 24 June 2016: Bought 54 shares of WFC at $46.51 per share.Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) is a diversified, community-based financial services company with $1.8 trillion in assets. Founded in 1852 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides banking, insurance, investments, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance through 8,800 locations, 13,000 ATMs, the internet, and mobile banking, and has offices in 36 countries to support customers who conduct business in the global economy. |
With this buy, DivGro's projected annual dividend income increases by $82.08.
 | To see my analysis of WFC and the reasons I bought shares, please read this article at Seeking Alpha. |
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Nice buy Ferdi. WFC is the only US bank that I own and plan on buying right now.
ReplyDeleteGlad to be a fellow shareholder (with you AND Warren Buffet!) :-)
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FerdiS
Interesting purchase, FerdiS. I owned WFC for a while but decided to sell during my latest purge. Overall there is lot to like -- but I do see that the management is relaxing its lending standard a lot, which was concerning. Having said that, do I think the company is going to suffer badly -- no, I think its still a good long term hold.
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I noticed your selling spree, but can't recall that WFC was one of them. Anyway, I think you're right regarding the lending standard being lower. The company, like other big banks, has significant exposure to oil & gas loans which have junk status. They've made some provisions for it, though. The question is, is it enough? Only time will tell... if crude oil recovers above $60, WFC will do great. If it drops back to $30, I think I'll get a chance to buy more shares at a much lower cost basis! Long term, though, WFC should be fine, I believe.
DeleteGreat buy FerdiS. I like the comprehensiveness of your article. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI bought some shares a little bit ago around $48.50 but if the price continues down I will certainly buy some more. Im looking to hold them for the long term and am willing to pay for value!
You're welcome, More Dividends! I, too, will buy more if the price drops. I think $45 will trigger another buy for me. I think the share price will be influenced by what crude oil does. Looking forward to seein how this one pans out!
DeleteThanks for sharing Ferdis. Really like this bank and I would add more US stocks but the US is expensive right now for us Canadians.
ReplyDeleteKeep it up bud, you're doing awesome! Cheers to our journey.
WFC is trading below fair value and paying >3%, which is attractive to me. Sorry about the exchange rate working against you. I have the opposite problem buying Canadian banks. The dividends suck when converted to US$. Thats one reason I sold TD recently.
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