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Uniform Gifts to Minors Act (UGMA) and Uniform Transfers to Minors Act (UTMA) accounts allow adult custodians to invest under a child's name. 1 Total excludes Wells Fargo Advantage Money Market Funds and funds with Investor Class shares with less than 3 years performance. As of 12-31-12, of the combined fund family long-term mutual funds, based on Investor Class shares only, 51.2% received a four- or five star rating from Morningstar out of 43 funds with Investor Class shares. Other share classes may have different performance characteristics. For each fund with at least a three-year history, Morningstar calculates a Morningstar Rating TM based on a Morningstar Risk-Adjusted Return measure that accounts for variation in a fund’s monthly performance (including the effects of sales charges, loads, and redemption fees, unless otherwise indicated), placing more emphasis on downward variations and rewarding consistent performance.
5. R-Squared R-squared measures a fund's movements against its particular benchmark index on a scale ranging from 1 to 100. An S&P 500 index fund will have an R-squared very close to 100 because the fund mirrors the index. A fund with a low R-squared number is moving out of sync with its index.
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