Fund Research for Wells Fargo Advantage WB Growth Balanced (WBGBX)

  • Fund Overview

    Fund Inception Date: Oct 01, 1997
    Category: Moderate Allocation
    Overall Risk: High
    Fund Family: Wells Fargo Advantage
    Return Since Inception: 2.63%
    YTD Return: 13.51%
    Yield (TTM): 2.13%
    Net Assets: 530.62 M
    Morningstar Rating:
    1 of 5
    Morningstar Rating as of 10/31/2009
    YTD Returns as of 07/21/2009
    The investment seeks a combination of capital appreciation and current income. The fund invests 62% of assets in stock funds, 33% of assets in bond funds and 10% of assets to alternative investment strategy funds. The underlying funds are affiliated and non-affiliated. Bonds are spread across short to intermediate term and income-producing securities, including U.S. government obligations, corporate bonds, below investment-grade bonds, and foreign issues. Stock holdings are spread across large company growth, large company value, small company, and international.

    Stock Holdings


    You need a current version of Adobe Flash Player plugin to view this chart.

    Get Adobe Flash player
    Size
    Average Market Cap $16,447.10 M
    Market Capitalization Portfolio
    Giant 39.27%
    Large 31.64%
    Medium 15.81%
    Small 10.22%
    Micro 3.06%

    Bond Holdings


    You need a current version of Adobe Flash Player plugin to view this chart.

    Get Adobe Flash player
    Details
    Average Eff Duration 4.54 Yrs
    Average Eff Maturity 7.44 Yrs
    Average Credit Quality AA
    View Fund Portfolio
    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 12/31/1998 to 10/31/2009
    Mouseover the chart to see values for each month.

    You need a current version of Adobe Flash Player plugin to view this chart.

    Get Adobe Flash player

    Total Annualized Returns

    YTD 1 year 3 year 5 year 10 year Since Inception
    Fund 13.51% -20.40% -5.30% -0.32% 0.97% 2.63%
    +/- Category -8.77% -47.33% -3.46% -2.38% -1.52% —
    +/- 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) 21.98% 13.85% -5.86% 0.40% 0.82% 2.50%
    Quarter (as of 09/30/2009) 23.94% -3.79% -4.45% 1.08% 1.35% 2.65%
    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: 10/01/1997
    Ratings are based on risk-adjusted performance.
    View Total Returns

  • Fund Portfolio Profile

    Sector Breakdown

    Stocks
    Information 16.00%
    Service 34.73%
    Manufacturing 24.61%
    Bond Quality
    AAA 67.97%
    AA 5.26%
    A 4.23%
    BBB 3.94%
    BB 9.51%
    B 5.20%
    Below B 2.10%
    Not Rated 1.80%

    Asset Allocation

    Short Long Net Assets
    Cash 19.02% 9.31% -9.71%
    Stocks 0.00% 75.46% 75.46%
    Bonds 0.99% 33.27% 32.28%
    Other 0.00% 0.15% 0.15%
    Foreign Stocks
    (as a % of assets)    		 0.00% 21.14% 21.14%
    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 WBGBX are not amongst the fund's top 10 holdings.
    Bond & Other Holdings Maturity Date Total Holdings Value of Holdings Net Assets
    + US LONG BOND(CBT) DEC09 12/21/2009 631.00 -75.56 M 15.02%
    + S&P 500 FUTURE SEP09 09/17/2009 293.00 74.69 M 14.85%
    + Wells Fargo Advantage Government Sec I — 5.57 M 60.19 M 11.97%
    - T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth — 1.31 M 37.93 M 7.54%
    + Thornburg International Value I — 1.36 M 31.79 M 6.32%
    + PIMCO High Yield Instl — 2.89 M 23.52 M 4.68%
    + Oppenheimer International Bond Y — 3.69 M 23.27 M 4.63%
    * Eaton Vance Large-Cap Value I — 1.23 M 19.04 M 3.79%
    - Columbia Marsico Focused Eq Z — 1.08 M 19.02 M 3.78%
    - Wells Fargo Advantage Endeavor Select I — 2.52 M 18.98 M 3.77%
    + 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 11/28/2009
    All other data as of 08/31/2009
    View Fund Portfolio

  • 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