Morgan Stanley
S&P 500 closes above 6,700 for first time as traders bet on short-lived shutdown
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on Oct. 1, 2025. NYSE The S&P 500 closed at a record high on Wednesday as traders were hopeful that a U.S. federal government shutdown would be brief and possibly have little impact on the economy. The broad market index gained 0.34% to close at 6,711.20. Earlier, […]
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Why an analyst downgrade of Wells Fargo does not change our conviction in the stock
Wells Fargo shares have more in the tank despite a downgrade from Wall Street analysts, according to Jim Cramer. The news Morgan Stanley analysts on Monday lowered their Wells Fargo rating to an equal weight hold from an overweight buy. They cited a lack of catalysts for the stock now that Wells Fargo’s $1.95 trillion […]
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Barclays CEO double downs on U.K. despite bank tax risk
Barclays chief C.S. Venkatakrishnan doubled down on doing business in the United Kingdom even as the British bank faces the growing threat of higher taxes in the country. The executive’s optimism comes as analysts and investors widely expect the U.K. government to target the U.K. banking sector for tax increases in the upcoming Autumn Budget […]
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Morgan Stanley close to offering crypto trading though E-Trade, calls it ‘tip of the iceberg’
In this photo illustration, the logo for E-Trade, the online trading platform owned by Morgan Stanley, is shown on the company’s website on May 13, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Scott Olson | Getty Images Morgan Stanley is months away from offering crypto trading to retail customers through its E-Trade division as the Wall Street giant […]
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Crypto startup Zerohash raises $104 million from Morgan Stanley, SoFi, Apollo and others
Key Points Crypto infrastructure startup Zerohash has raised $104 million in funding with backing from financial firms including Morgan Stanley and SoFi, CNBC has learned. The round was led by Interactive Brokers, the global automated trading firm, and includes strategic investors who are also clients of Zerohash, founder and CEO Edward Woodford told CNBC. Zerohash […]
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Why Morgan Stanley says the market and the economy are telling ‘diverging’ stories
U.S. equities have proven resilient even as the Trump administration haphazardly implements policy changes, according to Morgan Stanley. The S & P 500 has risen almost 10% so far in 2025, while the Nasdaq Composite is higher by more than 11% and the Dow Jones Industrial Average is ahead more than 7%. Stocks have climbed […]
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Cybersecurity firm Netskope files to go public on the Nasdaq
Sanjay Beri, chief executive officer and founder of Netskope Inc., listens during a Bloomberg West television interview in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Cloud security platform Netskope will go public on the Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “NTSK,” the company said in an initial public offering filing Friday. The […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Coty, Paramount Skydance, Walmart and more
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Coty — Shares of the beauty retailer plummeted more than 20% following its latest quarterly results. While its revenue of $1.25 billion beat the $1.20 billion that analysts surveyed by LSEG were expecting, it posted a loss per share of 5 cents, more than the 2 […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Walmart, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Instacart, Broadstone Net Lease and more
Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Walmart — The big-box retailer slipped more than 2% . Walmart fiscal second-quarter revenue beat analyst estimates . Adjusted earnings of 68 cents per share may not have compared with the LSEG consensus estimate of 74 cents. The country’s largest retailer raised its full-year earnings and […]
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