitalizations below $100 million at the time of purchase. The fund is nondiversified.

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    Size
    Average Market Cap $35,440 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 58.81%
    Large 20.47%
    Medium 18.40%
    Small 2.31%
    Micro 0.00%
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 11/24/2009    		 Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any)

  • Fund Performance

    10 year Growth Chart
    Growth of $10,000 from 04/30/2005 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 51.60% 59.43% 2.26% — — 5.39%
    +/- Category -2.15% -6.52% 3.98% — — —
    +/- S&P 500 TR 26.40% 17.59% 7.86% — -0.95% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 42.01% 28.44% 2.04% 4.99% — 5.39%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 44.47% 10.32% 3.65% — — 5.90%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 11/24/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 11/24/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 04/11/2005
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 92.47%
    Service 2.69%
    Manufacturing 2.28%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash — 2.56% 2.56%
    Stocks — 97.44% 97.44%
    Bonds — 0.00% 0.00%
    Other — 0.00% 0.00%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 — 18.57% 18.57%
    Data as of 07/31/2009 Data as of 07/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    + MICROSOFT CORP (MSFT) Software 19.42 43.62% 8.36%
    - APPLE INC (AAPL) Hardware 32.50 121.15% 6.39%
    + HEWLETT PACKARD CO (HPQ) Hardware 16.90 31.58% 6.05%
    + INTEL CORP (INTC) Hardware 46.17 29.06% 5.24%
    + CISCO SYS INC (CSCO) Hardware 24.22 40.55% 4.76%
    + QUALCOMM INC (QCOM) Telecom 47.96 19.23% 4.70%
    - GOOGLE INC (GOOG) Telecom 37.67 74.64% 4.48%
    - ORACLE CORP (ORCL) Software 20.13 18.67% 3.75%
    + RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD (RIMM) Telecom 16.77 46.90% 2.91%
    + Research in Motion, Ltd. (RIMM) Telecom — 46.90% 2.91%
    + Increase - Decrease = No change * New since last portfolio
    Top 10 holdings account for the fund's short positions (if any). Net short positions appear shaded.
    P/E as of 11/24/2009
    All other data as of 07/31/2009
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  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial —
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 03/01/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.90%
    Taken from annual report dated 10/31/2008

  • Fund Management

    Walter C. Price, Jr.
    Start Date: 09/18/2000
    Price joined Dresdner RCM Global Investors in 1974 as a senior securities analyst and became a principal in 1978. He currently serves as a managing director and has analytical responsibility for much of the technology area. Price began his investment career in 1971 as an analyst with Colonial Management. Later, he became a senior analyst responsible for the chemical industry and the technology area. Price holds the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
    Huachen Chen
    Start Date: 12/30/2004
    Huachen joined RCM in 1984. He covered many sectors within technology, as well as the electrical equipment and multi-industry areas. Since 1990, he has had extensive portfolio responsibilities for technology and capital goods stocks and has managed U.S. and Global portfolios across all capitalization together with Walter Price. In 1994 Huachen became a principal of RCM. Prior to RCM, he worked for Intel Corporation from 1980 to 1983, where he had responsibilities for semiconductor process engineering.