Is Wells Fargo (NYSE:WFC) a good hedge for your existing portfolios?

19% of stocks are less volatile than Wells, and above 99% of all equities are expected to generate higher returns over the next 90 days. While many risk-averse investors are getting carried away by overanalyzing financial services space, it is reasonable to go over Wells Fargo. What exactly are Wells Fargo shareholders getting in May?
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Wells Fargo runs under Financial Services sector within Banks—Diversified industry.
Volatility is a rate at which the price of Jpmorgan Value or any other equity instrument increases or decreases for a given set of returns. It is measured by calculating the standard deviation of the annualized returns over a given period of time and shows the range to which the price of Jpmorgan Value may increase or decrease. In other words, similar to Jpmorgan's beta indicator, it measures the risk of Jpmorgan Value and helps estimate the fluctuations that may happen in a short period of time. So if prices of Jpmorgan Value fluctuate rapidly in a short time span, it is termed to have high volatility, and if it swings slowly in a more extended period, it is understood to have low volatility. Please read more on our technical analysis page.

Instrument Allocation

The asset allocation of funds such as Jpmorgan Value usually varies among a different mix of asset classes. Balanced mutual funds invest not only in bonds, which focus primarily on income, and stocks, which aim for investment growth, but also keep some reserve in cash or even exotic instruments. Below we show the current asset allocation of Jpmorgan Value Advantage
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Going after Jpmorgan Financials

The entity reported the last year's revenue of 78.19 B. Total Income to common stockholders was 17.45 B with profit before taxes, overhead, and interest of 58.32 B.

Possible May turnaround of Wells?

Current Market Risk Adjusted Performance is up to -0.1. Price may slip again. Wells Fargo exhibits very low volatility with skewness of -0.11 and kurtosis of 0.64. However, we advise investors to further study Wells Fargo technical indicators to make sure all market info is available and is reliable. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Wells Fargo's stock risk against market volatility during both bullying and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Wells Fargo's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different stocks as prices fall.

Wells Fargo Implied Volatility

Wells Fargo's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Wells Fargo stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Wells Fargo's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Wells Fargo stock will not fluctuate a lot when Wells Fargo's options are near their expiration.

The Current Takeaway on Wells Fargo Investment

Whereas other companies in the banks—diversified industry are either recovering or due for a correction, Wells Fargo may not be performing as strong as the other in terms of long-term growth potentials. While some investors may not share our view we believe that the current risk-reward utility is not appealing enough to do any trading. Please use our equity advice module to run different scenarios to ensure your current risk level and investment horizon are fully reflective of your current investing preferences in regards to Wells Fargo.

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