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☆ Morgan Stanley delivers a much-needed rebound quarter and eases concerns about a key overhang
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +10 min

Morgan Stanley delivered mostly better-than-expected first-quarter results Tuesday morning — a much-needed report for the bank, whose stock has lagged industry peers and tested our patience. Morgan Stanley Why we own it : We own Morgan Stanley for the rebound taking place in IPO and M & A activity along with growth in wealth management, which provides more durable fee-based revenues. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley YTD Shares of Morgan Stanley were up more than 2% after Tuesday's earnings release and conference call, building on Monday's modest gains, which broke a three-session losing streak. Capital returns Morgan Stanley repurchased 12 million shares in the first quarter, at an average purchase price of $86.79 per share. Signage is displayed outside Morgan Stanley & Co. headquarters in the Times Square neighborhood of New York.

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☆ 2 stocks to consider buying on weakness, and what to expect from Morgan Stanley earnings next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-12 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

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☆ Wells Fargo kicks off our bank earnings Friday. Rate cuts and dealmaking will be in focus this season
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-11 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +11 min

Club holding Wells Fargo will post quarterly results on Friday, followed by our other financial holding, Morgan Stanley, on Tuesday. In theory, higher borrowing costs mean Wells Fargo can generate more money from those interest-earning assets, but it's not that simple. It's hard to say with the fluid inflation and rate expectations whether Wells Fargo might change its NII outlook when it reports on Friday. Wells Fargo also has a key long-term growth prospect in the potential removal of its $1.9 trillion Fed-imposed asset cap. A woman walks past Wells Fargo bank in New York City, U.S., March 17, 2020.

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☆ Layoffs could be coming to Morgan Stanley's wealth management business at a critical time
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-15 | by ( Morgan Chittum | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Layoffs could be coming to Morgan Stanley's crucial wealth management business — a prudent step to improving the bank's overall cost structure amid uncertainty over Federal Reserve interest rate moves. During his tenure at the helm, Gorman pivoted Morgan Stanley to rely less on investment banking by building up wealth management, which has a more predictable revenue stream. MS YTD mountain Morgan Stanley (MS) year-to-date performance Possible layoffs in wealth management are important because it's Morgan Stanley's largest operating segment — making up roughly half of companywide revenue. "Morgan Stanley's paying you to wait with that 4% yield, and they're right in there buying with you thanks to their aggressive buyback." Ted Pick, CEO Morgan Stanley, speaking on CNBC's Squawk Box at the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on Jan. 18th, 2024.

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☆ We're raising our Morgan Stanley price target despite the stock's post-earnings decline
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-16 | by ( Zev Fima | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

Morgan Stanley on Tuesday morning reported an adjusted earnings-per-share beat. MS 1Y mountain Morgan Stanley 1 year Shares of Morgan Stanley were on a five-session losing streak with Tuesday's post-earnings 5% decline. However, Morgan Stanley — and for that matter, Wells Fargo — saw their stocks surge into the end of 2023. Asset management revenue increased 6% from last year, reflecting higher asset levels and the impact of positive fee-based asset flows. Ted Pick, co-president of Morgan Stanley, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview in New York, US, on Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023.

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☆ DCLA's Sarat Sethi reveals the top stocks to consider before year end
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailDCLA's Sarat Sethi reveals the top stocks to consider before year endSarat Sethi, DCLA portfolio manager, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the latest market trends, news of the Fed probing Morgan Stanley's wealth management business, the Fed's inflation fight, his favorite stock picks, and more.

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☆ Morgan Stanley stock surges after earnings beat. Here's what the pros are saying
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-18 | by ( Christina Falso | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Market Movers rounded up the best reactions from investors and analysts on Morgan Stanley . The pros, including Jim Cramer , discussed the bank as shares soared 6.5% after reporting second-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations before the market opened Tuesday. Morgan Stanley's wealth management revenue rose 16% to $6.66 billion, a record high for the company. Also, he plans to stay on as executive chairman once his successor is promoted. This stock is currently held in Cramer's Charitable Trust Portfolio.

Persons: Morgan Stanley, Jim Cramer, Morgan, James Gorman

☆ Sallie Krawcheck says a single decision was almost ‘the end of my career’—instead it launched her to Wall Street stardom
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-03 | by ( Tom Huddleston Jr. | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

Sallie Krawcheck's legendary Wall Street career almost ended soon after it began. The move was slammed by her Wall Street peers. On Wall Street, the consensus is often seen as the safest bet. You were among the first female CEOs on Wall Street. The upside to running one of these storied Wall Street firms is [that] I'm going to get to turn it around, I'm going to learn a tremendous amount, I'm going to do something no one else has done.

☆ How Credit Suisse has evolved over 167 years
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Here is how Credit Suisse has developed over 167 years:1856Politician and business leader Alfred Escher founds Schweizerische Kreditanstalt (SKA) to finance the expansion of the railroad network and promote Swiss industrialisation. 1997A reorganisation turns CS Holding into Credit Suisse Group and drops the SKA name; it also buys insurer Winterthur, a strategic partner. 2002A reorganisation creates two units: Credit Suisse Financial Services and Credit Suisse First Boston; two years later it splits into three units by adding Winterthur. 2005Credit Suisse and CSFB merge and stop using the Credit Suisse First Boston brand name. The Swiss authorities provide assurances that Credit Suisse has met "the capital and liquidity requirements imposed on systemically important banks".

☆ The evolution of Credit Suisse over 166 years
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

1990The group takes a controlling stake in U.S. investment bank CS First Boston and buys Bank Leu, a Swiss private bank. 1997A reorganisation turns CS Holding into Credit Suisse Group and drops the SKA name; it also buys insurer Winterthur, a strategic partner. 2002A reorganisation creates two units: Credit Suisse Financial Services and Credit Suisse First Boston; two years later it splits into three units by adding Winterthur. 2005Credit Suisse and CSFB merge and stop using the Credit Suisse First Boston brand name. In March, U.S. investment fund Archegos implodes, saddling Credit Suisse with a $5.5 billion loss.

Investment banking revenue more than halved to $1.3 billion, with declines across the bank's advisory, equity and fixed income segments. Morgan Stanley's net revenue in the quarter fell 12% to $13 billion. The bank reported a profit of $2.49 billion, or $1.47 per share, for the quarter ended Sept. 30, compared with $3.58 billion, or $1.98 per share, a year earlier. Analysts on average had expected a profit of $1.49 per share and revenues of $13.3 billion, according to Refinitiv IBES data. Morgan Stanley's wealth management business, which tends to generate steady income, was a surprise bright spot, posting a 3% rise in revenue, helped by a 49% jump in net interest income amid rising Federal fund rates.

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