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Michael Wong
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Morgan Stanley's Conservatism Should Lead To Less Disappointment

Narrow-moat Morgan Stanley's relative conservatism going into 2019 has proven to be the right call. The company reported net income to common shareholders of $2 billion, or $1.23 per diluted share, on $10.2 billion of net revenue for the second quarter. Net revenue for the second quarter was 3% lower than a year ago and net revenue for the first half of 2019 is 5% lower than the first half of 2018, but the company's return on equity remained solid at 12.1% year-to-date. Overall, since the back h...
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Morgan Stanley

Morgan Stanley is a financial holding company. Through its subsidiaries and affiliates, the company advises, and originates, trades, manages and distributes capital for, governments, institutions and individuals. The company's segments are: Institutional Securities, which provides investment banking, sales and trading, lending and other services; Wealth Management, which provides brokerage and investment advisory services, financial and wealth planning services, stock plan administration services, annuity and insurance products, residential real estate loans and other lending products, banking, and retirement plan services; and Investment Management, which provides investment strategies and products.

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Morningstar
Morningstar

Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent investment research in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia. The company offer an extensive line of products and services for individual investors, financial advisors, asset managers, and retirement plan providers and sponsors.

Morningstar provides data on approximately 530,000 investment offerings, including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with real-time global market data on more than 18 million equities, indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. Morningstar also offers investment management services through its investment advisory subsidiaries and had approximately $185 billion in assets under advisement and management as of June 30, 2016.

We have operations in 27 countries.

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Michael Wong

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