Salem Capital Management Inc increased its stake in Wells Fargo Co. (WFC) by 21.55% based on its latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Salem Capital Management Inc bought 9,775 shares as the company’s stock declined 7.80% while stock markets rallied. The institutional investor held 55,141 shares of the major banks company at the end of 2018Q4, valued at $2.54M, up from 45,366 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Salem Capital Management Inc who had been investing in Wells Fargo Co. for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $214.99 billion market cap company. The stock increased 1.88% or $0.88 during the last trading session, reaching $47.65. About 24.69 million shares traded or 8.28% up from the average. Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) has declined 12.56% since April 16, 2018 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 16.93% the S&P500. Some Historical WFC News: 12/04/2018 – Hubbell Presenting at Wells Fargo Industrials Conference May 8; 23/03/2018 – Wells Fargo’s Risk Shake-up Continues With Departure of Four Executives; 04/05/2018 – JUST IN: Wells Fargo reaches agreement in principle to resolve securities fraud class action suit, will pay $480M as part of the settlement; 17/05/2018 – Wells Fargo Employees Are Said to Improperly Alter Documents; 05/05/2018 – BUFFETT SAYS WILL RETURN MONEY TO SHAREHOLDERS IF IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAN CONTINUING TO LOOK FOR THINGS TO DO; 04/05/2018 – Wells Fargo Reaches $480 Million Settlement in Class-Action Suit; 20/04/2018 – FOX 5 Atlanta: #BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) — Wells Fargo hit with $1 billion fine for auto loan and mortgage abuses. #fox5atl; 26/04/2018 – Sensata Presenting at Wells Fargo Industrials Conference May 8; 04/05/2018 – Golf-Woods makes cut at Wells Fargo despite putting woes; 24/04/2018 – Packaging Corp at Wells Fargo Industrials Conference May 9

Selz Capital Llc increased its stake in Air Lease Corp Usd0.01 (AL) by 24.75% based on its latest 2018Q4 regulatory filing with the SEC. Selz Capital Llc bought 245,000 shares as the company’s stock declined 3.60% while stock markets rallied. The hedge fund held 1.23M shares of the diversified commercial services company at the end of 2018Q4, valued at $37.30 million, up from 989,800 at the end of the previous reported quarter. Selz Capital Llc who had been investing in Air Lease Corp Usd0.01 for a number of months, seems to be bullish on the $4.18B market cap company. The stock increased 0.43% or $0.16 during the last trading session, reaching $37.63. About 728,282 shares traded. Air Lease Corporation (NYSE:AL) has declined 14.68% since April 16, 2018 and is downtrending. It has underperformed by 19.05% the S&P500. Some Historical AL News: 03/04/2018 – Boeing, Air Lease Corp Sign Order for Eight 737 MAX Airplanes; 10/05/2018 – AIR LEASE CORP. CONCLUDES QUARTERLY EARNINGS WEBCAST; 10/05/2018 – Air Lease 1Q EPS $1.00; 05/04/2018 – Air Lease Corporation Activity Update for the First Quarter of 2018; 03/05/2018 – Air Lease Corporation Increases Unsecured Revolving Credit Facility to $4.5 Billion; 10/05/2018 – AIR LEASE CORP – REVENUE OF $381 MLN FOR THREE MONTHS ENDED MARCH 31, 2018, UP 5.8%; 09/04/2018 – AIR LEASE CORP – AIRCRAFT SCHEDULED TO DELIVER FROM ALC’S ORDER BOOK WITH AIRBUS IN JUNE 2019; 10/05/2018 – AIR LEASE CORP – QTRLY ADJ DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE BEFORE INCOME TAXES OF $1.38; 17/05/2018 – Air Lease Corp Announces Delivery of Boeing 737 MAX 8 Aircraft With Travel Service; 10/05/2018 – AIR LEASE USING US TAX SAVINGS TO BUY YOUNG, USED AIRCRAFT

Salem Capital Management Inc, which manages about $369.02 million and $158.87M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Ncr Corp. (NYSE:NCR) by 28,900 shares to 92,950 shares, valued at $2.15 million in 2018Q4, according to the filing.

Investors sentiment decreased to 0.53 in 2018 Q4. Its down 0.25, from 0.78 in 2018Q3. It is negative, as 101 investors sold WFC shares while 748 reduced holdings. 113 funds opened positions while 337 raised stakes. 3.41 billion shares or 1.32% less from 3.46 billion shares in 2018Q3 were reported. Benin Corp holds 6,271 shares. Longview Ptnrs (Guernsey) Limited reported 4.02% stake. Sarl holds 0.04% of its portfolio in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) for 7,720 shares. Convergence Inv Prtn Limited Liability holds 0.11% or 10,310 shares in its portfolio. Veritable Lp owns 251,813 shares. Nuveen Asset Management Llc has 0.04% invested in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC). Headinvest Ltd Liability Corporation holds 10,006 shares. Monroe Natl Bank Mi invested in 15,284 shares or 0.24% of the stock. Tower Capital Lc (Trc) holds 123,793 shares or 0.41% of its portfolio. Baldwin Brothers Ma invested in 31,460 shares. Kbc Gru Nv holds 0.49% or 948,286 shares. 1.28M were accumulated by Caisse De Depot Et Placement Du Quebec. Moreover, Adirondack Trust has 0.14% invested in Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) for 3,865 shares. 2.90M were reported by Amp Capital Invsts Ltd. Howe Rusling Inc reported 35,483 shares stake.

More notable recent Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) news were published by: which released: “Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) Shares Trade Up As CEO Sloan Steps Down – Benzinga” on March 28, 2019, also with their article: “Wells Fargo CEO Tim Sloan: Bank’s Culture Has ‘Substantially Improved’ (NYSE:WFC) – Benzinga” published on March 13, 2019, 247Wallst.com published: “Is Wells Fargo Hunting for a New CEO? – 24/7 Wall St.” on March 22, 2019. More interesting news about Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE:WFC) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “Wells Fargo rolls out contactless consumer cards – Seeking Alpha” published on April 02, 2019 as well as Seekingalpha.com‘s news article titled: “Wells Fargo: Out Of The Penalty Box – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: April 02, 2019.

Since December 11, 2018, it had 3 insider purchases, and 0 sales for $245,950 activity.

Selz Capital Llc, which manages about $474.62 million and $339.79M US Long portfolio, decreased its stake in Gci Liberty Inc Com Classa by 356,000 shares to 176,018 shares, valued at $7.24M in 2018Q4, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Slm Corp Com (NASDAQ:SLM) by 786,000 shares in the quarter, leaving it with 500,000 shares, and cut its stake in Helix Energy Solutions Group (NYSE:HLX).