Mutual Fund Insights: Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX)

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See Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

Last Trade: $9.18 on 3/19/2010, Change: +0.02 (0.22%)

  

Fund Manager - Anthony L. T. Cragg

Fund Manager Tenure: 16.2 years   [Similar Funds: WFCAX ]
Fundmojo Fund Grade: E (Score: 0.38)     (What does this score mean?)

Cragg worked in Wells Capital Management from 2005. Prior he joined Strong Capital Management as a portfolio manager in 1993. Previously, Cragg spent seven years as an executive managing director and portfolio manager with Dillon Read International Asset Management. From 1980 to 1986, Cragg worked at Gartmore, first as a director in the company's Hong Kong office, and then as a managing director in its Japan office.  Get more insights on Anthony L. T. Cragg

  

 What we like about Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX)

Data for Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) management has been with Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund for 16.2 years
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has good short-term performance (1-year return 45.82% vs 44.76% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)

  

 What we are cautious about Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX)

Data for Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) as of January 31, 2010

• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has a less-than-ideal mid-term performance (3-year return -6.34% vs -4.20% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has a less-than-ideal Long-term performance (5-year return 5.16% vs 5.69% Diversified Pacific/Asia category average)
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) ratio of up-years vs down years can be improved
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has a Morningstar rating of 3 and below
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) is less safe compared to its Diversified Pacific/Asia peers
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has an annual stock turnover rate of 185.00% that is higher than the Diversified Pacific/Asia average of 82.76%. This could mean Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A is more nimble, but also signal potential high tax impact and high trading fees
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) does not have a good risk adjusted return as its 3-year Alpha of 3.26 is worse than category average of 3.77, and its 3-year Sharpe ratio is -0.16
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) is more volatile than its peers as it has a 3-year Standard Deviation of 28.41 that is higher than category average of 25.08
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) has a higher management fee of 1.61% than its Diversified Pacific/Asia average of 1.59%
• Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) carries a 5.75% load

See Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) performance details as of January 31, 2010

  

  

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Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) Net Asset

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Date	Net Asset
01/2010	$78.65M
11/2009	$84.83M
10/2009	$82.19M

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Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX) Portfolio Allocation

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Date	Cash	Stock	Bond	Other
09/2009	7.74%	92.26%	0%	0%
06/2009	9.78%	88.75%	0.97%	0.5%
03/2009	5.91%	93.64%	0%	0.45%

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Most Recent Top 10 Holdings in Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific A Fund (WFAAX)

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30-Sep-09 BHP Billiton Limited [2.84%] Samsung Electronics [2.13%] Inpex Holdings Inc. [2.07%] Mitsubishi [1.97%] Singapore Telecommunications Limited [1.83%] Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. [1.52%] Minor Intl [1.47%] Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. [1.42%] Guinness Peat Group Plc [1.39%] Real Gold Mining Limited [1.36%]

30-Jun-09 Inpex Holdings Inc. [2.27%] BHP Billiton Limited [2.05%] Mitsubishi [1.92%] Singapore Telecommunications Ltd [1.91%] Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. [1.85%] Samsung Electronics [1.67%] Telstra Corporation Limited [1.59%] Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. [1.56%] China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation [1.52%] Tianjin Development Holdings Ltd. [1.49%]

31-Mar-09 Telstra Corporation Limited [2.21%] China Everbright Ltd. [2.16%] ORIENTAL LAND [1.84%] Energy Development [1.8%] Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporati [1.73%] Shanghai Industrial Holdings Ltd. [1.61%] Samsung Electronics [1.53%] Mitsubishi [1.49%] Beijing Enterprises Holdings Ltd. [1.48%] China Mobile Ltd. [1.42%]

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