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Jim Cramer's Stop Trading! Run With Wells Fargo

Stock quotes in this article: WFC , ALGT , AKA  

Wells Fargo (WFC Quote) looks like a good play right now on the bank rally, Jim Cramer said Monday on CNBC's Stop Trading! segment.

Cramer said the bank index is at a 52-week high and other big-name financial stocks have rallied sharply this fall. But so far Wells Fargo has been left behind, perhaps because investors are concerned about its exposure to the risky subprime lending business.

Cramer said it's OK to buy Wells here because the San Francisco-based institution "really knows how to handle itself." He said worries about the effect of subprime mortgages on big, robust lenders like Wells has been overstated, in that loan-loss "reserves haven't been tapped as much as you'd think." Cramer added that he wouldn't short subprime lenders because if the Fed cuts interest rates, the stocks will double. ...

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