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Anyone know much about Morgan Stanley?

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udneekgnim

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Alright, so I got bored at work and started punching in stock symbols into Yahoo Finance since the stock market is going into the tank.

I type MS (thinking Microsoft) and get info on Morgan Stanley instead. I notice that it's stock price has plummeted (big surprise), but has what looks to be an attractive dividend compared to its current stock price.

So just curious if anyone has info on Morgan Stanley. I know it has transitioned from an investment bank to a bank holding company, but I have no idea how that affects its standing and growth.

Anyways, from a layman's perspective (have no stock holdings), Morgan Stanley seems to be a nice dividend paying stock that can grow once the market recovers. I'm guessing this is with the assumption that Morgan Stanley doesn't go bankrupt since I presume that is the fear their former investors have.
 
they became banks recently, so that they would have some of the same
benefits & restrictions as banks.

like buying their mortgage-backed securities. we'll never know how close
to bankruptcy they may have come. their stock price didn't do the death
dive.

i wonder if they made the recent move to become banks - once in a lifetime
move to offload $100 billion of junk mortgage securities onto the government,
and the tax payers.

i would say this move, from investment bank to bank bank, is pretty significant.
it probably is good for the stockholders.

my brother is a VP there, but he doesn't talk much about it.
 
Avoid Morgan Stanley

If you must invest in a bank, invest in USB or WFC. Those are the last two banks that Warren Buffet bought. WFC is probably the best financial company in the US.
 
I wasn't go to do much about this since I have absolutely nothing setup, but since I made a thread about Morgan Stanley before it's nice gain today...

...cries and moans in corner over lost oppurtunity.
 
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