Fund Research for Wells Fargo Advantage WB Cons Allocation (WBCAX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Sep 30, 2004
    Category: Conservative Allocation
    Overall Risk: Below Average
    Fund Family: Wells Fargo Advantage
    Return Since Inception: 3.05%
    YTD Return: 8.38%
    Yield (TTM): 2.94%
    Net Assets: 304.69 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    3 of 5
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 07/21/2009
    The investment seeks current income with a secondary emphasis on capital appreciation. The fund invests 76% of assets in bond funds, 19% of assets in stock funds and 5% of assets to alternative investment strategy funds. It normally uses futures contracts to implement target allocation changes recommended by the TAA Model. Bond holdings are diversified across a wide range of short- to long-term, income-producing securities. Stock holdings are diversified across a wide range of equity securities.

    Stock Holdings


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    Size
    Average Market Cap $15,599.20 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 38.21%
    Large 31.83%
    Medium 16.87%
    Small 10.20%
    Micro 2.90%

    Bond Holdings


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    Details
    Average Eff Duration 3.15 Yrs
    Average Eff Maturity 7.43 Yrs
    Average Credit Quality AAA
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    Style Box Detail calculations do not include the fund's short positions (if any) 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 09/30/2004 to 10/31/2009
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    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 8.38% -3.69% 1.63% — — 3.05%
    +/- Category -11.41% -30.44% 1.22% — — —
    +/- Morningstar Moderate Target Risk — — — — 4.76% —

    Standardized Annual Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Month (as of 10/31/2009) 12.65% 12.75% 1.46% 2.59% — 2.74%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 12.84% 4.33% 1.94% 2.82% — 2.82%
    Fund and Category YTD, 1yr, 3yr and 5yr Returns as of 07/21/2009
    Index YTD,1yr, 3ys and 5yr Returns as of 07/21/2009 10 yr and Since Inception Returns as of 10/31/2009
    Inception Date: 09/30/2004
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
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  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 4.95%
    Service 12.05%
    Manufacturing 7.65%
    Bond Quality
    AAA 87.15%
    AA 2.20%
    A 1.68%
    BBB 1.57%
    BB 3.78%
    B 2.07%
    Below B 0.83%
    Not Rated 0.72%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 9.10% 9.32% 0.22%
    Stocks 0.00% 24.72% 24.71%
    Bonds 1.77% 74.61% 72.85%
    Other 0.00% 0.15% 0.15%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 0.00% 7.41% 7.40%
    Data as of 09/30/2009 Data as of 08/31/2009 View Fund Portfolio

    Top 10 Holdings

    Stock Holdings Sector P/E Return as of 10/31/2009 Net Assets
    The stock holdings of WBCAX are not amongst the fund's top 10 holdings.
    Bond & Other Holdings Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    + Wells Fargo Advantage Sh Dur Govt Bd I — 7.04 M 73.18 M 28.00%
    + Wells Fargo Advantage Government Sec I — 4.52 M 48.87 M 18.70%
    + US LONG BOND (CBT) DEC09 12/31/2009 108.00 -12.93 M 4.95%
    + PIMCO High Yield Instl — 1.51 M 12.33 M 4.72%
    + S&P 500 FUTURE SEP09 09/18/2009 48.00 12.24 M 4.68%
    + Oppenheimer International Bond Y — 1.94 M 12.22 M 4.68%
    + PIMCO Commodity Real Ret Strat Instl — 1.01 M 7.59 M 2.90%
    + T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth — 210,303.00 6.11 M 2.34%
    + ING Global Real Estate I — 372,558.00 5.18 M 1.98%
    + Thornburg International Value I — 216,695.00 5.07 M 1.94%
    + 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 11/25/2009
    All other data as of 08/31/2009
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  • Sales Information

    Sales Charge %

    Initial 1.50%
    Deferred —
    Taken from prospectus dated 10/01/2009
    Expense Ratio (based on net assets) 1.50%
    Taken from annual report dated 05/31/2009

  • Fund Management