traditionally overpriced offerings more in line with their respective category averages. For example, Strong Opportunity Fund SOPFX will see its expense ratio decline to 1.35% from 1.40%, while Strong Advisor Small Cap Value 's SMVAX ratio is to decline
mid-growth offering Wells Fargo Common Stock SCSAX. She hasn't been as successful at Wells Fargo Advantage Opportunity SOPFX --her mid-blend charge--but that owes in part to the fund's substantial exposure to large-caps, which have lagged
Below - average bear - market performance . Above - average expenses . Experienced management . Consistent valuation - driven style . Dick Weiss , who has served as lead manager since 1991 , stepped down from his manager role in February 2008 . He now serves as an advisor to Wells Fargo's core
Below-average bear-market performance.Above-average expenses.Experienced management.Consistent valuation-driven style.Dick Weiss, who has served as lead manager since 1991, stepped down from his manager role in February 2008. He now serves as an advisor to Wells Fargo's core equity team, which
options for those who are willing to accept a stash of cash in return for strong performance. For example, Strong Opportunity SOPFX has beaten the S&P 500 index by three percentage points per year over the past decade and has kept volatility moderate. Manager
Ann Miletti, associate portfolio manager for Strong Opportunity Fund SOPFX and Strong Advisor Common Stock Fund STCSX, helped to deliver topnotch returns at each fund by picking up stocks that offer strong
This fund's recent struggles are cause for concern, not alarm. Strong Opportunity Fund hasn't lived up to its own lofty standards of late. The mid-value fund, which has posted top-quintile returns over the trailing three-, five- and 10-year periods through June 4, 2001, has looked listless more
Become a trial Premium Member and get these analyses--and more--free for 30 days, by clicking here .) Strong Opportunity SOPFX Most of this fund's stocks fall in the value bin, but it has more of a growth punch than other value funds. There are two
s mix of asset classes is appropriate for their goals and time horizon. Mary had done some research into Strong Opportunity SOPFX and Vanguard Health Care VGHCX and wanted my opinion of them. Both funds are highly rated and would complement the index funds
Carlene Murphy Ziegler. Carlson worked with Ziegler during the early 1990s, when they served as comanagers on Strong Opportunity SOPFX and Strong Common Stock STCSX, and Carlson went on to help amass a very strong record there over the rest of the decade. The