Dividends are one of the best benefits to being a shareholder, but finding a great dividend stock is no easy task. Does Morgan Stanley (MS) have what it takes?

Rising concerns about the economy and rate cuts have led to a mixed earnings season, low consumer spending and a stock sell-off. While most of the indices have recovered since the past week, many stocks are trading at a discount and smart investors know that now is the time to make the bet.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dan Simkowitz, Co-President of Morgan Stanley, will speak at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on September 10, 2024 at 11:15 a.m. (ET). Both live and on-demand versions of the webcast will be available on www.morganstanley.com in the Investor Relations section. Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of investment banking, securities, wealth management and investment management services. With office.

While interest rates remain high, it offers a good opportunity to investors to consider these financial stocks for rising interest rates. An increase in interest rates often results in increased net interest margins for banks and other financial institutions.

Morgan Stanley's (MS) focus on less capital markets dependent operations, strategic alliances and high rates will aid financials. Yet, a tough operating backdrop and rising expenses are headwinds.

Investment banking activity fell off in the last few years due to rising interest rates and market volatility. But debt and equity underwriting have bounced back significantly in the first half of the year.

U.S. bank stocks slumped on Monday as fears of a recession sent investors fleeing from a sector closely tied to the health of the economy and toward safe-haven assets.

Morgan Stanley (MS) enables its advisors to offer bitcoin exchange-traded funds to wealthy clients with at least $1.5 million of net worth. The offering is set to launch this Wednesday.

Zacks.com users have recently been watching Morgan Stanley (MS) quite a bit. Thus, it is worth knowing the facts that could determine the stock's prospects.

This article is part of our monthly series where we highlight five large-cap, relatively safe, dividend-paying companies offering large discounts to their historical norms. We go over our filtering process to select just five conservative DGI stocks from more than 7,500 companies that are traded on U.S. exchanges, including OTC networks. In addition to the primary list that yields about 3.6%, we present two other groups of five DGI stocks each, with the goal of moderate to high yields.

The market is caught between excitement over Fed rate cuts and nervousness over weakening consumer trends, unemployment, and falling wage growth. I've been discussing the ongoing economic weakening, declining consumer spending power, and labor market struggles for months. I discuss my call for a 2024 recession, data on weakening consumer trends, the impact of Fed rate cuts on big tech, and a cautious buy list.

Morgan Stanley's (MS) wealth advisors can now actively pitch two spot bitcoin (BTCUSD) exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to their some of their clients, CNBC reported Friday.