Wells Fargo's stock (WFC) is up 12% this year, outperforming all big bank rivals and within sight of an all-time high.
One big reason: Investors believe the San Francisco lending giant is slowly starting to shed some of the problems of its past.
It received a big boost last month when regulators with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency lifted a consent order tied to a 2016 fake accounts scandal. READ MORE